To Render Chicken Fat Recipes

This is the ultimate way to prepare your schmaltz. Schmaltz is to Jews as bacon grease is to Southerners! Used in many traditional Jewish recipes to replace butter, which is "trayf" (butter is not to be served alongside meat products according to Jewish dietary laws). Try it, you will find it so tasty in many of your savory...

Provided by Esther Hardman

Categories     Spreads

Time 1h5m

Number Of Ingredients 2

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Provided by Florence Fabricant

Categories     condiments

Time 25m

Yield Y cup

Number Of Ingredients 2

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 115, UnsaturatedFat 8 grams, Fat 13 grams, SaturatedFat 4 grams, Sodium 15 milligrams

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Schmaltz is rendered poultry fat, in this case made from chicken, while gribenes are its crispy, crackling-like byproduct that comes from bits of chicken skin. The key to this recipe is to go low and slow: You want the fat to cook gently and thoroughly so it renders completely without burning. Some would argue that the onion is mandatory and not optional, but if you plan to use the schmaltz for very delicate recipes, or sweet recipes (chilled schmaltz works wonderfully as the fat in pastry dough), feel free to leave it out. Your schmaltz won't have as deep a flavor, but it will be more versatile. Schmaltz will last for at least a week in the refrigerator and up to six months in the freezer. If your butcher won't sell it to you, the best way to obtain chicken skin and fat is to collect trimmings in the freezer every time you buy a whole bird. Or you can strip the skin and fat from chicken thighs and save the skinless meat to use in other recipes.

Provided by Melissa Clark

Categories     dinner, lunch, main course

Time 1h30m

Yield 1/2 cup schmaltz, 2 cups gribenes

Number Of Ingredients 3

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 249, UnsaturatedFat 16 grams, Carbohydrate 0 grams, Fat 25 grams, Protein 5 grams, SaturatedFat 7 grams, Sodium 132 milligrams, TransFat 0 grams

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