Braised Turtle with Chestnuts

Name: Braised Turtle with Chestnuts (Li tzu chia yu)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 2 pounds turtle; 4 oz. pork; 5 tablespoons oil; 1 tablespoon ginger (chopped); 2 tablespoons green onion (chopped); 5 black mushrooms; 20 dried chestnuts; 2 tablespoons wine; 3-½ cups soup stock; 4 tablespoons soy sauce; 2 tablespoons rock sugar; 1 teaspoon brown food color; ¼ teaspoon black pepper; ½ tablespoons sesame oil; 1 green garlic (or green onion); 1 green garlic (or green onion)

Li tzu chia yu

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pei-Mei’s Chinese Cookbook

By Fu Pei-Mei

Published 1969

About

Ingredients

2 pounds turtle
5 tablespoons oil
4 oz.

Asia
Taiwan
Shanghai
Chekiang
Kiangsu
Main course
Stew

Method

Cook the turtle in boiling water for 3 minutes. Remove, scrape scale off turtle’s back, and clean with a brush. Tear open turtle’s belly, take out entrails. Cut turtle into 12 pieces (including shell). Scald again in boiling water, rinse with cold water. Remove fat and nails of feet, then put everything in a big bowl. Add 1 tablespoon wine and 1-½ cup soup stock. Steam f