Braised Soft-Shelled Turtle

Name: Braised Soft-Shelled Turtle
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 15 g Rehydrated shiitake mushrooms; 10 g Winter bamboo shoots; 50 g Fatty pork slices; 50 g Lard; 10 g Soy sauce; 5 g Salt; 15 g Cooking wine; 5 g White sugar; 5 g Scallion sections; 5 g Ginger slices; 50 g Water starch; Garlic (remove after stir-frying until fragrant), to taste; Soft-shelled turtle (already slaughtered and cleaned), to taste

Braised soft-shelled turtle is cooked with fatty pork, winter mushrooms, and winter bamboo shoots. It has a deep, dark hue, tender, flavorful meat, and is a highly nourishing delicacy.

50 min

Easy

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Ingredients

Rehydrated shiitake mushrooms 15 g

Winter bamboo shoots 10 g

Fatty pork slices 50 g

Lard 50 g

Soy sauce 10 g

Salt 5 g

Cooking wine 15 g

White sugar 5 g

Scallion sections 5 g

Ginger slices 5 g

Water starch 50 g

Garlic (remove after stir-frying until fragrant) to taste

Soft-shelled turtle (already slaughtered and cleaned) to taste

Instructions

Stir-fry base ingredients

Heat a wok over high heat, add lard and heat until melted and hot. Add garlic and stir-fry until fragrant, then remove and discard. Add fatty pork slices, scallion sections, and ginger slices and stir-fry until aromatic.

Braise

Add the pre-slaughtered and cleaned soft-shelled turtle and stir-fry until evenly coated. Pour in cooking wine, soy sauce, salt, white sugar, rehydrated shiitake mushrooms, winter bamboo shoots, and broth. Bring the mixture to a boil, then reduce the heat to low and simmer until the turtle is fully cooked.

Reduce sauce and plate

Finally, reduce the sauce until it thickens, stir in water starch to further thicken the sauce, drizzle with a small amount of clear oil, transfer to a serving plate and serve.