Stewed Soft-shelled Turtle with Cordyceps

Name: Stewed Soft-shelled Turtle with Cordyceps
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 (approx 1000 g) Live soft-shelled turtle (killed, internal organs removed, shell removed, claws trimmed, soaked in hot water, skin scraped off, cut into chunks); 13 g Cordyceps (washed); 8 Red dates (pitted, washed); 10 g Ginger (cut into chunks); 15 g Scallion (cut into sections); 9 Garlic cloves (peeled, washed); 10 g Fine salt; 1 g MSG; Cooking wine, to taste; 1000 g Clear broth

Stew soft-shelled turtle together with cordyceps, red dates, and other ingredients; the dish is said to nourish yin and yang and replenish qi and blood.

2 hours

Easy

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Stewed Soft-shelled Turtle with Cordyceps

Ingredients

Live soft-shelled turtle (killed, internal organs removed, shell removed, claws trimmed, soaked in hot water, skin scraped off, cut into chunks) 1 (approx 1000 g)

Cordyceps (washed) 13 g

Red dates (pitted, washed) 8

Ginger (cut into chunks) 10 g

Scallion (cut into sections) 15 g

Garlic cloves (peeled, washed) 9

Fine salt 10 g

MSG 1 g

Cooking wine to taste

Clear broth 1000 g

Instructions

Ingredient preparation

After killing the soft-shelled turtle, drain all the blood. Make an incision at the neck, pull out the esophagus and trachea, open the abdomen to remove internal organs, remove the shell, and trim off the claws. Soak the soft-shelled turtle in hot water for 15 minutes, scrape off the dark skin and inner membrane, then cut into chunks. Wash the cordyceps. Pit and wash the red dates. Cut the ginger into chunks, cut the scallion into sections, peel the garlic cloves, and wash them.