Hainan’s famous specialty dish is made of squab stewed in a bowl with fresh coconut and a variety of auxiliary ingredients. It won the gold medal in the second national cooking technology competition in 1988. (Qiongshan)

Recipe name Qiongzhou Coconut Cup

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2 Ingredients: 3 coconuts, milk 2 pigeons (each weighing 400 grams, 15 grams of ham, 300 grams of coconut milk, 25 grams of mushrooms, a little salt, 10 grams of rice wine, 3 slices of ginger, 100 grams of lean pork, and 10 grams of MSG.

3 Production process: "Peel the coconut shell, take out the whole coconut meat, cut off the black skin, use a small sharp knife to cut the jagged top part, and open it into a coconut cup. Remove the hair from the squab Boil the offal together with the lean meat in boiling water for 10 minutes, take it out and wash it. Rinse the ham and mushrooms in boiling water. Put it into the pot with the squab and lean meat. Stew over medium heat until cooked. Pour the ingredients into the coconut cup and simmer for another 15 minutes.