Braised Turtle with Rock Sugar

Name: Braised Turtle with Rock Sugar
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 Live turtle (behead, split belly to remove innards, cut off claws, cut into 8 pieces); 50 g Rock sugar; 500 g Chicken broth; 15 g Scallion whites (cut into sections or smashed); 15 g Ginger (sliced); 10 Sichuan peppercorns; 25 g Cooking wine; 5 g Soy sauce; Vegetable oil, to taste

Cut live turtle into pieces, stir-fry with Sichuan peppercorns, scallions, and ginger until fragrant, then add chicken broth and rock sugar and simmer until tender.

1h 35m

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Ingredients

Live turtle (behead, split belly to remove innards, cut off claws, cut into 8 pieces) 1

Rock sugar 50 g

Chicken broth 500 g

Scallion whites (cut into sections or smashed) 15 g

Ginger (sliced) 15 g

Sichuan peppercorns 10

Cooking wine 25 g

Soy sauce 5 g

Vegetable oil to taste

Instructions

Preparing the turtle

Behead the live turtle, split the belly to remove the innards, cut off the claws, and cut into a total of 8 pieces.

Stir-frying

Heat a wok over the flame, add vegetable oil and briefly fry the Sichuan peppercorns, add the scallions and ginger and stir to release their aroma, then add the turtle meat, cooking wine, and soy sauce and stir-fry together.

Braising

Then add the chicken broth and rock sugar, bring to a rolling boil over high heat, then reduce to low heat and braise until the meat is thoroughly cooked and tender.