If you want to buy the pork belly you want reasonably, you should first understand where the upper pork belly, the middle pork belly and the lower pork belly are and what their characteristics are, as follows:

1, pork belly

The pork belly is also called "soft pork belly", which is mainly distributed in the outer layer of pork ribs, that is, the large piece outside the chest of pigs, as shown in the figure, which is close to the chest of pork belly. After removing pork ribs, the pork belly is naturally left. The biggest feature of the pork belly is that it has more fat meat, less lean meat, and the overall fat. It is more fragrant and tender when used to make dishes, and is more suitable for making Dongpo meat, lion head and other meat buns. The finished product is rich in juice, full in taste and rich in flavor.

2. Pork belly

The pork belly is also called "hard pork belly", which is mainly distributed in the pork belly, that is, the pork belly, which is the second half of the pork belly. Although the pig's belly is so big, because it always needs to stand horizontally, the pig's abdomen is often exercised, which means that the pig actually has abdominal muscles, so the pork belly will be more tight and elastic than the pork belly, and the fat meat and lean meat will be evenly distributed, which is the first choice for pork belly, so there are many dishes suitable for pork belly, such as braised pork with plum vegetables, pork belly and pork belly.

3. Pork belly

After understanding the upper and lower streaky pork, the middle streaky pork is well understood. In fact, the middle streaky pork is the meat in the interwoven part of the upper and lower streaky pork, that is, the meat between the pig's chest and abdomen. The meat quality is neither fat nor thin, and the taste is slightly strong, so it can be suitable for cooking dishes that can be cooked by both the upper and lower streaky pork, such as Dongpo pork, streaky pork, braised pork with plum vegetables, dumplings, Sichuan style pork and dumplings.