There is a concave piece of meat at the front end of the sheep's hind leg near the waist pit (at the back hip of the sheep). The fiber is thin and tight, and there are three layers of tendons outside the meat. The meat is tender and hemispherical, which is called Yuanbao meat. Also known as Yanglin, also known as Yuanbao meat.

Four parts of sheep's hind legs

1, Trident: the meat located at the tip of the sheep's ass, also called "Trident" (also called "one-headed sink"), with half fat and half thin, and a layer of tendons on the upper part. Tenderness after tendon removal can replace tenderloin.

2, grinding hip meat: below the hip tip is located in the crotch of the legs, called "grinding hip meat." Shaped like a bowl, with different fibers, the meat is thick and loose, fat and thin, and the edge is slightly thin, which is suitable for roasting, frying, exploding and frying.

3, cucumber meat: connected with the ground meat is "cucumber meat." The flesh is reddish and looks like two connected cucumbers, an oblique fiber and a straight fiber. The meat is tender, with a little fat at one end and lean meat at the rest.

4. Yuanbao meat: There is a concave meat at the front end of the hind leg, similar to waist pit meat. The fiber is thin and tight, and there are three layers of tendons outside the meat. The tender meat is called "Yuanbao Meat" and "Houjixin".

How to cook the meat of sheep ingot?

It can be used instead of tenderloin, depending on how you do it. Can be used for baking, stewing, sauce, boiling, frying, frying and so on. Or with western-style lamb chops.

Sheep ingot meat and sheep eggs are not the same thing.

If you don't look carefully at the meat of the sheep ingot, it does look a bit like the shape of a sheep egg. They are all round. But don't confuse the two.

The outer waist of a sheep is the testicles of the sheep, also called sheep eggs. Sheep testis is a high-protein nutrient, which is different from other tissues in animals. It is primitive, and it comes from the mother before birth, not acquired, so it is called primitive protein, which is a unique tissue of animal body. Silver ingot meat is the meat of sheep's hind legs.