What Is Lard and How Can I Use It?
Lard rewards a little know-how: how to choose it, cook it, store it, and substitute in a pinch. Browse 348 recipes to cook with it.
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 cup (205g)Where found
Lard is usually found in the baking supplies section or aisle of the grocery store or supermarket.
Food group
Lard is a member of the Fats and Oils US Department of Agriculture nutritional food group.
How much does lard weigh?
| Amount | Weight |
|---|---|
| 1 cup | 205 grams |
| 1 tbsp | 12 grams |
Related
Fats and Oils
| In Chinese: | 猪油 | |
| British (UK) term: | ||
| en français: | le saindoux | |
| en español: | la manteca de cerdo |
Recipes using lard
There are 348 recipes that contain this ingredient.
Cow Chip Biscuits
Cow chip biscuits: classic chuckwagon-style flat lard biscuits with flour, milk, baking powder, and salt. Six-ingredient pantry biscuits with crisp edges and tender centers.
Love Heart Sugar Cookies
Heart-shaped sugar cookies made the old-fashioned way with lard, sour milk, and a hint of nutmeg. Tender, slightly flaky cut-outs ready for royal icing or sprinkles. A Valentine's Day classic.
Chocolate or Cocoa Waffles
Chocolate cocoa waffles fold beaten egg whites into a cocoa batter for crisp-edged, fluffy dessert waffles. Serve hot with whipped cream and berries for after-dinner indulgence.
Holland Spice Cookies
Dutch-style icebox spice cookies with cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves in a brown sugar dough enriched with butter, lard and sour cream. Slice-and-bake rolls keep weeks in the fridge for instant warm cookies.
Grandma Cottington's Pumpkin Pie
Grandma Cottington's pumpkin pie is a heritage Thanksgiving classic: flaky butter-and-lard double crust, custardy pumpkin filling with cream, molasses, cinnamon, and allspice. Yields 2 pies.
Yummy Pancakes
Old-fashioned fluffy pancakes made with lard for extra-tender, crispy-edged stacks. Seven ingredient batter that comes together in ten minutes for breakfast or brunch.
Awesome Breakfast Cornmeal Pancakes
Cornmeal pancakes with melted lard, plenty of baking powder, and a tender, slightly grainy crumb. A 15-minute breakfast pancake with old-fashioned corn flavor and crispy edges.
Easy Cornmeal Pancakes
Cornmeal pancakes with a sweet, nutty flavor and tender crumb. A one-bowl batter you stir, pour, and griddle until the tops bubble. Stack them with syrup, fresh fruit, or chocolate sauce for an old-fashioned Southern breakfast.
Skillet Pot Roast with Vegetables
My mother's recipe from a page torn out of a cookbook years ago. Great for leftovers.
Country-Style Greens
These tasty boiled greens with bacon can be used as a side dish or as a light lunch when on the go.
Huevos Revueltos a la Mexicana (Mexican Scrambled Eggs)
A quick and easy breakfast scrambled eggs with some Mexican flair!
BJ's Italian Spaghetti
A make-ahead Italian Spaghetti that can be ready in a flash. Just re-heat and serve.
Buzzard's Breath Chili
Buzzard's breath chili is a big-batch, no-beans Texas chili: a mountain of ground beef simmered with pure ground red chile, cumin and oregano, thickened with masa harina. A bold, meaty bowl of red for a crowd.
Deluxe Nachos
Nachos from scratch, or make these nachos quick and easy by using store bought refried beans and tortilla chips.
Deluxe Nachos
Nachos from scratch, or make these nachos quick and easy by using store bought refried beans and tortilla chips.
Black Pudding (Irish)
Traditional Irish black pudding made from pig's liver, blood, lard, breadcrumbs, and oatmeal. The classic full Irish breakfast component, sliced and fried until crisp. Served with streaky bacon and eggs.
Hot Cakes
Hot cakes recipe folds beaten egg whites into a sour-milk batter with melted lard for old-fashioned pancakes that puff tall and tender. Eight pantry ingredients.
Apple or Crackling Mush
German pancake batter baked in a bread pan and topped with sliced apples or savory pork cracklings. Dust fruit version with sugar or salt the crackling one for traditional flavor.
Chiles En Nogada (Chiles in Walnut Sauce)
Chiles en Nogada, Mexico's patriotic dish: roasted poblanos stuffed with a sweet-savory pork picadillo, draped in a cool, creamy walnut sauce and scattered with ruby pomegranate seeds. The green, white, and red of the flag on one plate.
Almond Cookies #1
Traditional Chinese almond cookies with crumbly texture, pressed with apricot pits or whole almonds. Refrigerated slice-and-bake dough keeps for weeks.
Grilled Game Sausage with Wilted Greens
Grilled game sausage patties of ground duck, pork shoulder, and pancetta with cinnamon and cumin, wrapped in caul fat. Served on garlicky wilted kale with balsamic reduction.
Crispy Oat Herrings & Apple Rings (Irish)
Whole herrings coated in crunchy oatmeal, pan-fried until golden, and served with caramelized apple rings. This traditional Irish breakfast or supper pairs rich fish with sweet fruit in under 15 minutes.
Rabbit Hoggan
Rabbit hoggan, a traditional Cornish lard-pastry parcel stuffed with rabbit, potato, turnip, and carrot. Tin miner's lunch from the West Country, baked free-form.
