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What is Soi Ju?

Soi Ju is a food that is originally from North East of Thailand. It’s made from raw beef and the cow’s offal usually eaten with the Jaew Khom Sauce (Made from lime juice, cayenne, fish sauce, roasted rice, coriander, spring onion, and Cow gallbladder ) with fresh vegetables.

The most popular parts of space are: Beef from the tenderloin, striped legs, as well as striped shanks. Locals prefer to use raised or wild beef rather than store bought beef. Because it is especially fresh As for the internal organs of the Soi Ju menu, it is popular to use beef liver, tripe, cow's blood,. As for the bitter Jaew dipping sauce, Contains ingredients from chili powder, fish sauce, roasted rice, scallions, coriander, cow gall, and boiled aphids. Side dishes include fresh vegetables, fresh chilies, or garlic.

History

Soi Ju is in the North East of Thailand. The word “Soi” means cut and “Ju” means stab. In the culture of the North East of Thailand, people usually eat Soi Ju when they have an important vacation they usually kill large animals especially cows to prepare for the auspicious ceremony. At first, Soi Ju typically ate it as an appetizer but later Soi Ju became to the main dish and later Soi Ju's culture spread into other regions and became well known.

Culture significance

'Soi Ju' is not just food. But it is the culture of the Isaan people. Because there are a lot of cows raised in the Northeast, they are easy to find. They are large animals that can be shared among the whole village. Cows have thus become the main food of Isaan people at various gatherings. to buy cows to knock down at merit-making ceremonies such as weddings, ordination ceremonies, and khao-sak merit-making ceremonies Then divide the fallen beef into various menus. Whether it's larb, koi, soi ju, spicy soup, sun-dried beef.

Health concerns

Health concerns have reduced the popularity of this meat dish in some parts of the world because of the danger of contamination by bacteria and parasites such as Toxoplasma gondii and Taenia saginata.

Nutrition from Soi Ju

Protein & Fat

Both protein and fat come from raw meat. That comes from food. The main energy of Soi Ju comes from these two things.

Vitamin & Minerals

Both vitamins and minerals are already present in the serving of food. They are most often a side dish eaten with food.

Parasites

Toxoplasma gondii

An intestinal coccidium that parasitizes members of the cat family as definitive hosts and has a wide range of intermediate hosts. Infection is common in many warm-blooded animals, including humans. In most cases infection is asymptomatic, but devastating disease can occur.

Taenia saginata

commonly known as the beef tapeworm, is a zoonotic tapeworm belonging to the order Cyclophyllidea and genus Taenia. It is an intestinal parasite in humans causing taeniasis (a type of helminthiasis) and cysticercosis in cattle.

Preparation

Ingredient

Meat

• Tenderloin
• Offal
• Rag
• Cow's Liver
• Cow's Gallbladder

Vegetable

File:Saw leaf coriander.webp

Saw coriander leaf, One kind of coriander, that has an appearance like a saw.

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Chaplu leaf, One kind of vegetable has a huge leaf.

• Long beans
• Cabbage
• Chaplu leaves
• Saw leaf coriander
• Mint leaves
• Spring Onion

Spice

• Fish Sauce
• MSG
• Roasted Rice
• Cayenne pepper

Step to cook

1.Prepare an ingredient :

    Make sure that you wash everything to sanitize your food before cook it.

2.Slice

   Slice all of the ingredients to make it small enough to bite size.

3.Make Sauce

   Mix Roasted rice, Fish sauce, Cayenne Pepper, Cow's Gallbladder, and MSG with Saw leaf coriander and Spring Onion.

4.Prepare a dish and enjoy.

See also

• Steak tartare - Raw mince meat
• Basashi - Japan horse meat
• Koi - Laos-Thailand
• Larb- Laos-Thailand
• Sushi and sashimi - Japan, seafood
• Carpaccio - Italy, beef
• Kibbeh nayyeh
• List of Beef dishes