Dried Sea Moth / Pegasus (Hai Que)
タツノオトシゴの相棒！翼を持った「海の雀」
Description
A maniac dry good of the strange fish 'Sea Moth/Pegasus' (Hai E Yu) with small wings (pectoral fins) that crawls on the seabed. Called 'Sea Sparrow' (Hai Que) in Chinese. Alongside seahorses (Hai Ma) and pipefish (Hai Long), it's prized for immense medicinal effects: 'invigorating, fatigue recovery, kidney protection', used in soups and medicinal liquors.
Classification: Ultra Hardcore, Ingredient, Dry Goods, Hai Que, Sea Moth, Medicinal, For Soup, Nourishing, Traditional Medicine
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How to use
Ingredients
- Sea Moth / Pegasus(Dried)
Instructions
- [Typical Uses]
- [Hai Que Hai Ma Dun Shou Rou Tang (Sea Moth, Seahorse & Pork Soup)]: Dry-roast Hai Que and Hai Ma together in a pan, simmer for hours with pork and goji. Energy soup drunk when exhausted.
- Soak in Baijiu to make 'Hai Que Jiu'.
Learn more Substitutes, pairings, tips
Key spices
Hai Que itself is a bone mass and not eaten. Gives the soup slight earthiness and unique depth like grilled shrimp shells
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
(Irreplaceable. Make soup with just seahorse (Hai Ma))
Pairing
Seahorse (Hai Ma) / Pork / Ginseng
Trivia
Dried rock-hard with wings spread, giving it an intense visual looking exactly like a 'shriveled tiny dragon'.
Eating tips & etiquette
Seahorses (Hai Ma), pipefish (Hai Long), and sea moths (Hai Que) are like the 'Three Sea Brothers' in Chinese medicinal soups, often sold and braised together as a set.
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