An old duck on the bone, slow-stewed with cordyceps into a rich soup. On ordinary menus 虫草 is often 虫草花, a cultivated orange fungus, not the costly wild kind.
Duck stewed with cordyceps is a soup made by slowly simmering an old duck with cordyceps.
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On ordinary menus 虫草 often means 虫草花, a cultivated orange fungus, rather than the costly wild 冬虫夏草. The price usually tells you which one is in the pot.
