MMMMMM lard

[mom61508]

I got some lard from the farm the other day and I'm wanting to make sweet potato fries with it.
I've never used lard before so I was planning on heating in a deep pan and throwing sweet potato fries in there with some sea salt. Is that a good plan?


So I save the lard after I'm done?

[ginnybee]

Yummy! Great plan. Salt the fries afterward though; while still hot. And yes, on saving the lard. Maybe keep it in a separate jar from the one you took it out of, to keep the "virgin" lard for baking or what have you.

[mom de terre]

Just because you mentioned that you've never used lard before, I'll note that when I buy it locally, it needs to be rendered before it can be used.

[mbravebird]

Yes, is it rendered?

[cristeen]

Technically, if it's not rendered, it's not lard. But definitely double check. Mine is always rendered - I buy it in a tub. If I want it unrendered, I have to ask for pig skin.

But for sweet potato fries, I saw this trick on a show about a restaurant that's famous for it's sweet potato fries... Cut them into 1 inch fingers, drizzle with oil, lay in a single layer on a sheet pan and bake at 350 for 15 minutes. Then let them cool and THEN fry them. That way they've already had some of the moisture drawn out of them, so they crisp faster, and they're already partially/mostly cooked.

[mom61508]

Oh gosh rendered? I_Don't_Know_

It's in a tub, it's white??? i know nothing about lard can you tell? I only know it's good fat

[JElaineB]

Originally Posted by mom61508

Oh gosh rendered? I_Don't_Know_

It's in a tub, it's white??? i know nothing about lard can you tell? I only know it's good fat

If it is in a tub and it is solid (like shortening) and white it sounds rendered to me. Enjoy!

[mom61508]

Originally Posted by JElaineB

If it is in a tub and it is solid (like shortening) and white it sounds rendered to me. Enjoy!

Great! Thanks!

[Laniemama]

Yum! I love our chips hot out of the pan, still dripping with lard, yum! I have a grease keeper that I keep my "used" lard in on the counter and keep the rest in the fridge. I just heat it up in the cast iron and let the chips fry up until done. I have a mandolin slicer that I love, to slice the chips with. Once you have chips fried in lard, you'll never go back to store bought!