Fried Golden Toad

Golden cicada, also known as Du La Turtle, Zhi Le Monkey, Zhi Le Tortoise, Sister Slippery Tortoise, is also called crawling tortoise in eastern Henan and southwestern Shandong. It is known as the Tang monk meat. The reason why it is called Tang Monk Meat, in addition to its nutritional value, has a profound cultural flavor. Due to the high nutritional value of golden cicada, its unique and good taste, as well as its various nourishing and medicinal functions on the human body, people have long compared eating golden cicadas to "Tang monk meat" that can make people immortal. The "Tang Monk" who went to the west to learn scriptures in the "Journey to the West", one of the four major classics in China, was originally the reincarnation of "Jin Chanzi" (also known as the elder Jin Chan), the second disciple of Sakyamuni Buddha's Tathagata Buddha. The reincarnation of the cicada as the true spirit of the East Earth Great Tang monk, Yu has the meaning of "golden cicada escaping its shell", so people take the evacuated and transformed cicada as a symbol of longevity and regeneration. Therefore, in "Journey to the West" there is also the "Tang monk meat". "You can live forever. Today, people put the nutritious "Golden Cicada" on the table and call it "Tang Monk Meat". Obviously, this is a high praise for fully affirming the nutritional value of Golden Cicada.
The golden cicada has rich and unique nutritional value. According to the physical and chemical analysis and research of the China Institute of Food and Nutrition, the golden cicada nymph is rich in protein 72g, fat 15g, and ash 1.8g per 100g; in addition, it also contains the necessary calcium, phosphorus, iron and A variety of vitamins and trace elements. According to scientific analysis, the body of the grasshopper is rich in amino acids, proteins and trace elements. The essential amino acids of the human body account for 46.63% of the total amino acids. If you compare the protein content of the same 100g golden cicada with other animals, the numbers shown will give us a real understanding of how high its nutritional value is: the golden cicada nymph contains lean beef (20.2% protein). 3.5 times, 4.3 times of lean pork (16.7%), 3.8 times of lamb, 3 times of chicken (23.3%), 4 times of carp (17.3), and 6 times of egg (11.8%). It can be seen that the protein content of golden cicada nymphs is much higher than that of any animal meat and poultry eggs; and because it also contains a variety of nutrients necessary for the human body, it can promote growth and development, supplement the consumption of body metabolism, and recover from physical weakness. Excellent auxiliary therapeutic effect, therefore, it has become a rare natural pollution-free high-grade nutritional food"