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Mugwort Pigeon Soup

Mugwort Pigeon Soup

Whole pigeon, stir-fried dry and fragrant, simmers in a clay pot with triple-sun-dried mugwort, red dates, hard-boiled eggs, and sweet Hakka rice wine, a deep, herbal, gently boozy tonic believed to warm and restore.

Instructions

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    Pigeon.

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    Steamed and sun-dried mugwort leaves, red dates, ginger slices.

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    Cut the pigeon into pieces, halve the red dates, and soak the mugwort leaves in clean water until soft.

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    Prepare a few boiled eggs.

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    Heat oil in the pan and stir-fry the ginger slices until fragrant.

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    Pour in the pigeon and stir-fry.

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    Stir-fry the pigeon until dry and fragrant, then add the red dates.

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    Pour in the rice wine.

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    Pour in a bowl of water and simmer until it boils.

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    Take the clay pot and put mugwort leaves inside the pot.

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    Scoop the stir-fried pigeon meat into the clay pot.

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    Then put the peeled eggs into the pot and stew them together.

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    Simmer on low heat for 20 minutes.

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    Finished product. Fragrant in taste, benefits qi and replenishes blood.

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Ingredients

Main Ingredients

  • Pigeon
    一只
  • Dried mugwort leaves
    20g
  • Boiled egg
    4 piece
  • red date
    5 颗
  • Hakka Niang Wine
    半碗
  • Clear water
    1 bowl

Auxiliary Ingredients

  • Ginger slices
    to taste

Seasonings

  • oil
    1 spoon
  • Salt
    3g