Nsenene

Name: Nsenene
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Ugandan
Ingredients: 500g nsenene grasshoppers, cleaned; 1 onion, sliced; 1 chile, chopped; Salt, to taste

Nsenene/en-seh-NEH-neh/

Also known as: Ugandan Grasshoppers

About this dish

Fried grasshoppers seasoned with onion and chile, a seasonal Ugandan delicacy.

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Ingredients

🦗500g nsenene grasshoppers, cleaned

🧅1 onion, sliced

🌶️1 chile, chopped

🧂Salt, to taste

Method

Serves 3

Clean the grasshoppers, removing wings and legs.

Fry the grasshoppers in a dry pan until crisp.

Add onion and chile, cooking until fragrant.

Season with salt.

Serve as a crunchy snack or side dish.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Nsenene are edible grasshoppers considered a delicacy in Uganda, harvested seasonally and highly prized.

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