Speaking of soft-shell turtle, everyone is familiar with it. Soft-shell turtle is rich in nutritional value. Turtles are usually stewed in soup, but many young people don’t like to drink soup and like to eat braised dishes. In fact, turtles can also be braised, but many people don’t know how to start. So today the turtle editor will take you to find out!

1. 1 soft-shell turtle, about 1000 grams, 250 grams of pork, 250 grams of chicken, 50 grams of lard, 10 cloves of garlic, 2 cups of soup, a little each of pepper and sesame oil, soy sauce, ginger slices, Appropriate amount of green onion and white.

①Tie the turtle's head with a hemp rope and hang it up, stab the neck with a knife to bleed, and cut off the head and claws. Then boil the shell in boiling water, peel off the carapace and internal organs, tear off the skirt with your hands, and cut the meat into pieces. Rinse clean.

② Use streaky pork, scrape and clean, cut into pieces, and cut chicken into pieces; boil the pig and chicken together in boiling water and remove. Put the lard in the pot and cook until it is six-mature. Add the ginger (beaten) and scallion white segments and fry until fragrant. Add the chicken and pork and stir-fry evenly. Add the turtle, salt, soy sauce, cooking wine, and fresh soup and cook over low heat. .

③Put the garlic into the cage and steam until cooked. When the turtle is cooked, add pepper and garlic to thicken the juice. Then remove the ginger, green onion and meat pieces and put them into the plate. Add MSG and sesame oil into the soup and pour it on top of the soft-shelled turtle.

2. Little knowledge about turtles

In some places in the south, they are called Tanyu and Jiayu. Its head looks like a turtle, but its carapace does not have turtle-like stripes, it has a soft skirt around the edges, and its shell is softer than a turtle's. The color is dark green. It is oval in shape, flatter than a turtle. Its dorsal and ventral carapace is covered with a soft outer membrane and is surrounded by a delicate skirt. Its head, neck and limbs can be retracted. Each limb has five claws. It crawls quickly. Judging from its appearance and color, Turtles usually have dark green backs and limbs, some have light brown backs, and white and red ventral surfaces.

The shells of soft-shell turtles differ from those of other sea turtles in that the bony shell has no peripheral bony plates, a highly textured surface, no angular outer bony plates, and a loosely connected belly (plastron). The trunk is slightly oval, the snout is long, the nostrils open at the end of the snout, and there are bony nails on the back. The limbs are short, slightly flat and have five toes with webbed membranes between the toes. The female tail generally does not reach the outer edge of the skirt, while the male body mostly extends beyond the skirt. Some giant turtles can reach more than one meter.

3. Who cannot eat soft-shelled turtles

Hepatitis patients

Due to gastric mucosal edema, small intestinal villi becoming thicker and shorter, bile secretion disorders and other factors, digestion and absorption are difficult to achieve. Function is greatly reduced. Turtle is rich in protein. Not only is it difficult for patients to absorb it after eating it, but it will increase the burden on the liver. In severe cases, liver cells will undergo massive necrosis, serum bilirubin will increase sharply, and plasma concentration will increase, inducing hepatic coma.

Insomnia, pregnant women and postpartum diarrhea are also not suitable for consumption

Although it has the effect of nourishing yin and replenishing the kidneys, soft-shelled turtle is salty and cold in nature and has strong blood-clearing and dispersing properties. It has the effect of stasis, so it has certain disadvantages in abortion, especially the abortion power of turtle shell is stronger than that of turtle meat.

IV. Nutritional value of soft-shelled turtle

Soft-shelled turtle is rich in high-quality protein, amino acids, minerals, trace elements and vitamins A, B1, B2, etc., and has the characteristics of chicken, deer, cattle, The delicious taste of the five kinds of meat, pig and fish, is known as the "gourmet five-flavor meat".

So how high is the nutritional value of turtle?