Crickets are insects that live in nature, making burrows underground. During the rainy season, they lay eggs and grow very quickly. Crickets eat young grass, small roots, and young plant parts, so they are called clean insects.
For nearly a month now, continuous rain has flooded many areas of the Ben Den hamlet (Dien Quang commune). Floodwaters still cover high ground, making it an ideal place for crickets to dig holes and live.
Mr. Nguyen Dinh Trung in Ben Den village, a professional cricket “catcher”, said that his group of 4-5 people often go “hunting” for crickets this season. To catch crickets, you have to go early in the morning, when it is not raining, to clearly see the new mounds of earth - also the newly built cricket caves.
In recent years, field crickets have been sought after by restaurants at a good price, around 2,000 VND/cricket, so during the off-season, people take advantage of the opportunity to "hunt" for crickets.
Many dishes are prepared from this insect. First, you must know how to prepare it to remove the bad smell.
The quickest way to prepare fried crickets with lemongrass is to heat a pan with oil, pound the shallots and fry them with lemongrass, then add the crickets to the pan. Add a few spoons of fish sauce and spices, sprinkle some chili powder, add a few lemon leaves, and a few minutes later, you have a "chicken-fried" dish of crickets on a rainy day. Eat fried crickets with rice, the fatty taste of the crickets and the spicy taste of chili and lemongrass will linger on your tongue.
Banh xeo is a specialty dish that carries the cultural identity of Quang people. But few people know how to make a cricket banh xeo.
After being pre-processed, the crickets will be marinated with spices. Rice flour, turmeric powder, chives and a little salt are mixed together and then “inoculated” to make the dough smooth. A pan of oil is placed on the stove, a few crickets are dropped in and coated with a thin layer of flour. Add a few bean sprouts, after a while, open the lid, the crispy golden cricket pancake smells delicious.
Along with cricket pancakes, cricket salad, salt and pepper fried crickets… are the favorite dishes of Go Noi people. Currently, cricket dishes have become specialties on the menu of many large restaurants. Crickets are now not only a dish of the countryside but have “set foot” in the city.
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