What do ant eggs make? 8+ delicious “tongue-free” ant egg dishes

What do ant eggs make? This is probably a question that many people are curious and really interested in. Ant eggs are a famous specialty dish of the mountainous cities of Northern Vietnam. Not everyone has the opportunity to enjoy ant eggs because they are only available once a year. Ant eggs are not only loved by many people because of their delicious and fatty taste, but ant eggs contain many nutritionally valuable ingredients that are beneficial to health such as restoring vitality, treating ear infections, treating snakebites, and curing snakebites. erectile dysfunction,… Let’s follow in the footsteps of dried agricultural products to find out what delicious and nutritious dishes ant eggs can make.

What are ant eggs?

Ant eggs are a famous specialty of the Thai people living in the mountainous areas of Northern Vietnam. Especially in the Yen Bai area, Yen Bai ant eggs are still something that makes many people extremely fascinated.

Ant eggs are often hunted in deep forests. April every year is a beautiful time to harvest and hunt for ant eggs. Ant eggs are often hunted on sunny days and are harvested from the eggs of black ants. Hearing the name, many people seem to be “horrified”, but for Thai people, this is a “heavenly blessing” given to the people here.

No one would have expected that the eggs of this tiny insect contain such great nutritional value. Ant eggs contain:

• 42% to 47% protein
• 30 different amino acids
• Trace elements such as: Vitamin A, B1, D, E,…

These substances contained in ant eggs are very good for the health of the elderly, women, newly sick people and children. And of course, with such a “heavenly” gift with so much nutrition, let’s find out what delicious dishes ant eggs make.

How to prepare ant eggs?

To be able to make delicious dishes from ant eggs, the first step you need to do is prepare the ant eggs. Harvesting ant eggs is very difficult and strenuous, and preparing ant eggs requires much more meticulousness. Where ants live is often in deep, humid forests, containing a lot of disease-causing bacteria, preparing ant eggs is a must. Below is how to prepare ant eggs that you can refer to:

• Ant eggs are harvested and need to be sifted carefully to remove impurities, leaves, and old ants.
• Mix the basin with warm water, put the ant eggs in and soak in warm water for about 1 hour
• Then, pick up the ant eggs and rinse one last time with clean water
• Put the ant eggs in the basket, let the eggs drain and then take them for processing

In addition, to save time, you can buy pre-processed ant eggs, packaged in finished products and ready to use. The ant eggs have been pre-processed, the next job is to go to the kitchen and prepare dishes from ant eggs.

What delicious dishes do ant eggs make? 7+ Delicious “tongue-free” ant eggs?

Ant eggs roasted with lemon leaves

Prepared ingredients

• 200gr pre-processed ant eggs
• 10 fresh lemon leaves, thinly sliced
• 1 tablespoon cooking oil
• 1 spoon of seasoning
• 1 spoon of seasoning powder
• 1 spoon of MSG
• 1 tablespoon fish sauce
• 1 teaspoon dried onion
• 2 chili peppers, chopped

The implementation

• Put cooking oil in the pan and heat the oil
• When the oil is hot, pour in the ant eggs and cook with cooking oil for 5 minutes
• Put in the ant egg pan: spices + seasoning powder + MSG + fish sauce
• Stir well, simmer ant eggs with fish sauce over low heat to dry out the water
• Sprinkle chopped fresh lemon leaves into the ant egg pan
• Stir well for about 2 minutes then turn off the stove
• Season the fried ant eggs with lemon leaves to taste
• If the ant eggs are roasted with lemon leaves to taste, scoop them out onto a plate, sprinkle some dried onions on top and enjoy

Ant eggs make delicious dishes – Ant egg cakes

Prepared ingredients

• 120gr pre-processed ant eggs
• 1kg glutinous rice flour
• 5 – 7 dried onions
• Spices: fish sauce, salt, pepper, cooking oil,…
• 10 – 15 fig leaves (mallow leaves)
• Hot water

Doing

• Wash each fig leaf under clean water
• Use a clean towel to dry the water from the front and back of the leaves
• When you buy onions, peel them
• Wash each dried onion under clean running water
• Crush each onion, and chop it finely
• Gently wash ant eggs with water to avoid breaking the eggs
• Put the glutinous rice flour in a bowl, slowly add boiling water to the flour bowl
• Mix the dough well with your hands until it forms a soft, smooth, non-sticky mass
• Incubate the dough for 15 minutes in the refrigerator until it swells
• Put cooking oil in the pan and heat the oil
• When the oil is hot, add minced shallot and fry until golden brown and fragrant
• Add ant eggs and fry until cooked with minced purple onions for 10 minutes
• Add spices + seasoning powder + MSG to the ant egg pan, stir well
• Season the ant eggs to taste
• The ant eggs are just right, turn off the stove, pour the ant eggs into a bowl to cool
• Take a small amount of dough in the palm of your hand, roll it into a ball, then roll it flat
• Use a spoon to scoop the ant egg filling into the middle of the cake dough
• Wrap the cake so that the cake dough covers the cake filling
• Then, wrap the fig leaves on the outside
• After wrapping the cake, steam it for 45 minutes and it’s done

Ant eggs are greased with onions

Prepared ingredients

• 200gr pre-processed ant eggs
• 6 – 8 purple onions
• 1 tablespoon fish sauce
• 1 spoon of MSG
• 5 – 10 betel leaves, thinly sliced
• Cooking oil

The implementation

• Peel the purple onion and wash it under clean water
• Slice the purple onion into thin slices
• Put cooking oil in the pan and heat the oil
• When the oil is hot, pour in all the sliced purple onions and fry until golden and dry for 15 minutes
• The purple onion is cooked and dry, take it out of the pan and drain the oil
• Continue using the pan, add cooking oil and heat the oil
• When the oil is hot, pour in all the ant eggs and fry until golden brown with the cooking oil
• Add spices + seasoning powder + MSG + fish sauce to the ant egg pan
• Stir well until the ant eggs are soaked in spices, salt and water and the water dries up
• Put all the thinly sliced betel leaves into the ant egg pan, stir well for about 2 minutes
• Season the dish to taste to your liking
• The dish is just right, turn off the stove, scoop onto a plate, sprinkle with dried onions and enjoy

Ant eggs make delicious dishes – Ant egg soup with lolot leaves

Prepared ingredients

• 250gr pre-processed ant eggs
• 10 – 15 lolot leaves, thinly sliced
• 1 spoon of seasoning
• 1 spoon of seasoning powder
• 1 spoon of MSG
• 1 tablespoon fish sauce
• 1 purple onion
• Cooking oil
• Pure water

The implementation

• Peel the purple onion and wash it under clean water
• Slice purple onion into thin slices
• Put cooking oil in the pan and heat the oil
• When the oil is hot, add the shallot and fry until golden brown, fragrant
• Add all the ant eggs and fry with the purple onions for 3 minutes
• Take the ant eggs out of the pan and let the eggs drain from the oil
• Add 500ml of water and boil
• Boiling water, add all the ant eggs and cook for 20 minutes
• Put into the pot: spices + seasoning powder + MSG + fish sauce
• Stir gently to dissolve the spices and salt
• Put all the thinly sliced betel leaves into the soup pot
• Boil for about 3 more minutes
• Season the soup to taste
• The soup is just right, turn off the stove, pour the soup into a bowl, and serve it right away when it’s hot

Ant egg sticky rice

Prepared ingredients

• 500gr ant eggs
• 1kg sticky rice
• Dry onion
• Cooking oil
• Salt
• Spice

The implementation

• When you buy sticky rice, you soak the sticky rice for about 4-6 hours
• Using your hands, pick up all the damaged rice grains, pests, flat grains, impurities, etc. in the rice shell
• Rinse the sticky rice with clean water
• Pick up the sticky rice and let the sticky rice drain completely
• Put sticky rice in the sticky rice tray
• Cook sticky rice into sticky rice for 30 minutes
• While pouring the sticky rice, adjust the fire and the appropriate amount of water
• Do not use high heat as it will boil quickly
• Do not add over low heat because it will make the sticky rice dry, hard and slow to cook
• When you see a fragrant smell coming from the rice cooker, it means the sticky rice is cooked and soft
• Place the sticky rice tray on the ground
• Put cooking oil in the pan and heat the oil
• When the oil is hot, add the ant eggs and stir-fry until cooked for 5 minutes
• Put in the ant eggs pan: spices + seasoning powder + MSG
• Stir well until the spices dissolve with the ant eggs
• Pour ant eggs into a bowl and let cool
• Scoop the sticky rice onto a plate, spoon ant eggs + dried onions onto the sticky rice and enjoy while the sticky rice is still hot

Ant eggs make delicious dishes – Ant egg rolls wrapped in lolot leaves

Prepared ingredients

• 200gr pre-processed ant eggs
• 100gr lean ground pork shoulder
• 2 egg yolks
• 10g dried shiitake mushrooms
• 2 dried wood ear mushrooms
• 1 tablespoon fish sauce
• 1 spoon of seasoning
• 1 spoon of seasoning powder
• 1 spoon of MSG
• 1 teaspoon ground pepper
• 1 little green onion, finely chopped
• Cooking oil
• Lolot leaves, washed

The implementation

• Soak dried shiitake mushrooms + dried wood ear mushrooms in warm water for 5 minutes
• Using scissors, cut off the mushroom legs and cut the shiitake mushrooms into 2 or 3 pieces depending on how big or small the mushrooms are
• Slice wood ear mushrooms into thin strips
• Put in a bowl: ant eggs + lean ground pork + dried shiitake mushrooms + dried wood ear mushrooms + chopped green onions + egg yolks + spices + seasoning powder + MSG + fish sauce + ground pepper
• Wear plastic gloves, mix all ingredients together
• Load the ingredients into the middle of the lolot leaf
• Roll tightly so that the lolot leaves cover all the ingredients
• Put cooking oil in the pan and heat the oil
• When the oil is hot, add the ant egg rolls and fry them until golden brown on both sides over medium heat for 25 minutes
• When the ant eggs are cooked in lolot leaves, put them on a plate and eat with hot rice

Ant eggs omelet with chicken eggs

Prepared ingredients

• 100gr of pre-processed ant eggs
• 4 chicken eggs
• 1 little green onion, finely chopped
• 1 spoon of seasoning
• 1 spoon of seasoning powder
• 1 spoon of MSG
• 1 tablespoon fish sauce
• 1 teaspoon ground pepper
• Cooking oil

Doing

• Crack all the eggs into a bowl
• Add to the egg bowl: spices + seasoning powder + MSG + ground pepper + chopped green onions
• Use chopsticks (or an egg beater) to beat all the ingredients together
• Cover the bowl of beaten eggs with plastic wrap and store for 3 minutes in the refrigerator
• Take out the bowl of chicken eggs, add ant eggs to the bowl of chicken eggs, beat well
• Put cooking oil in the pan and heat the oil
• When the oil is hot, pour the entire bowl of ant eggs into the pan and fry until golden brown on both sides for 7 minutes
• When the ant eggs are cooked, you take them out on a plate and use them directly or with hot rice

Ant egg salad

Prepared ingredients

• 200gr ant eggs
• 1 banana flower bud
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 – 3 cloves of garlic, minced
• 2 purple onions, minced
• 3 covers of tofu
• Spices: vinegar, lemon, sugar, MSG,…
• Roasted and crushed peanuts

The implementation

• When you buy ant eggs, wash them briefly and gently with clean water to avoid breaking the eggs
• Pick up the ant eggs and let them drain completely
• Put cooking oil in the pan and heat the oil
• When the oil is hot, add the shallot and fry until golden brown, fragrant
• Pour in the ant eggs and stir-fry with the purple onions for 10 minutes until cooked
• Add spices + seasoning powder + MSG + fish sauce to the ant egg pan
• Stir well until the spices dissolve and the ant eggs absorb the salt
• Using a sieve, scoop out the ant eggs onto a plate, let cool and drain the cooking oil
• Buy banana flowers, remove all the outer peel and the old inner peel
• Slice banana flowers into thin strips and slice horizontally
• Mix the pot with diluted salt, put the banana flowers in and soak in salt water for 7 minutes
• Pick up the banana flowers, rinse with clean water, and let the banana flowers drain
• Put in a bowl: white vinegar + minced garlic + lemon juice
• Mix together until the sugar dissolves
• Put banana flower + tofu + crushed roasted peanuts into a stainless steel bowl, squeeze vigorously until the tofu breaks down
• Pour the entire sweet and sour juice mixture into the banana flower bowl
• Mix all ingredients together
• Marinate the salad for about 10 minutes to absorb the spices
• Put the salad on a plate, add coriander + basil and enjoy

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Conclusion

Above is a detailed article answering the question of what to make with ant eggs, which Dried agricultural products have shared with our readers. It can be seen that all the delicious dishes made from ant eggs above are really simple and very easy to make. When eating ant eggs, you will clearly feel the sweet, greasy taste and the popping sounds in your mouth are very stimulating. Indeed, anyone who once enjoys the delicious dishes made from ant eggs above will remember them forever.

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