What does it mean to be summer? I think the cicadas are chirping.
When the time comes, the heat is unbearable, you may wish to take advantage of the evening, when the temperature is slightly cool. Carry a small water bottle, fill half a bottle of water, bring a flashlight, find a pleasant grove of trees, grab some monkeys and go back to drink, life is not beautiful.
Monkeys, also known as golden cicadas, horse monkeys, and turtles, are the larvae of cicadas, which live in the ground all year round and survive by absorbing nutrients from tree roots. Usually after the summer rains, at dusk, it begins to break through the ground, and then climbs up the trunk of the tree to molt into a cicada.
Knowing that monkeys are not only delicious, but also nutritious, it is a rare delicacy in summer.
Fried Monkey is a very classic summer dish, and the preparation is very simple.
Here's how:
Ingredient:
Monkeys, cooking oil, and salt
Method:
1. We washed the captured monkeys with clean water. Fill the pot with water, add the appropriate amount of edible salt, after the water boils, pour the monkey into the pot and cook for 2-3 minutes, then fish out the monkey and rinse it with cool water, and control the water and set aside.
Tip: First boil the monkey in salt water to make it taste good. In addition, impurities such as soil remaining on the monkeys can be fully removed to ensure the best taste.
2. Heat the oil in another pot, when the oil temperature is 80% hot, fry the monkey for 3 minutes, and then fish out the oil control plate.
Note: The oil temperature should not be too high, the oil temperature is too high, it is easy to fry the small legs of the monkey. If the oil temperature is too low, the skin of the monkey is not crisp, which will affect the taste. If it is not easy to grasp the temperature of the oil, we can see that the surface of the cooking oil in the pot begins to show signs of flow.
In the hot summer, if you can come to a plate of fried monkeys to make a wine dish, it is not much taller than the fried peanuts that are often found throughout the year.
In addition, friends who like to eat spicy, recommend a special practice - dry sauté monkeys.
Here's how:
Ingredient:
Monkeys, cooking oil, salt, green onions, garlic, coriander, dried chili peppers, soy sauce
Method:
1. Blanch the water
We washed the monkeys with clean water. Fill the pot with water, and when the water is boiling, pour the monkey into the pot and blanch the water for 2 minutes. Then remove from the cool and drain the water.
2. Change the knife
Cut the monkey longitudinally to facilitate the taste, cut the parsley into sections, shred the green onion, slice the garlic, cut the dried chili pepper into sections, and set aside.
3. Fry
Pour cooking oil into the pot, wait for the oil to be heated to 80%, pour the monkey into the pan and fry for 2 minutes, then remove the oil and set aside.
4. Stir-fry
Stir-fry a small spoonful of cooking oil, heat the oil, add the chopped green onion, garlic slices, dried chili pepper segments, and stir-fry until fragrant. Add the fried monkeys, add the right amount of salt and a small amount of soy sauce, and stir-fry over high heat for 1 minute. Then sprinkle in the parsley segments and stir-fry evenly.
In this way, a plate of delicious dried sauté monkeys is successfully made.
For the hot summer months, people mostly have no appetite for greasy food. The dry sauté knows that the monkey taste is crisp and fragrant and not greasy, that is, delicious and under the rice, it is a very good summer appetizer.
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