The Power of Wildness and Freshness: Cooking Live Shrimps and Rice Field Eel 鲜活的才好吃：河虾和黄鳝

Tired of Farm-raised, frozen shrimps from super market? Check what I bought from the farmers market: wild caught shrimps and rice field eel. To guarantee freshness, I did the cooking the same day I got the shrimp and eel.
在国外生活的一件遗憾的事情是只能买到冷冻的海鲜，回国以后就有很多鲜活的可以选择，即使是简单烧一烧也很好吃。

1. Freshwater prawn with cucumbers
   野生河虾炒黄瓜

This type of shrimp has small sizes and has a sweet and crispy flavor. I added cucumbers to absorb the gravy of fresh shrimps.
这种河虾个头都比较小，我这次买到的还格外的小。。。不过有很多虾子，所以特地加了黄瓜因为虾子烧出来的汁很鲜

Close up, they are still jumping while I was taking pics...
拍照的时候虾还在蹦呢

And done!
出锅！

1. Rice Field Eel with garlic, union and pepper
   Rice field eel is not the same type of species as eel we normally have, but they have similar texture and taste. They do not live in the sea, but in rice fields. Fresh eel, I asked the butcher take out bones for me, for me I even can not grab one out of the water as their skin is so slippery. In the pic they are already boneless

多亏了卖黄鳝的大叔帮我把内脏处理了骨头剔了，杀黄鳝这种高难度动作可能到我这一辈真的都不会了毕竟要抓起一条活的黄鳝太难了TT

用剪刀剪成小段
Cut them into pieces, I used scissors.

Garlic, unions and peppers, all in small pieces
大蒜，洋葱，青椒

Heat the oil and fry the garlic into brown
先用大蒜粒炒香

Add union and pepper
加上洋葱和青椒稍微炒软一点

Then add eel, and about half cup of water to boil for about 3 minutes. Seasoned with salt, soy-sauce is optional.
最后加黄鳝片，需要加点水焖一下。出锅之前加盐和酱油就可以了。

And done!
出锅！