Home / Recipes / Main Dish / Earthworm with Pigeon Egg

Earthworm with Pigeon Egg

A nourishing soup dish made by simmering earthworms with pigeon eggs, also known as "Thousand Dragons Playing with Pearls".

45 min
Easy
0 favorites
Earthworm with Pigeon Egg

Ingredients

live earthworms (cut open and washed) 100 g
pigeon eggs (boiled in cold water and peeled) 12
cooking wine to taste
fine salt to taste
MSG to taste
scallion segments to taste
ginger slices to taste
sugar to taste
chicken broth to taste

Instructions

1

Prepare ingredients

Cut the live earthworms open and wash them clean, then blanch briefly in a pot of boiling water. Place the pigeon eggs in a pot of cold water, bring to a boil and cook until done, then remove and peel off the shells.

2

Cook

Pour the chicken broth into a pot, add the cooking wine, fine salt, MSG, scallions, ginger, and sugar, then add the earthworms and pigeon eggs. Simmer until the earthworms are cooked through and have absorbed the flavors, then serve.