Soft-Shelled Cicadas

Name: Soft-Shelled Cicadas
Ingredients: 1 cup Worcestershire sauce; 60 freshly emerged 17 year cicadas; 4 eggs, beaten; 3 cups flour; 2 tablespoons salt; 2 tablespoons black pepper; 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional); 1 cup corn oil or 1 cup salted butter

8 ingredients

3 steps

Ingredients

1 cup Worcestershire sauce
60 freshly emerged 17 year cicadas
4 eggs, beaten
3 cups flour
2 tablespoons salt
2 tablespoons black pepper
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional)
1 cup corn oil or 1 cup salted butter

Directions

1

Marinate cicadas, alive in a sealed container, in Worcestershire sauce for several hours.
2

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3

Dip them, in beaten egg, roll them in the seasoned flour and then gently saute them until they are golden brown.