Delicious game stone chicken

Stone pheasant is a large wild frog, whose scientific name is Echinothorax frog. It looks like an ordinary frog, but it is much thicker and fatter. The adult frog is more than 10 cm long and weighs more than half a catty, and the big one is close to 1 catty. The head is wide and flat, the snout is round and protrudes from the mandible, and the snout edge is not obvious; The skin is rough, the back is dark gray, and there are many warts. The male's chest has scattered horny black spines, like black spines, so it has its name. Because it is big and fleshy, and tender and delicious as chicken, people call it a stone chicken. Pheasant is distributed in the southern provinces of China, in the dense forest valley of Qimen Mountain, which is its ideal habitat. It likes to be cool and humid, and is afraid of the hot sun. It hides in streams, caves and rock ditches during the day, and comes out to feed on the water at night, and often makes songs. The villagers mastered their habits, lit torches in summer nights, followed their calls along the mountain stream to find them, and when they shone with torches, the pheasant suddenly saw the light, often staring blankly and giving in easily, which was very interesting. The edible value of stone chicken is much higher than that of bullfrog, which is called the top grade of mountain delicacies and praised by foreign gourmets as "the king of hundreds of frogs". Its meat is not only delicious, but also nutritious, high in protein and low in fat, and has the effects of nourishing yin, reducing fire, clearing heart fire, regulating lung, nourishing liver and tonifying kidney. Especially in summer, eating more stone chickens can avoid prickly heat. There are many cuisines in Anhui cuisine, which are made of stone chicken. Whether braised or steamed, they are all fragrant and mellow. Steamed stone chicken is the most famous dish. This dish is made by chopping stone chicken into pieces, adding ham slices and mushroom slices, adding various seasonings, and steaming in a cage. This dish soup is fragrant, tender, smooth, fresh and unforgettable, and is a traditional boutique in Anhui cuisine.
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