Everyone is afraid of snakes, but if you visit a specialty restaurant in the West in general, in Tien Giang in particular, you will be addicted to eating. In fact, once enjoying snake meat dishes in the west of Tien Giang river, it will be very difficult to forget. The appearance of snakes scares many people. (Illustration) Despite its scary appearance, all dishes from snakes are delicious. In Tien Giang, diners can choose from a variety of dishes from snake meat such as: Boneless snake, snake porridge, snake wine, minced snake, snake stew with lemongrass,… In addition, snake hot pot is also quite popular. language. Onion cobra can be processed into many specialties. (Illustration) To cook delicious snake hot pot, people will choose big and heavy snakes with soft sweet meat. Then cut off the head and then put it over fire to dry the snake skin and then scrape off the scales, cut along the abdomen, remove the intestines and liver, and cut into pieces about 3-5cm. After preliminary processing, the snake meat does not need to be marinated, but directly into the pot, pour the water and lemongrass and boil for about 20 minutes. Then add the radish and cook for another 10 minutes, then season to taste. Snake hot pot has an irresistible delicious taste. (Illustration) The hot pot of cobra has a clear broth, rich sweetness and a very attractive aroma. Many tourists who come to the West to see this dish do not dare to try it because it looks quite “horror”. But just pick up a piece of snake meat, dip it with fish sauce or chili salt, everyone has to praise the deliciousness. The sweet snake meat and the rich taste of fish sauce and the seductive scent of vegetables are extremely attractive. (Illustration) In addition to the snake hotpot, the golden fried snake bones are also very delicious. This seemingly non-fatty dish, when put in the mouth to chew, will have the fatty aroma of snake bones, subtle salty taste of salted lemon, making our taste and smell like stretch, nothing more interesting. Crispy fried snake bones – a unique dish of the West. (Illustration) According to people in the West, the hot pot of cobra and onion is not only delicious but also very nutritious, especially for those who are tired and weak. Therefore, every time a distinguished guest comes to visit them, they often cook this specialty dish to treat. Just a popular dish with typical ingredients of the West River region, but the hot pot of cobra and onion has become a famous specialty throughout the region. For those who have ever been to the west of the river, they will certainly not be able to forget the special taste of this “strange” dish.

Ingredient Ingredients for 2 servings: – 2 chicken thighs – 2 packs of udon noodles – 2 scallions – 100g of shiitake mushrooms – 1 teaspoon of ginger – 2 cloves of garlic – 400 ml of chicken juice – Seasoning: soy sauce, vegetable oil, salt, pepper Making – Step 1: Food prep: + Remove bones and cut chicken thighs into bite-sized pieces. + Cut green onions diagonally and slice fresh shiitake mushrooms. + Mince ginger and garlic. – Step 2: Fried chicken: Add a little vegetable oil to the pan. Fry the chicken until crispy and golden brown for about 5-7 minutes. + Season with salt and pepper. Remove chicken from pan and drain excess oil on a plate lined with paper towels. – Step 3: Cooking broth: Put a little vegetable oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add minced garlic and ginger, lightly fry for 30 seconds. + Add chicken broth, bring to a boil, then lower the heat and keep it low. Add shiitake mushrooms and cook for 3 minutes. + Season with soy sauce and add salt if needed, then reduce heat to low. – Step 4: Blanch the udon noodles and drain. – Step 5: Enjoy + Divide the noodles and chicken evenly into two bowls, then pour the broth over. Garnish with scallions or eggs if desired. + The dish is ready to enjoy.

Food harem The hoof is the part from the knee joint to the pig’s hoof, which is mostly tendon and skin, not much meat, little fat but not too fat. Therefore, when stewing, stocking, cooking bamboo shoot soup, even soft-boiled with maggi garlic chili or any other processing method is reasonable. According to traditional medicine, pig’s hoof is normal, so it is often used for people with boils, bad blood, weak pregnant women, low milk or milk loss… And from that concept, sometimes hoofs stick tightly. with the concept of “food for birth mothers” because of the benefit of milk. To talk about the dishes made from pig’s nails, there are countless. For example, if it is a dish for a new-born woman, the spring rolls are often cooked with porridge. Fingernail porridge consists of 2 main ingredients: plain rice (glutinous rice can be added) and hog gio. After being cleaned, cut into bite-sized pieces, they are blanched with boiling water of 100 degrees Celsius, or can also be old hot water to ensure cleanliness, dirt and debris adhesion. Nails are marinated with a little salt before being brought to the kitchen to cook until soft. When the spring rolls start to soften, add the rice, let it simmer until the porridge is cooked, then season with salt and pepper to taste and turn off the stove. Porridge porridge for people after giving birth previously only had rice and nails as the main ingredients. Now there are more variations of half porridge and half soup when adding potatoes, carrots, and enough essence for newcomers to “get out of bed”. Also belonging to the “version” of milky pork leg, it can be stewed pork leg with lotus seed, red apple, yea, ginseng or stewed pork leg with pumpkin, papaya… There is one more dish that is definitely not delicious without pork chops. It’s dried bamboo shoot soup. In the past, bamboo shoot soup was usually only cooked on the occasion of the traditional New Year, now life is better, when you like to eat, you can cook it. Bamboo shoot soup is mainly cooked with chicken, geese, and pork ribs, but many housewives have the habit of adding 1-2 extra hams to get enough fat. In the North, every early winter, when kohlrabi is in season, the potatoes have just been unloaded, that’s when many families will always have boiled potatoes with pork feet, adding a little kohlrabi, carrots, and carrots. sour. It is an energizing dish to combat the harsh cold. Regional Variations Potato “ta” is the way that marketers and vendors call it to refer to the “potatoes” grown in the North that are harvested in each winter crop. This potato is light yellow, small and friable, a far cry from the hand-sized potatoes imported from… across the border. There is an interesting anecdote that the writer Nguyen Viet Ha, in a passage of the novel “Three of the people”, he wrote about the dish “potato stew”. When through the editing hands of the publisher editor (who is originally from the South), the “classic” dish of the North was turned into “Tay Ninh potato with pork leg”. Also because of the introduction of dishes between regions, there are a series of cooking groups on social networks teaching each other how to cook Ca Bung with hoof. The recipe and ingredients are the same, except for the change from pork belly to pork leg. Spring rolls combined with eggplant for a fatty, greasy and fleshy taste, the same batch, turmeric and spices such as guava leaves, perilla, scallions… make the dish worth a try. In the wave of learning to cook through “groups” on social networks or on youtube, there are many other dishes related to spring rolls such as braised pork belly with coconut water (recipe like braised pork belly), braised pork hock with magi, or braised pork belly. braised pork leg with… Cocacola. Each dish has a unique taste, bold regional character. There is one thing that is quite difficult when making dishes from pork feet, which is the process of simmering the nails so that they are both soft and tender, but the tendons inside, the skin on the outside are not crushed, and the food still has a certain crunchiness. In general, this is a skill, and when learned, the chef is of course very experienced due to so many … failures. In Hanoi, spring rolls are used by many noodle shops as an indispensable ingredient. And it is the people who cook bun bung that are always the most experienced in boiling the hoof so that the finished product fully meets the above criteria. About a few years ago, the markets of Hanoi appeared many rows of roasted pork leg with honey leaves. The whole pork leg is boneless, stuffed with molasses leaves, dried onions and other spices and then grilled on charcoal. The dish is probably imported from the northern border provinces, more suitable for drinking than with rice. As part of the online “trend” of eating, recently, there is also a frozen boneless pork leg. Many goods are sold, advertising is fresh and delicious, but the source is not mentioned. Pork legs are stripped of bones and have the right skin and tendons. The “loving shops” guide customers to boil whatever is delicious. The person who wrote this article was originally a “fan of pork leg”, but never dared to try it because the piece of meat was still white and frozen, so it was scary. It is not known how long after the bone was removed, it was in the cold storage. Well, whatever is freshest, most natural, buy it. Also because of the introduction of dishes between regions, there are a series of cooking groups on social networks teaching each other how to cook Ca Bung with hoof. The recipe and ingredients are the same, except for the change from pork belly to pork leg. Spring rolls combined with eggplant for a fatty, greasy and fleshy taste, the same batch, turmeric and spices such as guava leaves, perilla, scallions… make the dish worth a try. In the wave of learning to cook through “groups” on social networks or on youtube, there are many other dishes related to spring rolls such as braised pork belly with coconut water (recipe like braised pork belly), braised pork hock with magi, or braised pork belly. braised pork leg with… Cocacola.

When eating a squeezed lemon, then put it in the dipped rice paper, add raw vegetables including vegetables such as: bananas, dill, herbs, lettuce and some sweet and sour mango fibers … Water Undeniably, soya sauce is mixed with lemongrass chili and spicy garlic and fragrant pureed soybean paste. A person skilled in making fish salad for more than 20 years in Quy Nhon said that fish salad is one of the popular and famous fish dishes of this region. The shellfish is similar in shape to anchovies, but has a thinner, scaled texture. The apricot fish has a sweet, crunchy, and non-fishy taste, so it is very suitable as a salad. Depending on the size of the fish, the person takes the bone. If the fish is as big as two fingers, the bones must be removed. If smaller, only the half of the bone in the abdomen is needed, leaving a bit of the tail bone nib. The fish must be really fresh, each fiber still shines the color of the sea to reach the first “standard” to have a delicious salad. The most cleverness of the apricot fish maker is exposed at the fish bone removal process. The fish that is only a little bigger than the tip of the chopsticks must be removed by hand so that when eaten, it does not feel crushed and crushed. After the head, intestines, scales, bones are removed, the fish is soaked in cold water mixed with granular salt to make the flesh more firm and rich. The preparation of spices, sauces, and vegetables is also quite meticulous. Usually, fish salad with 2 cups of sauce is soy sauce mixed with lemongrass, chili and soy sauce. The most difficult way is to process soy sauce with roasted pureed peanuts and simmer with tomatoes, large chili, and spices. The dish of apricot fish salad will be different without a plate of colorful vegetables with banana flowers, young banana, star fruit, raw mango, green tomatoes, herbs, cucumbers, sesame buds, giang leaves … By taking raw, ripe rice paper, pick up vegetable chopsticks, fish pieces mixed with lemons, spices … wrapped in soy sauce or prepared soy sauce. Currently a plate of apricot fish salad is sold in seafood restaurants in Quy Nhon priced from 75,000 to 100,000 VND / plate depending on the custom. Quy Nhon is a place where natural scenery blends between majestic mountains and vast sea, creating a mixture of diverse ecosystems, providing extremely rich and attractive regional products. domestic and foreign tourists visit. (According to GiadinhNet)