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Fried Lard & Lard Oil Recipe
If you are a fan of Chinese local food, you will notice that many hawkers add fried lard and lard oil in their cooking. The hawkers do that for a very good reason – lard give incredible flavour to the food. I know some of you may be uneasy about using lard in home-cooking, but I always believe everything (even good stuff) in moderation. I added a few crispy fried lard pieces and a tiny amount of lard oil in my fish ball soup and it enhances the tastes greatly.
More Home-made Oil Recipes:
- Shallot Oil Recipe
- Garlic Oil Recipe
- Rendered Chicken Fat Recipe
- Rendered Duck Fat Recipe (pictured above)
I bought 50 cents worth of pork fats (about 200 grams worth of pork belly skin) from the market and it makes the amount of lard and lard oil as shown in the photos. Although it is a small condiment dish, it will last quite a while for small family (2-4) cooking needs.
Also, if you have a cast iron or any non-teflon type of cookware, frying lard is a great way to season your wok or pan and give your cookware a natural, non-stick coating which will last for a few rounds of cooking. Can you see the amount of oil which was rendered from the photo above?
You do not need any oil for frying the lard pieces, as oil will be rendered with heat, and the lard will start to fry themselves in the hot oil. The fried lard pieces soaked in lard oil keeps well unrefrigerated for about 1-2 weeks.
Update (Mar 2014): The most tedious part of the recipe must be cutting the pork fats into small cubes. For convenience, I buy the pre-cut lard cubes from Sheng Siong supermarket so all I have to do is to cook it. I don’t even wash it beforehand, as any small bit of moisture will cause messy splattering.
Some uses of fried lard and lard oil in Asian cooking:
- flavours quick cooking soups such as fish ball noodle soup;
- jazzes up almost any Chinese stir-fries dishes or Singapore hawker dishes such as Hokkein Mee & Char Kway Teow.
Yummy ~ my favorite
Did u know how to do make shanghai soy sauce? Is nice to eat with fried Lars with rice .
Oh my. Oh oh my. Yes, yes, I do need to make this for fried noodles one day!
Hi Bebe, sorry I do not know how to make that.
Thanks for sharing! Will be making these soon :)
Is it normal that my lard oil turn cloudy when it cools to room temp?
Yes, perfectly fine. It’s only bad when it smells off.