El Chirpo Tacos

[RadishRose]

El Chirper Tacos​

via The University of Maryland
2 tablespoons butter or peanut oil
1/2 pound newly emerged cicadas
2 Serrano chilies, raw, finely chopped
1 tomato, finely chopped
1 onion, finely chopped
1/2 tsp ground pepper or to taste
1/2 tsp cumin
3 tsp taco seasoning mix
Taco shells, to serve
Sour cream
1 handful cilantro, chopped
Shredded cheddar cheese
Shredded lettuce

Directions

1. Heat the butter or oil in a frying pan and fry the cicadas for 10 minutes, or until cooked through.
2. Remove from pan and roughly chop into 1/4-inch cubes/ Place back in pan.
3. Add the chopped onions, chilies and tomato, season with salt, and fry for another 5 minutes on medium-low heat.
4. Sprinkle with ground pepper, cumin and oregano to taste.
5. Serve in taco shells and garnish with cilantro, sour cream, lettuce and cheddar cheese.

 

[hawkdon]

aaahhh, you eat them you will start chirping like a Cicada!!!!

 

[Ruth n Jersey]

Do they try and hop out of the pan? They take 10 minutes to cook? that must be tough.
Then you are suppose to chop them up? With those big eyeballs staring at you?
That's one recipe I'm sure I won't try.

 

[RadishRose]

Do they try and hop out of the pan?

LOL- who knows? I certainly would! But seriously, the few recipes I saw never addressed whether we kill them by cooking or what. Ugh.

 

[jujube]

I ate roasted grubs once. They were amazingly tasty.

I'd probably eat a roasted cicada on a dare, depending on the compensation.....

 

[Murrmurr]

I'd eat those in a heartbeat but I'd hope the bugs came packaged and already dead. I'm not into cicada mass murder, standing in the kitchen with a hammer raised over my head, hearing them scream, watching them scatter. I don't think so.

 

[Nathan]

El Chirper Tacos​

via The University of Maryland
2 tablespoons butter or peanut oil
1/2 pound newly emerged cicadas
2 Serrano chilies, raw, finely chopped
1 tomato, finely chopped
1 onion, finely chopped
1/2 tsp ground pepper or to taste
1/2 tsp cumin
3 tsp taco seasoning mix
Taco shells, to serve
Sour cream
1 handful cilantro, chopped
Shredded cheddar cheese
Shredded lettuce

Directions

1. Heat the butter or oil in a frying pan and fry the cicadas for 10 minutes, or until cooked through.
2. Remove from pan and roughly chop into 1/4-inch cubes/ Place back in pan.
3. Add the chopped onions, chilies and tomato, season with salt, and fry for another 5 minutes on medium-low heat.
4. Sprinkle with ground pepper, cumin and oregano to taste.
5. Serve in taco shells and garnish with cilantro, sour cream, lettuce and cheddar cheese.

Awesome recipe! If it's O.K. I'd like to substitute the cicadas for...Oh, I don't know, just about anything.