Select the wild loaches with length of 4-5 cun and of the size of fingers.  Pour oil into pot, stir fry the chopped green onions and shredded gingers until  there is aroma. Put in the clean loaches, and stir fry in high heat for a  moment. Add in some water, sauce, dried chilies, Chinese chives (or sour bamboo  shoots) and then stir them. Cover the pot and cook them in high heat. They can  be out of pan as long as there is fragrance. The surfaces of fried loaches are  dry, delicious and chewy while the inside of them remaining tender.

The loach is not only an excellent cuisine but also a nutritional food. It is  called as "Ginseng in Water" and it is a kind of high-quality food with high  protein and low fats. It has the effects of tonifying middle-Jiao and Qi,  strengthening essence and enriching blood.