At the table
Let the hot filling cool, then use a small pick to ease it onto a spoon. Eat the filling, discard shells, and watch for shell fragments.
Contains pork and molluscs. Ask about chili, alcohol and added sauces; soy or oyster sauce and beer can change allergens.
Snails stuffed with minced snail meat, pork and mint. The illustrated braised version includes chili and sauce; seasoning and heat vary.
GET TO KNOW THE DISH
What goes into it?
Explore some key ingredients below. Preparations may use additional seasonings and ingredients.
Snails stuffed with minced snail meat, pork and mint. The illustrated braised version includes chili and sauce; seasoning and heat vary.
Typical ingredients
In some versions
Recipes vary by restaurant.
How does it taste?
Savory pork and snail with fresh mint.
- Chili heat
- Heat not recorded
- Texture
- Springy minced filling inside inedible shells.
- How it’s made
- One plain preparation: Remove and clean edible snail meat, mince with pork, chopped fresh mint and salt, refill cleaned clipped shells, and braise in water until fully cooked. Snails stuffed with minced snail meat, pork and mint. The illustrated braised version includes chili and sauce; seasoning and heat vary.
Snails stuffed with minced snail meat, pork and mint. The illustrated braised version includes chili and sauce; seasoning and heat vary.
A CONNECTION TO PLACE
Origin & regional roots
Associated with Guangxi.
About this regional connection
Guangxi: Local culinary association; not a claim of exclusive origin.
Ask if they have it first
请问你们有田螺酿吗？
Do you have this item?
A LITTLE SOMETHING TO READ
Story & history
Stuffed freshwater snails
In Guilin and nearby towns, niang means filling an ingredient or shell. Here snail meat is minced with pork and put back into its shell; herb choices vary locally.