Eating in China
Camel hump fat

Camel hump fat

骆驼峰脂肪Luòtuó fēng zhīfáng

Pale fatty tissue from a domesticated camel’s hump, used to enrich meat fillings.

Type
Cooking fats and oils

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

Unrendered animal adipose tissue, not lean camel meat and not camel-milk butter.

In the kitchen

Combined with camel meat in some Alxa camel pies; cooked as part of the filling.

Amount and preparation vary by maker. Hump fat does not imply that every camel pie uses it.

Ask about this ingredient

这道菜里有骆驼峰脂肪吗?

Does this dish contain Camel hump fat?

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