chicken fat
Rendered bird drippings
Chicken fat is the rendered fat from chickens, used in cooking—particularly in Jewish cuisine, where it's called schmaltz.
The term also describes unnecessary padding in creative work: filler material that adds bulk without substance.
A song or scene criticized as chicken fat could be cut without losing anything essential.
Depicted or processed
- clarifiedMade understandable
- matzo ballsDumplings from unleavened meal
- roastingCooking with dry heat
- bastingMoistening meat while cooking
sauteing · confit · roux · gravy · soup base · broth · stock · poultry
Small remaining pieces
- leftoversUneaten food kept afterward
- drippingsFat released during cooking
- renderingsVisual representations of subjects
- trimmingsExtras that complete something
skin · waste · discard · repurposed · frugal · resourceful · nose-to-tail · thrifty
Covered in slick fat
- oilyCovered in grease
- slipperyLacking friction, hard-to-grasp
- unctuousExcessively and insincerely earnest
- slickSmooth or craftily adept
viscous · congealed · solidified · rendered · golden · shiny · coated · smooth
rendered
Depicted or processed
- clarifiedMade understandable
- matzo ballsDumplings from unleavened meal
- roastingCooking with dry heat
basting · sauteing · confit · roux · gravy · soup base · broth · stock · poultry · kosher
scraps
Small remaining pieces
- leftoversUneaten food kept afterward
- drippingsFat released during cooking
- renderingsVisual representations of subjects
trimmings · skin · waste · discard · repurposed · frugal · resourceful · nose-to-tail · thrifty · homestead
greasy
Covered in slick fat
- oilyCovered in grease
- slipperyLacking friction, hard-to-grasp
- unctuousExcessively and insincerely earnest
slick · viscous · congealed · solidified · rendered · golden · shiny · coated · smooth · silky
schmear
Thick dab of spread
bagel · matzo · challah · pumpernickel · crackers · appetizer · deli · traditional · Yiddish · Jewish
savory
Appetizing, not sweet
aromatic · delicious · succulent · hearty · decadent · full-bodied · robust · satisfying · indulgent · satiating
- Fats and Oilsvegetable oil, olive oil, coconut oil, canola oil, sunflower oil
- cooking fatslard, shortening, tallow, vegetable oil, bacon grease
- fats and greasesgrease, lard, tallow, suet, drippings
- poultry productsduck eggs, turkey breast, goose eggs, quail eggs, drumsticks
- animal byproductstallow, lard, gelatin, bone meal, blood meal
- animal fatslard, tallow, suet, ghee, dripping
chicken fatpork fat
Rendered swine adipose tissue
lard · beef tallow · vegetable oil · olive oil · butter
chicken fatolive oil
Fruit-pressed culinary fat
vegetable oil · coconut oil · canola oil · plant-based oil · seed oils
fat, chicken, chick, fatty, fats, chickens, fatten, fattening, schmaltz