What is the best food for crickets?

Cricket is a nutritious food, which contains high-quality protein, fat, vitamins and minerals.

The content of protein in crickets is as high as 70%, and it is rich in essential amino acids, which is helpful to human health. In addition, crickets also contain a lot of unsaturated fatty acids and trace elements, such as iron, zinc and calcium, which are also very beneficial to human health.

So from a nutritional point of view, crickets are very suitable for eating.

2. Cooking methods

Crickets have many cooking methods. They can be fried, roasted, fried, boiled and so on. Among them, the most common cooking methods are boiling and frying.

The method of making boiled crickets is relatively simple. First, soak crickets in salt water 10-20 minutes, and then put them in boiling water for 5-8 minutes. The crickets cooked in this way have a refreshing taste and tender meat.

To fry crickets, you need to fry them until they are golden brown, and then add various seasonings to stir fry them to make them more crispy.

3. Cultural background

In some areas of China, eating crickets is a traditional food. For example, Poyang County in Jiangxi Province has the folk custom of "eating crickets to relieve low back and leg pain". Cricket is an important raw material of game in Guangdong and Guangxi.

In addition, in some western countries, there is also the habit of eating crickets. In 20 13, FAO published a report entitled "Cricket-A New Nutritional Food", recommending crickets as future food.

4. Delicious recipes

Crickets can cook many delicious dishes. Here are some cricket dishes.

Cricket Zhajiang Noodles: Stir-fry the fried Cricket with meat sauce, vegetables and noodles, and serve after seasoning.

Grilled chicken with crickets: Mix crickets, chicken and various seasonings, put them in the oven and eat them.

Cricket cake: Cricket powder is mixed with flour, eggs, sugar and milk to make a cake, similar to ordinary cake.