Eating snake is quite common in the history of China, and there are various ways to eat snake. "Three Snake Soup" is a traditional Han ethnic dish in Guangdong, belonging to Cantonese cuisine. It is a common type of soup in snake cuisine, and Guangzhou restaurants had this dish a hundred years ago.
[Name]
Three Snake Soup
[Recipe]
1. Chop the snake meat into approximately 3 cm long pieces, blanch them in boiling water, then remove and rinse with clean water before putting them into a soup pot.
2. Chop the snake meat into approximately 3 cm long pieces, blanch them in boiling water, then remove and rinse with clean water before putting them into a soup pot.
3. Place the soup pot on the fire, add 1500 grams of water, rice wine, ginger, and spring onion. Bring to a boil with high heat, skim off the foam, then simmer on low heat until the meat becomes tender. Remove the spring onion and ginger, add refined salt and monosodium glutamate, and serve the soup in bowls for consumption.
4. Remove the snake skin and internal organs to form the snake shell. Go to the meat and vegetable market or wildlife shops to buy snake shells.
5. Cut the snake shell into several pieces, put them in a pot with water and cook for 60-70 minutes. Remove, debone, and cut the snake meat into shreds. Mix the snake meat with soy sauce, turmeric powder, peanut oil, and ingredients such as shredded chicken or lean pork. Add a little bit of dried tangerine peel, Chinese chives, and shredded shiitake mushrooms.
6. Filter the snake soup, bring it to a boil in a pot, and add the snake meat shreds, salt, and shredded chicken and pork. When it is 80% cooked, add the ingredients such as dried tangerine peel and cooked soy sauce. Thicken the soup with a thin starch slurry until it becomes a thick paste. Sprinkle with Chinese chives and serve in a bowl. When eating, add a little bit of black pepper for a fresh and fragrant taste.
[Nutritional Value of Three Snake Soup]
A bowl of Three Snake Soup is very delicious. The white snake broth is full of the aroma of snake meat, and the yellow chrysanthemum petals add a floral fragrance. Even after several bowls, it still feels refreshing and not greasy at all.
[Taboos for Eating Three Snake Soup]
1. Radish: Pregnant women should not eat snake meat with radish, as it may threaten the health of the fetus.
2. Pork, beef, and chili: Eating snake meat with pork, beef, and chili may affect reproductive capacity.
3. Garlic: Eating snake meat with garlic may irritate the gastric mucosa and cause damage to the stomach.
4. Green beans: Eating snake meat with green beans may cause food poisoning.
5. Snake meat should not be eaten with water chestnuts, almonds, rhubarb, honey, soy sauce, and vinegar.
6. Snake meat should not be eaten together with potatoes, onions, scallions, and oranges.
