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beef tallow; beef suet; rendered beef fat
The hard white fat rendered from cattle, used in cooking, soap making, and industrial applications. In Japanese cooking, small blocks of beef tallow are commonly provided at yakiniku and teppanyaki restaurants to grease the grill.
鉄板に牛脂を塗る。
Rub beef tallow on the griddle.
焼肉屋で牛脂をもらって網に塗った。
I got some beef tallow at the yakiniku restaurant and rubbed it on the grill.
牛脂で炒めると風味が増す。
Stir-frying with beef tallow enhances the flavor.
Compound of 牛 ('cow; cattle; beef') and 脂 ('fat; tallow'). The solid white fat rendered from beef, with a high melting point that makes it useful for greasing cooking surfaces.
USAGE:
- At 焼肉 (yakiniku) and 鉄板焼 (teppanyaki) restaurants, small cubes of 牛脂 are often provided free of charge to grease the grill before cooking.
- In home cooking, 牛脂 can be obtained free from the meat counter at supermarkets — simply ask the butcher.
- Also used historically in soap and candle making, and industrially as a lubricant.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 牛脂を塗る: to rub beef tallow (on a cooking surface)
- 牛脂で炒める: to stir-fry with beef tallow
- 牛脂を溶かす: to melt beef tallow
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 豚脂: lard; pork fat — the equivalent rendered fat from pigs
- ラード: lard — the loanword for rendered pork fat, commonly used in Japanese cooking
- バター: butter — dairy fat, also used for cooking but with a different flavor profile
- 脂身: fatty part (of meat) — the fat still attached to a cut of meat, as opposed to rendered tallow