What part of the lamb should be used for shabu-shabu?

Not any part of the lamb is good for shabu-shabu, but it's generally better to choose the more tender and flavorful parts of the lamb. The classic eight parts of lamb used for shabu-shabu are: cucumber strips, lamb loin, lamb brain, lamb sinew, lamb crotch, lamb triquetra, lamb sinker, and lamb tendon.

The 8 classic parts of shabu-shabu

1. Cucumber strips

The cucumber strips are the inner thigh part of the back leg of the lamb, a piece of meat in two colors. It is connected to the crotch meat and looks like two connected cucumbers. The meat is light red in color, tender, moderately fat and thin, with a tender texture, and is a favorite of many old Beijingers.

2. Lamb loin

Sheep spine on both sides of the spine, immediately behind the spine of the small strip of meat, long and thin fibers, this part of the meat is thin, long easy to shabu shabu faggots. Pure lean, tender flavor.

3. Sheep's upper brain

Sheep's upper brain is called "upper brain" because it is close to the head of the sheep. The fat in this part of the meat is evenly mixed and distributed like marble spots, and the texture is tender.

4, lamb tendon meat

and pig's hoof tendon is the same, lamb tendon is the ligament of sheep's hooves. Lamb tendon meat loin nest, fifty percent fat, crispy flavor. The meat of the waist nest with the ribs removed, as the saying goes, "the top of the incense sticking to the bone meat", so this part of the meat is the most flavorful. The white part is made up of sinew, fascia, fat and meat***, and has a beautiful texture and flavor. It is especially noteworthy because it is the only two pieces of crunchy meat in the lamb, which has an exceptional texture.

5, sheep grinding crotch

Sheep grinding crotch is the buttock tip meat, soft texture, because by the part of the tail of the sheep, so the most fresh and easy to stink. Twenty percent fat, taste fat tender.

6, sheep three fork

Sheep three fork is actually the upper hind leg, the whole piece of meat to form a "Y" shape, so it is called three fork. Some of the more subdivided store will have "big three fork" and "small three fork", small three fork is the part of the front leg of the sheep, the big three fork is the back leg part of the sheep, than the small three fork and then some fat.

7, a sinking

A sinking is a piece of meat on the outside of the thigh of the sheep, many people will be confused with the "big three forks", compared to the big three forks, a sinking of a higher percentage of lean meat, meat is more tender. The upper part of the hind leg of the big three fork fifty percent fat, taste fat and tender.

8, lamb tendon

Tendon meat is the muscle of the thigh, wrapped in a membrane of flesh, hidden tendons, moderate hardness, grain rules. There is very little tendon meat that can be used for shabu-shabu, no more than three taels on a sheep, and this part of the meat tastes the most crunchy and tender. It is purely lean and crispy.

Many people like to eat hot pot, shabu shabu, lamb capricorn and other hot pot are respected by people, many people like to eat hot pot when drinking some soup, think shabu shabu so much, the soup inside the essence of the soup, in fact, experts have pointed out: shabu shabu soup can not be drunk.

Many people think that shabu-shabu pots are full of shabu-shabu, lamb, and vegetables, and that the flavor is very tasty and nutritious. In fact, the opposite is true. When the same pot of soup is repeatedly boiled at high temperatures, some of the nutrients are not only destroyed, but also form substances that are harmful to the body. After a number of boiling soup is actually as steamed buns steamer water, and do not drink the steamer water this is common sense that we have long known.

Additionally, it takes more than an hour to eat shabu-shabu, and many foods that are boiled at high temperatures for long periods of time have chemical reactions with each other, and studies have shown that the substances produced after the chemical reactions are harmful to the human body and can lead to the development of some diseases