Cicada Cookbook: Delicious Recipes Using Brood X Cicadas

Cicadas are large winged insects that emerge in large quantities on the eastern United States every seventeen years. This year, the swarm has been called Brood X and there will be 1.5 million cicadas per square acre along the mid-Atlantic region of the United States.

Many countries do not shy away from eating bugs such as India and many regions in Africa. Commonly eaten insects are caterpillars and crickets. With the coming swarm of cicadas, it is a good time to consider what tasty recipes can be made using this chirpy insect. Cicadas emerge every seventeen years to mate and reproduce. If you have never considered eating cicadas, this cookbook has many tasty recipes to try. They can be fried, sauteed, baked, grilled or put into soups.

Some can call these tasty critters the shrimp of the earth. Try to catch the cicadas as they are just emerging from the ground. This is when they will taste the best. But regardless of whether you get newly emerged cicadas or not, definitely check out these recipes.

Recipes Include:

BBQ Cicadas

Lemon Pepper Cicadas

Orange Ginger Cicada Stir-Fry

Blackened Cicadas

Cicada Cookies

Soft-Shelled Cicadas

Shanghai Cicadas

Cicada Tarragon

Cicadas and Broccoli

Fiery Pepper Cicadas

Beer Batter Coconut Cicadas

Honey Walnut Cicadas

Creamy Pesto Cicada

Grilled Cicada Scampi

Cajun Crawfish and Cicada Etouffe

Cicada and Asparagus Quiche

Sausage & Cicada Jambalaya

Buffalo Cicadas

Crockpot Cicadas

Cigarra Tacos

Honey-Ginger Cicadas and Vegetable

Thai Spicy Basil Cicada Fried Rice

Panang Curry with Cicadas

Crunchy Fried Cicadas

Cheesy Cicadas and Grits

Cicada Tetrazzini

Garlic and Parmesan Cicadas

Sweet and Sour Cicadas

Tequila Sunrise Cicadas