Stir-fried Water Snake Slices with Vegetables

Stir-fried Water Snake Slices with Vegetables

　　Stir-fried Water Snake Slices with Vegetables

　　Stir-fried Water Snake Slices with Vegetables is a traditional famous dish from Leiliu (some say Longjiang). The water snake is skinned, deboned, and sliced. It is then stir-fried raw with ingredients such as fresh bamboo shoots and peas. The snake meat is cut into sections and stir-fried together with the vegetables. The tender, sweet, and smooth texture of the snake meat blends harmoniously with the fragrant freshness of the vegetables. The snake meat is snow-white in color, while the vegetables are a vivid emerald green, making for an extremely appealing presentation. The taste is delicious, refreshing, and pleasant.

　　Ingredients: 250g boneless water snake meat, 150g cooked bamboo shoot slices, 100g green and red bell pepper pieces, 25g each of soaked dried mushrooms and sliced scallion whites, 40g superior stock, appropriate amounts of egg white, cooking wine, ground white pepper, baking soda, cornstarch, sesame oil, minced garlic, ginger flower, and seasonings.

　　Preparation Method:

　　1. First, score the water snake meat with a knife, then slice it diagonally into about 5cm-long pieces. Marinate with baking soda for 30 minutes, rinse with clean water, squeeze out excess moisture, mix with egg white, and coat with wet cornstarch. Blanch the bamboo shoots in boiling water, then cut into diamond-shaped medium slices.

　　2. Heat oil in a wok, deep-fry the snake slices, then blanch the bamboo shoot slices in oil and remove. Add ginger flower, minced garlic, bamboo shoot slices, green and red bell peppers, water snake slices, and soaked dried mushrooms to the wok and stir-fry together. Then add superior stock, sesame oil, sliced scallion whites, splash in cooking wine, season, sprinkle with white pepper, thicken with wet cornstarch, add a bit of finishing oil, stir well, and serve on a plate.

　　Features: The tender, sweet, and smooth texture of the snake meat blends perfectly with the fragrant freshness of the vegetables. The snake meat is snow-white, and the vegetables are a vivid emerald green, creating an exceptionally beautiful presentation.