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Herbal Chicken Soup (药膳鸡汤)

chicken

water

thumb ginger

salt

tbsp. goji berries

dates

honey dates

codonopsis

Chinese wild yam

tbsp. Astragalus root

Chinese Angelica root

Soloman’s seal

Soak all the herbals except red dates, goji berries and honey dates in a large bowl with enough water. Set aside for 30 minutes.

Cut chicken into pieces and blanch in a pot of boiling water with 3-4 slices of ginger. This process helps to remove the dirt and blood water from the bones. Pick the chicken pieces out and transfer them to a soup pot.

Add enough water and the soaked herbal. Bring to a boil and then simmer for 30 t 40 minutes. Add red dates, goji berries and honey dates, continue simmering another 30 minutes.

Season with salt before serving.

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-----ingredients---------
1 organic chicken, either plain chicken or black bone chicken
3L water
1 small thumb ginger
salt to taste
!Herbal mixes
2 tbsp. goji berries
3 red dates
2 honey dates
5 pieces codonopsis (20g)
3 slices Chinese wild yam (20g)
2 tbsp. Astragalus root or 4 pieces (20g)
3 pieces Chinese Angelica root (10g)
3 pieces Soloman’s seal (10g)
-----printable recipe at ------
https://www.chinasichuanfood.com/herbal-chicken-soup/
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Chinese herbal chicken soup

This Chinese herbal chicken soup is so good for your immune system and warms you up in cold weather.

Chinese Herbal Chicken Soup

chicken (4-5lbs, organic/free-range preferably)

ginger root

garlic

goji berries (fruit of barbary wolfberry)

(about 0.35 ounces) angelica sinensis root

(about 0.4 ounces) astragalus root

(about 0.70 ounces) dried Chinese yam

small thumb-sized pieces (about 0.20 ounces) American (yellow) ginseng

Water (enough

Salt (to taste, for each individual bowl)

Tbsp Green onions, chopped

Let’s prepare our ingredients. Rinse the chicken and...

Let’s prepare our ingredients. Rinse the chicken and remove any innards. Place the whole chicken in a large pot. You want enough room in the pot of your choice to allow for water to cover the whole chicken.

Rinse off all of the dried herbs or...

Rinse off all of the dried herbs or dunk them in a bowl of cool water. This is just to remove any dirt/debris before placing them in the soup. Rinse or remove the herbs from water and place them in the pot with the chicken.

Add the remaining ingredients to the pot with...

Add the remaining ingredients to the pot with the chicken and herbs: ginger root, garlic, and enough water to just cover the chicken in your pot.Bring it all up to a boil. Once it starts to boil for a few minutes, remove any scum floating on the top of the soup. Continue to periodically check for any additional scum, and remove it.

Lower the heat to a low-to-medium heat. Allow...

Lower the heat to a low-to-medium heat. Allow it to continue to simmer for another 1.5 hours. You want the chicken to be tender, but you also don’t want it to be completely falling apart. The water at this point should have reduced.

Remove the pot from heat. Remove the chicken...

Remove the pot from heat. Remove the chicken and plate on a large plate. Remove all of the dried herbs and ginger root from the soup with a slotted spoon. You could also remove the garlic or leave the garlic in the soup to eat. Note: We actually left some of the goji berries (as you can see in some of the pictures), so you can remove them or eat them as well.

This is where you have a couple of...

This is where you have a couple of choices: 1. Serve the chicken in whole sectioned pieces in each bowl, or 2. Remove the meat from the bones and return to the soup. For ease of eating for the whole family, we always remove the meat from the chicken and put it back in the soup. This way no one is picking through bones later, however, this is totally your choice/preference.

Each individual salts their own bowl to taste....

Each individual salts their own bowl to taste. Add some freshly chopped green onions and enjoy!

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