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How to remove fat from meat juices

Name: How to remove fat from meat juices
Prep time: 3 h 4 min
Total time: 3 h 4 min
Yield: 150 ml
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 200 ml poultry cooking juices

After cooking meat, we are left with the delicious cooking juices, but these can often be rather fatty.

Here is one simple and effective way to remove much of the fat.

146 K 3.6/5 (147 reviews)

3 hours 4 min. difficulté

Easy

150 ml

1 Ingredient

Last modified on: May 11^th 2016

For 150 ml, you will need:

1 200 ml poultry cooking juices
Total weight: 200 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation: 3 hours 4 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 2 min.

How to remove fat from meat juices : Stage 1

Start by pouring the meat juices into a bowl through a very fine strainer to remove any bits.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 3 hours

How to remove fat from meat juices : Stage 2

Leave the juices to cool at room temperature for an hour, which will allow the fat to rise to the top gradually.

Then refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 2 min.

How to remove fat from meat juices : Stage 3

After being cooled like this, you can remove the solidified fat from the top with a spoon.

Stage 4

The juices left underneath will have set into a kind of jelly.

Stage 5

This jelly is easy to melt back into a "jus" that can be used in many recipes, such as a light sauce for pasta or rice.

Keeping: Several days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	20 RDI=9 %	10 RDI=1 %	60 RDI=9 %	680 RDI=30 %	2,830 RDI: 30 %
Per 100 g	10 RDI=5 %	5 RDI=0 %	30 RDI=5 %	340 RDI=20 %	1,420 RDI: 20 %

How much will it cost?

For 150 ml : 0.40 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

Poultry cooking juices

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