How to make delicious Brazilian turtle

Red-eared sliders originally grew in foreign waters such as Mexico, and were introduced to China for breeding in the past two years. It is active and combative by nature, which also makes its meat more firm. This species has only been promoted recently, so people don’t have a deep understanding of the red-eared slider. So is there any difference in the way this turtle is prepared? How to make it taste best? Today we will teach you.

Astragalus, Coix Seed and Turtle Soup

Ingredients for Astragalus, Coix Seed and Turtle Soup:

Ingredients: 500 grams of turtle

Excipients: 30g Astragalus, 15g Coix Seed, 10g Eucommia

Seasoning: 5g ginger, 3g salt, 1g MSG

How to make Astragalus and Coix Seed Turtle Soup:

1. Wash the astragalus and coix seeds, dry them and stir-fry briefly;

2. Wash the Eucommia ulmoides;

3. Scald the turtle in boiling water, remove the shell and intestines, wash and chop into pieces;

4. Put all the ingredients into the pot and add appropriate amount of water;

5. After boiling over high heat, simmer for 1 hour over low heat and add salt to taste.

Health Tips

Strengthen the spleen and kidney and reduce swelling;

Patients with chronic nephritis and weak spleen and kidney may have symptoms such as recurrent edema, proteinuria in urine tests, low urine volume, loss of appetite, fatigue, dizziness, tinnitus, soreness of waist and knees, etc. Patients with kidney disease caused by external factors should not drink this soup.

Food incompatibility

Turtle: Turtle meat should not be eaten with wine, fruit, melon, pork, or amaranth.

Turtle stewed with corn silk

How to cook turtle with corn silk

Ingredients for stewing turtle with corn silk:

Ingredients: 500 grams of turtle

Accessories: 90 grams of corn silk

How to cook turtle with corn silk:

1. Use boiling water to scald the turtle to expel the internal organs;

2. Remove the internal organs, head and claws, wash and set aside;

3. Turtle shell and turtle meat are used together;

4. Add appropriate amount of water to the casserole, put in corn silk and processed turtle parts;

5. Simmer until the turtle meat is cooked through, then add some salt to taste.

Turtle Meat Soup

Ingredients for turtle soup:

Ingredients: 400 grams of turtle

Accessories: Polygonum multiflorum 30g, mulberry fruit 15g, Eclipta prostrata 15g, Ligustrum lucidum 15g

How to make turtle soup:

1. Stew the turtle alive, remove the intestines, wash it, drain the blood with boiling water, remove the black skin, and cut it into pieces;

2. Wash Polygonum multiflorum, Morus alba, Eclipta prostrata, and Ligustrum lucidum ;

3. Put the turtle meat, turtle shell and other ingredients into the pot, add appropriate amount of water, boil over high heat, then simmer for three hours over low heat and season.

Health Tips

Hypertension and hyperlipidemia are caused by Yin deficiency and Yang hyperactivity, with symptoms including dizziness, tinnitus, and blurred vision. People suffering from insomnia, dreaminess, soreness of waist and knees, forgetfulness, spermatorrhea, premature graying of hair, dry stool, red tongue with little coating, thready and stringy pulse, people with exogenous fever, food stagnation and abdominal distension should not drink this soup.

Food incompatibility

Turtle: Turtle meat should not be eaten with wine, fruit, melon, pork, or amaranth.

Polygonum multiflorum: Polygonum multiflorum is incompatible with pork, blood, scaleless fish, onions, garlic, and radish.

Braised turtle meat

Ingredients for braised turtle meat:

Ingredients: 500 grams of turtle

Accessories: 30g wolfberry, 35g walnut,

Seasoning: 1g MSG, 15g green onion, 10g ginger, 1g pepper, 10g rice wine, 15g rock sugar, 10g soy sauce

How to cook braised turtle meat:

1. Grind the walnut meat into small pieces;

2. Wash wolfberries;

3. Put the turtle in a basin and heat the water to about 40 degrees to make it urinate;

4. Remove the turtle's head, feet, shell, and internal organs, clean it, and cut it into pieces;

5. Heat the pan, add vegetable oil, heat until 60% hot, add turtle meat and stir-fry repeatedly;

6. Add ginger slices, scallions, peppercorns, rice wine, soy sauce, chicken broth, and water in appropriate amounts;

7. Add rock sugar, wolfberry, and chopped walnut meat, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat;

8. When the turtle meat is cooked, add MSG to adjust the taste, stir-fry for a few times, and serve in a bowl. Drink the soup and eat turtle meat.

Food incompatibility

Bring to a simmer over low heat;

8. When the turtle meat is cooked, add MSG to adjust the taste, stir-fry for a few times, and serve in a bowl. Drink the soup and eat turtle meat.