Chapter 313: Crispy and Fragrant Broccoli

Beef tallow refers to the fatty portion of the fat from inside a cow's stomach, which is a type of body fat. Similar to lard, its fat particles are relatively coarse and need to be rendered to extract the oil. The beef tallow used in hotpot restaurants is this type of oil, refined from layers of cow fat. However, in Western dishes, "butter" mostly refers to the product extracted from cow milk, which is cream.

Most of the butter sold in supermarkets nowadays is extracted from cow milk, and only a very small portion have added beef tallow extracted from cow fat. The only way to differentiate them is by checking the ingredients list.

Jiang Feng spent quite some time looking for the right kind of beef tallow.

Beef tallow extracted from cow fat has a unique aroma and a slight gamey scent that's particularly suitable for cooking, stir-frying, baking, hotpot, and brewing oil tea; all excellent choices.