Fried Grasshoppers from Afar
Serve blanched and marinated grasshoppers with crispy fried shredded spinach.
Ingredients
grasshoppers (remove the grass sac from the back of the head, wash clean, blanch)
to taste
spinach leaves (cut into thin shreds, deep-fried until crisp)
to taste
salt
to taste
cooking wine
to taste
MSG
to taste
Instructions
1
Step 1
Remove the grass sac from the back of the grasshoppers' heads, wash clean, blanch in a pot of boiling water, then drain. Add salt, cooking wine, and MSG, mix well, and marinate until flavored through.
2
Step 2
Cut the spinach leaves into thin shreds, deep-fry in oil heated to 80% hot until crisp, then remove. Arrange the fried grasshoppers on top of the crispy spinach "pine needles" to finish.
