Snake is a precious medicinal herb. Snake meat can strengthen the nerves, prolong life, and treat symptoms such as weakness after illness, numbness, and joint pain. Snake gallbladder can dispel wind, clear heat, dissolve phlegm, and improve eyesight. "Snake Gallbladder and Chuanbei Liquid," made primarily from snake gallbladder bile, Fritillaria cirrhosa, and almonds, is a highly effective medicine for cough and phlegm removal. So how should snake meat be consumed to benefit the body in daily life?
Stewed Snake with Freshwater Clams
Ingredients: 100g of snake meat, 20g of freshwater clams (dried product of razor clam meat), and 10g of hawthorn.
Instructions: First, put the snake meat in a soup pot with an appropriate amount of water. Cook over medium heat until the meat can be easily removed from the bones. Remove the arms and shred the snake meat. Season with chopped green onion, minced ginger, salt, monosodium glutamate, and Shaoxing wine. Stew until the snake meat is tender. Add the snake meat, snake broth, freshwater clams, and hawthorn to the pot. If necessary, add a suitable amount of fresh broth. Simmer over low heat until the snake meat and clams are cooked. Add monosodium glutamate and sesame oil, mix well, and thicken with wet starch.
Snake Meat, Radish, and Pig Bone Soup
Ingredients: 1kg of snake meat, 250g of pig spine bones, 30g of astragalus root, 250g each of white radish and carrot, salt to taste, and 3 slices of ginger.
Instructions: Boil the above ingredients to make the soup. Once the soup boils, simmer over low heat for 1 hour.
Effect: Supports the body and fights cancer. Can be used as an adjunctive dietary therapy for various types of cancer.
Usage: Consume the meat and soup in two separate servings.
Astragalus and Snake Meat Stew
Ingredients: 50g of astragalus root, 200g of snake meat.
Instructions: Put astragalus root and snake meat in a pot with 3 slices of ginger, an appropriate amount of oil, salt, and water. Simmer to make a soup.
Effect: Tonifies qi and blood, dispels wind and dampness, and relaxes tendons and collaterals. Suitable for hemiplegia after a stroke and rheumatic arthralgia.
Usage: Drink the soup and eat the snake meat once a day.
Snake Meat Soup
Ingredients: Black snake meat, pepper, ginger, and salt, all in appropriate amounts.
Instructions: Simmer all the ingredients together to make a soup.
Effect: Tonifies deficiency, dispels wind, dispels cold. Suitable for late-stage frozen shoulder and deficiency and wind-stagnation in rheumatism.
Usage: Consume the meat and soup twice a day.
Braised Snake Meat
Ingredients: 1 snake, 60g of Artemisia annua, 20 jujubes, 10g of cardamom, ginger, yellow wine, sand ginger, soy sauce, and rock sugar, all in appropriate amounts.
Instructions: Clean the snake and cut it into sections, leaving the gallbladder for later use. Use Artemisia annua to make a decoction, remove the residue, then add the snake meat, jujubes, cardamom, ginger, yellow wine, sand ginger, soy sauce, and rock sugar. Braise until the broth thickens, then add the gallbladder.
Effect: Clears heat, reduces jaundice, activates blood circulation, and dispels stasis. An adjunctive dietary therapy for liver disease with blood stasis and jaundice.
Usage: Serve as a side dish.
Black Bean and Snake Meat Soup
Ingredients: 200g of black beans, 500g of snake meat, 10 jujubes, dried tangerine peel, and salt, all in appropriate amounts.
Instructions: Dry-fry the black beans over low heat until the skins crack open, then rinse with water and let dry. Remove the pits from the jujubes and cut the snake meat into sections. Bring a pot of water to a boil, then add the snake meat, black beans, jujubes, and dried tangerine peel. Simmer until cooked, then add salt.
Effect: Tonifies blood, activates blood circulation, dispels wind and dampness, and relieves pain.
Usage: Consume the meat and soup twice a day.
Tips: Be cautious when consuming snake meat
Snakes carry various parasites, with the most common being the larvae of "Man's tapeworm." During the cooking process, especially when eating hot pot, the eggs and bodies of the parasites may not be completely killed. Once these developing larvae enter the human body, they can cause significant harm. They develop into adult worms in the intestines, leading to abdominal discomfort, nausea, vomiting, and in severe cases, life-threatening conditions.
