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Preparation
30 minutes
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Cooking
10 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Stir-fried coconut snails is a stir-fried dish that is delicious and attractive, and the way to make it is very simple, making it perfect as a snack to enjoy with friends. Today, let’s join TasteVN in the kitchen and make this appealing dish right away!
Ingredients for Stir-fried Coconut Snails For 3 people
Coconut snails 1 kg Garlic 7 cloves Bird’s eye chili 1 piece Unsalted butter 3 tablespoons Fish sauce 1.5 teaspoons Sugar 2 teaspoons MSG 1/3 teaspoon Salt a little
What is coconut snail? How to choose delicious coconut snails
- Coconut snail is a fairly popular freshwater snail among the people of the Mekong Delta.
- Coconut snails have a hard, smooth shell with brown or dark brown stripes. Coconut snails are uniformly large, with chewy and sweet meat.
- It is advisable to choose live snails to ensure the quality of the dish; you can touch the snail’s mouth with your hand, and live, fresh snails will retract their shells and close their mouths immediately. Snails that emit a foul odor, have deeply retracted shells, and ooze slime are dead or have been long dead, and should not be purchased.
- To test if a snail is dead, drop it into a basin of water; if the snail’s bottom floats up and feels light, it is dead and should be discarded to avoid affecting the other live snails.
- Look at the snail’s shell; snails with shells that are close to the outer edge are plump, fat, and delicious. Thin snails have shells that are retracted inward.
Where to buy unsalted butter
You can find unsalted butter at TasteVN supermarkets nationwide or buy online at bachhoaxanh.com. Additionally, you can also make unsalted butter at home following TasteVN’s instructions.
How to Prepare Stir-Fried Coconut Snails with Butter
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Prepare the Coconut Snails
To quickly purge the dirt from coconut snails, after purchasing, wash them thoroughly and soak them in rice water for 1 – 2 hours.
If you don’t have rice water, you can soak the snails in saltwater for about 3 hours and change the water about 3 to 4 times during the soaking period.
After the snails have purged the sand, take them out, rinse thoroughly with water, and let them drain.
How to Prepare Coconut Snails to Purge Sand Completely
- You should soak the snails in a metal basin because snails will purge all the dirt when they come into contact with metal. If you don’t have a metal basin, you can place a few metal utensils like knives or forks into the basin and continue soaking the snails for about 1 – 2 hours.
- Soak the snails in rice water so they can purge the dirt quickly. If you don’t have time to prepare rice water, you can soak them in cold water and add about 3 – 4 chili peppers for about 1 – 2 hours.
- You can also soak the snails in a mixture of lemon, vinegar, and chili. Just mix the ingredients together and soak the snails, and they will quickly purge the dirt for cooking.
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Prepare Other Ingredients
Peel and finely chop the garlic. Finely chop the bird’s eye chili.
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Sauté Coconut Snails
Place a pan on the stove, add 3 tablespoons of unsalted butter and melt it. Next, add minced garlic and chili to sauté until fragrant.
When the garlic and chili are aromatic, add 1 teaspoon of fish sauce, 1 teaspoon of sugar, and 1/3 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate to the pan and stir well until the seasonings are dissolved.
Next, add the prepared coconut snails to the pan, then add another teaspoon of sugar. Turn the heat to medium and sauté the snails until they are opened and cooked evenly.
Finally, add 1/2 teaspoon of fish sauce to the pan and stir for about 2 more minutes for the snails to absorb the seasoning, then turn off the heat.
Plate the snails, garnish them nicely, and you are done.
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Final Product
With just a few simple steps, we already have a delicious plate of sautéed coconut snails with butter that is hard to resist! The coconut snail meat is chewy, sweet, and rich, combined with the distinctive aroma of garlic butter that tantalizes the taste buds.
This dish can be enjoyed with bread or with sour and sweet mango, green mango, or tamarind, all of which are absolutely wonderful.
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Above is the guide to making sautéed coconut snails with butter, which is very simple yet irresistibly delicious. TasteVN wishes you success!
*Refer to the images and recipe from the YouTube channel: Lang thang food
