いなごの佃煮 (Inago no Tsukudani)
Inago no Tsukudani
- いなごのつくだに
- Inago no Tsukudani
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- insects
- snacks
- special foods
Meaning
いなごの佃煮 (いなごのつくだに, Inago no Tsukudani) is Inago no Tsukudani, a Japanese food (insects, snacks, special foods).
What is Inago no Tsukudani?
Crunchy on the outside, juicy on the inside, the locusts are prepared by simmering the insect in soy sauce and sugar to create a flavour much like hachinoko . While people once began eating inago as a means of combating locust plagues, it’s now sometimes served as a regional bar snack and is also sold in area-specific supermarkets. Before cooking, the locusts are placed into a box or bag without food for one night to remove the feces from their bodies. The locusts are added to boiling water and drained. They are cooked in a hot frying pan without oil and stirred to remove all traces of water from their bodies. Oil is added, and they are stir-fried to be crispy. Locusts yield about five times more edible protein per unit of fodder than cattle, and produce lower levels of greenhouse gases in the process.