Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Hotel franchise - How to fry cicadas?

How to fry cicadas?

First, take a proper amount of live cicada nymphs, scald them to death in a boiling pot, take them out, remove their limbs and wash them with water.

Second, soak in salt water for a few hours or cook in a salt water pot for a while.

Third, after the oil pan is heated to 40%, fry it in the pan. Add oil to the pan, not too much, heat it up and fry it until crisp.

Fourth, when the oil is heated to 60% to 70%, pour the cicada into the pot and fry it. Stir-fry until cicada skin turns golden brown, then add refined salt, monosodium glutamate and cumin to serve.

Golden cicada nymph (cicada turtle) is a leader among edible insects because of its high nutritional value and unique taste. At present, the golden cicada has become a delicacy for all kinds of guests.

The newly unearthed nymphs of golden cicada contain 58.58% protein and 0/0.23% fat. Total phosphorus is 0.58%, calcium 16.5 mg/kg, and zinc is 82.2 mg/kg.

High protein and low fat are rare game products. A plate of "fried golden cicada" can sell for forty or fifty yuan, and it will sell for several hundred yuan in some star-rated hotels.