Steamed Rice Paddy Worms

Name: Steamed Rice Paddy Worms
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1000 g rice paddy worms (washed and patted dry); 200 g peeled eggs; 75 g fatty char siu (cut into medium dice); 50 g fried dough sticks (cut into 5 mm pieces); 50 g fried garlic cloves; 1.5 g minced dried tangerine peel; 5 g kaffir lime leaves (cut into fine shreds); 25 g preserved Chinese olives (washed and coarsely chopped); 7.5 g fine salt; 5 g MSG; 5 g brown sugar; 2 g white pepper; 5 g sesame oil; 100 g peanut oil

A traditional Cantonese specialty in which禾虫 (a prized marine worm) is combined with char siu (BBQ pork), youtiao (fried dough sticks), egg and other ingredients, then steamed and braised together.

1h 35m

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Ingredients

rice paddy worms (washed and patted dry) 1000 g

peeled eggs 200 g

fatty char siu (cut into medium dice) 75 g

fried dough sticks (cut into 5 mm pieces) 50 g

fried garlic cloves 50 g

minced dried tangerine peel 1.5 g

kaffir lime leaves (cut into fine shreds) 5 g

preserved Chinese olives (washed and coarsely chopped) 25 g

fine salt 7.5 g

MSG 5 g

brown sugar 5 g

white pepper 2 g

sesame oil 5 g

peanut oil 100 g

Instructions

Preparing the Worms

Wash the rice paddy worms, gently pat dry with a clean kitchen towel, place in a clay pot, add 100 g peanut oil, and let rest for 10 minutes.

Preparing the Ingredients

Cut the char siu into medium dice, wash and coarsely chop the preserved Chinese olives, slice the fried dough sticks into 5 mm pieces, and cut the kaffir lime leaves into fine shreds.

Mixing and Steaming

Add the eggs, char siu, fried dough sticks, minced dried tangerine peel, fried garlic, fine salt, MSG, brown sugar, white pepper, and sesame oil to the clay pot with the worms, and mix well. Steam in a steamer over medium heat for about 1 hour until cooked through. Transfer to a small burner and dry out the moisture over low heat, then plate. Drizzle 50 g of oil over the top and finish with a sprinkle of white pepper and kaffir lime leaf shreds.