Chives with braised fish sauce
Water chives are aquatic weeds grow wild in flood waters. To collect, People had to wade into the fields, immerse themselves in the water, and search with their hands The root of the chives shakes off the loose soil and uproots both the roots and the roots.
Chives After picking, the young are shaken off the mud and then brought back to soak in water for about an hour for easy washing. A chives bush of about 20 leaves will be pruned to remove about 5 to 6 old, wilted leaves and then remove the roots, leaving a white stalk and young leaves. The succulent chives have a crispy taste, and the white stem near the base is said to be the best. Chives are eaten raw, cooked in sour soup, but the most delicious is eaten raw with braised fish sauce.
Water chives are abundant in the Dong Thap Muoi area of Dong Thap, Long An and Tien Giang provinces. Customers can buy at people's markets or sell them on both sides of the road. The price per kg is about 20,000 VND.
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Crazy Cotton Lingyu Hotpot
The floating season is the time when lingfish begin in the breeding season, crazy blooming. Fish as small as the little finger, soft bones, fatty, fleshy. Lan Chi said that it would be a mistake if guests returned to the West during the floating season without enjoying the dish of young lingfish cooked in hot pot with crazy cotton.
Delicious hot pot, "just like the West" There must be fresh lingfish and crazy cotton with young buds. To increase the attractiveness of the hot pot, the cook also adds coriander and fried garlic to create a fragrance. Lingfish is easy to cook, so when eating, do not put it in the pot early, eat it wherever you want to release it. Crazy young linch hotpot is often served with water spinach, shy and fresh vermicelli or white rice, combined with a cup of chili fish sauce.
Lan Chi said that tourists going to any western province in the floating season can also enjoy crazy linden hotpot. The price of hot pot is from 200,000 to 300,000 VND.
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Grilled hamsters
Hamster meat is considered fragrant and chewy. Field mice often eat rice and young plant sprouts, so the meat is clean. In the floating season, Western people hunt rats in the dense bushes near the water surface. Hamsters prepare many dishes, but the most popular, rustic is grill lu.
Marinate the rat meat with pepper, lemongrass, chili, sugar, monosodium glutamate, satay, and a little five spices to absorb the spices, then put each one in a jar. The griller turned and turned his hand, added fat, and added seasoning water for about an hour to brown the meat. Grilled hamsters with finished meat must be fragrant, soft, soaked with spices and crispy skin. This dish can be served with herbs, lettuce and dipped with lemon chili salt.
Floating season hamsters are sold mainly in Long An and Dong Thap. Guests can enjoy at local eateries for from 100,000 VND to 150,000 VND.
Image: My Phuoc Thanh Urban Area
Grilled snakehead fish
Snakehead fish has firm flesh and a sweet taste that appears a lot in the floating season. In addition to snakehead fish soup, Western people often grill it to enjoy according to the taste of the countryside. The fish will be skewered into bamboo sticks, inserted into the ground, covered with straw and burned until the smell is awakened.
Grilled snakehead fish is delicious when just cooked, the meat is white surrounded by scorched scales. In addition to dipping with lemon salt and pepper, fish is also rolled in rice paper, accompanied by herbs, green bananas, cucumbers, star fruit and tamarind fish sauce.
Grilled snakehead fish is sold a lot in restaurants in the West. The price is from 100 to 150,000 VND.
Photo: My Phuoc Thanh Urban Area
Dolphin stock
The freshwater catfish in the Mekong Delta is called pig because when diving underwater, or catching it ashore, the fish makes a sound of "squeak... Eng Ec" like a pig chirping. The dolphin is flattened and eaten when it reaches the size of three adult fingers. When the season comes, people in the West often place stalks, roofs or spread nets to catch. The most delicious dolphin meat is chewy, fatty skin. River dolphins are a scarce product of the river region.
The fish is cut off from the head, tail, fins, the intestines are cleaned, washed with vinegar and gently rubbed with your hands to remove the viscosity and reduce fishiness. The fish after washing several times with clean water is put on the stove and simmered over heat until the water recedes into the gelatinous fish, the meat is soft, then turn off the heat.
Address suggestions:
- 266 Ton Duc Thang, Cao Lanh City, Dong Thap.
- Bai Boi area, Ninh Kieu, Can Tho city
Photo: My Phuoc Thanh Urban Area
Crazy Cotton Shrimp Salad
Crazy cotton is popular in An Giang, Dong Thap, Long An and Can Tho City, processed by Western people into many dishes such as pickles, soups, salads, or eaten raw with braised fish, dipped in hot pot, served with fish noodles. In particular, copper shrimp salad with crazy cotton is one of the dishes that guests should try.
Crazy cotton and shrimp are stir-fried quickly over the fire to keep them crispy and fresh. The cotton is fragrant, the shrimp has a slight sweet taste combined to stimulate the taste buds and bring rice. This dish is served with white rice and dipped in chili fish sauce.
Guests who want to enjoy crazy shrimp salad can look for local eateries. The price is from 80,000 VND to 150,000 VND.
Photo: Ngoc Lien
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