Pork is one of the meats that we often eat in our lives, because it is cheap, nutritious and suitable for a variety of cooking methods, so it is very popular. There is a lot of meat on the pig, and the taste of meat in different locations varies greatly. For example, we often say that the front leg meat of the pig and the rear leg meat of the pig, the price difference is not big, but the taste difference is very big, many people actually do not know. So which one is better? The following chef to tell you the answer, don't buy the wrong one in the future.

First of all, the front leg of the pig, relatively speaking, the front leg of the pig is more active, the amount of movement is very large, the elasticity of the meat is very good, the texture is very tender, eat up the texture is good, the flavor is fragrant. So how should it be distinguished? Pig's front leg meat has a lot of sinew and fascia, a lot of lean meat, which is composed of several small pieces of meat, and relatively thin and little fat. (The picture above is the front leg meat)

Again, the rear leg of the pig, the main role of the rear leg of the pig is to support most of the weight of the body, so it seems to be a large volume. However, it usually has very little exercise, so the meat is very faggy, and the fibers are thicker and more pronounced. Lean meat tastes faggy but not flavorful, and fat meat has a big greasy feeling. The way to distinguish is that the pig hind leg is very large, the lean meat is the whole big piece, the outer layer of fat meat is more and thick. (The picture above is the hind leg meat)

Lastly, the eating method, for the chef, there is no difficult to eat meat, as long as the difficult to eat the practice. Generally speaking, a variety of fried dishes, do buns, dumplings filling, then it is best to use the front leg meat, the taste is very fragrant, eat up fat but not greasy. Want to brine, stew and so on, you can choose the back leg meat, such as sauce elbow, most of the back leg meat is used to do. And do meatballs also suitable for the use of hind leg meat.

Which is better, the front leg or the back leg of the pig? The chef tells you the answer, relatively speaking, the front leg of the pig meat is more delicious, more suitable for general family fried vegetables. Into the rear leg meat is more suitable for stewing brine cooking and other practices.