Soft-shelled Cicadas

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 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

Recipe

• 1 marinate cicadas, alive in a sealed container, in worcestershire sauce for several hours.*.
• 2 dip them, in beaten egg, roll them in the seasoned flour and then gently saute them until they are golden brown.