What Is Turtle meat and How Can I Use It?
If turtle meat has turned up in a recipe or caught your eye at the store, here's what you need to use it with confidence and how to choose it, cook it, store it, what to substitute, and 5 recipes to try it in.
Quick facts
- In Chinese
- 鳖肉
- British (UK) term
- Turtle meat
- en français
- la viande de tortue
- en español
- carne de tortuga
Recipes using turtle meat
There are 5 recipes that contain this ingredient.
Turtle Soup
Well, I hope this recipe helps in the use of turtles, though I suspect you will have to have a very large family or like turtle soup a lot, or scale the recipe to a more manageable quantity.
Turtle & Ham Soup
Traditional turtle and ham soup simmered with cloves, bay leaf, thyme, garlic, and chopped lemon. A hearty Cajun-style wild game soup with deep, savory flavor.
Florida Bouillabaisse
Florida bouillabaisse: a Gulf Coast riff on the French classic with fish, shrimp, crab, clams, and softshell turtle in a saffron-tomato broth. Wine, herbs, and white bread for sopping. Feeds a crowd.
Snapper Soup
Classic Philadelphia snapper soup made with snapping turtle meat, veal knuckles, dry sherry, and tomatoes. A rich, old-school Pennsylvania tradition simmered for hours.
Turtle Sauce Piquante
Fried turtle meat simmered in a dark roux-based tomato sauce with mushrooms, shallots, bell pepper, lemon peel, and cayenne, served over hot rice. An authentic Louisiana Cajun dish that's as wild as the bayou itself.
