Pork is a popular food in family meals. This food is affordable and easy to cook into different dishes. The most popular pork parts include bones, belly, spare ribs, and ham. But have you heard of the jowl in a pig? This is a piece of meat that weighs only 2-3 taels (1 tael is equivalent to 37.5 grams) in a whole pig but is extremely delicious and nutritious.
That is the jowl meat!
Jowl is the meat inside the pig’s jaw, the meat is close to the tongue. Unlike the outer meat (the cheek), which is fatty, the jowl meat has soft and lean alternating tendons, rather than being hard or tough. The jowl meat can be steamed and dipped in a marinade of lime and chili peppers, ensuring a very sweet and flavorful meat. Grilling or braising it is also incredibly appetizing. Many people even compare the jowl meat to the tenderloin of beef, so it can be stir-fried with vegetables, giving off a special and enticing aroma.
The golden characteristic of the jowl meat is that it has many soft, tender tendons interspersed with the meat, but these tendons are very soft and not hard or tough. This is the type of meat that is super delicious for those who neither like dry and tough meat nor want it to be too fatty and greasy, which can cause aversion. Taking a bite of jowl meat is “extremely satisfying” because it is soft, not hard, and the tendons are soft and not chewy.
You can also buy this jowl meat at markets. According to the experience of Ms. Hoang Thu Trang (currently living in Ha Dong district, Hanoi), she said that this jowl meat is very rare and sells out quickly, so if you want to buy it, you need to go early. At 7 a.m., there is no jowl meat left to buy.
Good for health
Not only delicious, but pig jowl meat also brings many health benefits to consumers. Specifically, such as:
Meat contains a lot of vitamins B and D, which are good for the digestive system. At the same time, it helps the consumer to absorb the necessary nutrients for better functioning and enhances the immune system.
The meat contains abundant minerals that are good for the nervous system. From there, it helps users improve memory and reduce stress effectively.
Meat contains nutrients that are good for the eyes and bones. Thereby helping users prevent the condition of osteoporosis and become healthier day by day.
Pig jowl meat contributes to helping the body of sick people recover health effectively.
The meat is rich in collagen, making women have a bright and smooth complexion.
When buying jowl meat?
The jowl meat is very rare and limited, if you want to buy it, you need to go to the market early or even have to notify the seller in advance to ensure availability. The important thing when choosing to buy jowl meat is to pay attention to the following characteristics:
The surface of the jowl meat must be dry, not moist. If you find the meat damp or looks wet, it may have been injected with water or frozen.
The color of the meat needs to be bright, reddish, with no signs of darkening.
The meat should not have any unusual odor, no water leakage, or loss of elasticity…
What dishes can you make with jowl meat?
Braised jowl meat with quail eggs
To make this dish, you apply a recipe that is not much different from traditional braised meat. You wash the meat with salt water, boil the quail eggs, and then peel them. Before cooking, marinate the meat with fish sauce, salt, sugar, MSG, purple onion, and chopped chili peppers.
When braising, you add colored water, then stir-fry the marinated meat along with coconut water to naturally sweeten the meat. Finally, add the quail eggs, and it’s done. This braised jowl meat dish is not as greasy as ordinary fat meat, but it is also tender thanks to the combination of tendons and meat.
Stir-fried jowl meat with vegetables
Many people also stir-fry jowl meat with vegetables, giving off a unique and delicious aroma, and it is likened to the tenderloin of beef. You can stir-fry jowl meat with vegetables such as bell peppers, snow peas, young corn, etc. The fragrant and nutritious flavor from fresh vegetables, along with the soft meat tendons, will definitely make everyone unable to resist.
Grilled jowl meat
If normal meat is easily dry and tough when grilled, jowl meat absorbs spices deeply into the meat and cooks it tender. To save processing time, you can use a packaged seasoning for grilled meat. When cooking, you can grill it with vegetables and make a small BBQ party.
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