Orange Ginger Cicada Stir Fry Recipe

by The Recipe Lady

Traditional Orange Ginger Cicada Stir Fry Recipe

Ingredients:

1 pound blanched teneral cicadas
2 tbsps. orange juice
1 tsp. minced garlic
1 tsp. minced fresh ginger root
Salt and ground black pepper, to taste
1 tbsp. vegetable oil
1 tbsp. sesame oil
1 tbsp. vegetable oil
1 green bell pepper, diced
1 yellow summer squash, sliced
1 cup chopped broccoli
1/2 cup diced onion
1/2 cup chopped carrot
1 orange, zested
1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper
1 1/2 cups cooked rice for serving
Instructions:

Stir cicadas, orange juice, garlic, and ginger together in bowl.

Season with salt and pepper.

Refrigerate 15 minutes.

Heat 1 tbsp. vegetable oil and sesame oil in a wok or large skillet over medium-high heat.

Remove cicadas from the marinade.

Cook and stir in the hot oil about 2 minutes per side.

Transfer cicadas to a plate.

Heat 1 tbsp. vegetable oil with the oil remaining in the wok.

Cook and stir bell pepper, squash, broccoli, onion, carrot, orange zest, and cayenne pepper in the hot oil until the vegetables are tender, about 5 minutes.

Return cicadas to the skillet, stir into the vegetable mixture, and continue cooking 1 minute more.

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