Tasting snakes, a traditional dish in Hunan Province, belongs to Hunan cuisine. This dish takes local snakes with high protein, low fat and tender meat as raw materials, and concocts a fresh, fragrant and spicy taste. The cholesterol content of snake meat is very low, which has certain effect on the prevention and treatment of arteriosclerosis.

Snake meat is delicate in texture, delicious in taste and rich in high nutritional value. It is a delicious food deeply loved by people.

Brief introduction of dishes

Name of dish: Delicious snake

Gourmet: Hunan cuisine, home-cooked recipes, private kitchens.

And efficacy: gout recipes

Taste: spicy

working methods

Exercise 1

Food preparation

Delicious snake

Ingredients: cauliflower snake 1 treaty 1000g, red pepper 10, a small bowl of dried red pepper, a small bowl of garlic cloves, and an appropriate amount of anise cinnamon leaves.

Accessories: tea oil, salt, hot sauce, broth, a little starch, two spoonfuls of oyster sauce, one spoonful of chicken essence and sesame oil.

Preparatory steps

1. cauliflower snake asked the vendors to peel it clean, cut the snake meat into 6-7 cm long sections, cut the red pepper into 5 cm long sections, and cut the dried red pepper into small pieces at will.

2. Heat the tea oil in the pot, fry the snake meat until it is yellow, and then take it out. Stir-fry garlic cloves, dried red pepper, star anise, cinnamon and fragrant leaves in the remaining oil, stir-fry red oil in the hot sauce, and stir-fry the snake for a while, so that all the juice is wrapped in the snake. Pour in the stock and simmer the snake over low heat until it is 70% rotten.

3. Pick out the octagonal laurel leaves in the pot, put the red pepper into the pot, adjust the salty taste, add starch, pour oyster sauce, sprinkle with chicken essence to collect juice, and finally pour in sesame oil.

Matters needing attention

1, don't stew the snake meat too badly, it's best when it's about 70%, chew it a little, and eat it a little.

2. Chili sauce is a brand Chili sauce in Hunan. Adding dried Chili segments can highlight the spicy taste.

Exercise 2

Food preparation

Material: cauliflower snake 1 strip weight 1000g.

Accessories: red pepper 75g, ginger 25g, star anise 1g, cinnamon 1g, fragrant leaves1g.

Seasoning: vegetable oil 150g, sesame oil 5g, spicy sauce 20g, bean paste 10g, peanut butter 5g, broth 1000mg, chicken powder 13g, soy sauce 10g, and wet starch 10g.

Production steps

1. Slaughter live snakes, peel them, and cut them into sections about 10 cm long.

2. Put oil in the wok, add spices and seasonings, stir-fry the snake for a while, pour the broth, simmer for 70% with slow fire, and take out the original soup.

3. Cut the red pepper into sections of about 10 cm. After a while, add the simmered snake and the original soup to taste properly, and then thicken with sesame oil to serve.

Production skill

Don't be too rotten when the snake is simmering.