Ginataaang kuhol or golden apple snails in coconut milk is a Filipino freshwater mollusk delicacy. These river snails are cooked in coconut milk with spices like garlic, ginger, turmeric, bagoong alamang and red chili pepper.Cooking the snails in coconut milk is one of the traditional way of cooking it and I think this is the only way these snails are cooked. If you will ask me, this is one of my favorite Filipino dish.
Ingredients:
1 kilo kuhol, soaked in water for an hour and tail ends removed
2 cups, coconut milk
4 cloves garlic, pounded
3 thumb-sized ginger, crushed
3 pcs labuyo, chopped
1 pc lime
1 stalk lemongrass, pounded
fish sauce, to taste
ground pepper, to taste
1 cup spinach
1 tbsp brown sugar
spring onions for garnish
Cooking Instructions:
In a pot, cook the coconut milk, with the ginger, lemongrass, onions and garlic. Bring to boil, while constantly stirring. Cook for about 5-10 minutes
Add the kuhol and season with fish sauce, ground pepper and sugar. Cover and simmer for about 10 minutes. Add the spinach. Remove from heat.
In another pan, melt butter and add labuyo. Wait until butter is a little brown then turn off heat and squeeze a little lime juice.
Drizzle chili lime butter onto snails and garnish with chopped spring onions.
