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When mentioning delicious snail dishes, we cannot forget the steamed lemongrass-stuffed snail, a dish that always receives rave reviews from snail lovers. Today, let's cook this steamed lemongrass-stuffed snail dish with PasGo. Let's get started!
As Vietnamese people, we are certainly familiar with snails. The image of snails is closely associated with the childhood of many generations in rural areas. Snails are a rustic, familiar dish that is very delicious and loved by everyone from the North to the South.
Preparation time for steamed lemongrass-stuffed snail: 20 - 25 minutes
Cooking time for steamed lemongrass-stuffed snail: 15 minutes
Ingredients for steamed lemongrass-stuffed snail
- 1kg large snails
- 5 lemongrass stalks
- 1 bulb of ginger and garlic each
- 1 chili
- Several kaffir lime leaves
- Spices include: MSG, salt, and ginger.
Ingredients for steamed lemongrass-stuffed snail
Tips for choosing delicious snails
Always choose snails that are shiny black, not scratched, to be delicious. Another tip is if you are more meticulous, the stuffed snail shells will not have lines on them. If there are lines on the shells, it means these snails are sick and not stuffed snails. These snails are usually not delicious.
Fresh, delicious, plump stuffed snails can be seen with the naked eye when their shells are full when rubbed, while snails with deeply fleshed shells inside are usually thin and weak. So when you want to make the most delicious steamed lemongrass-stuffed snail dish, you can refer to the method as above.
Tips for choosing delicious stuffed snails
How to make steamed lemongrass-stuffed snail:
- Buy stuffed snails, soak them in clean water, cut a few slices of chili, then release them into a knife or something iron to let the snails release all the soil and then wash them again with water.
- Then you boil the snails briefly in water, add a little lemongrass and a little salt to remove the fishy smell.
- Crushed garlic, lemongrass, and ginger.
- Stuffed snails should only be boiled for a few minutes until the snails shed their scales. Do not boil the snails too long, as it will remove the natural flavor of the snails, making the meat bland.
- Lemongrass-stuffed snail dish cannot be without lemongrass. Line the bottom of the pot with a layer of crushed lemongrass, then place the briefly boiled snails on top, add a little seasoning (MSG, salt), lemongrass, chili, garlic, and ginger on top. Place on low heat to keep the snails warm.
Place the snails in the pot for steaming
How to make dipping sauce for steamed lemongrass-stuffed snail
To make the steamed lemongrass-stuffed snail dish perfect, we cannot forget the most important step, which is making the dipping sauce.
Ingredients for snail dipping sauce:
- Fish sauce: (3 tablespoons)
- Kaffir lime leaves: 5 grams (5 leaves)
- Bird's eye chili: 1/2 fruit
- Thai chili: 1 fruit
- Ginger: 20 grams (1 small bulb)
- Lemongrass: 3 stalks
- Kumquat: 3 fruits
- Sugar: 2 tablespoons
Ingredients for snail dipping sauce
How to prepare dipping sauce for stuffed snails
- After preparing the ingredients, take a bowl and add 2 tablespoons of sugar and 1 sliced ginger, then use a pestle to crush them.
- Next, add a stalk of lemongrass cut into pieces, continue to crush without too much grinding.
- Then, add 3 tablespoons of fish sauce, 3 tablespoons of warm water, and the juice of 2 kumquats, use a spoon to mix well to dissolve the dipping sauce mixture.
- Finally, season to taste and add 1 sliced kumquat and finely chopped kaffir lime leaves, mix well again and you're done!
You can also refer to 3 ways to prepare dipping sauce for snails suitable for all types of snails below
Ingredients for snail dipping sauce
Finished product:
Finally, we have a steaming hot bowl of snails with steamed lemongrass-stuffed snail dipping sauce.
The steamed lemongrass-stuffed snail dish is complete!
Above is the recipe for steamed lemongrass-stuffed snails and snail dipping sauce. Wish you all success with this dish!
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