Black-bone Chicken Medicinal Soup

Name: Black-bone Chicken Medicinal Soup
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 5
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 Black-bone chicken; 10g Angelica; 10g Codonopsis; 10g Astragalus; 10g Lotus seed; 10g lily; 10g Barley; 10g Wolfberry; 10 pcs Red dates; Some shallot; Some ginger; Some Shimizu; Some salt

by Moon Swallow

4.6 (1)

Favorite

Difficulty

Easy

Time

2h

Serving

5

The nutritional value of black-bone chicken is much higher than that of ordinary chicken, and the taste is very tender. Silky chicken is also rich in melanin, which can play a role in proliferating red blood cells and hemoglobin in the human body after being used as medicine. Therefore, the black-bone chicken has been regarded as the top nourishing product since ancient times.
The three Chinese medicinal materials of black-bone chicken, astragalus, angelica, and dangshen are stewed together with an appropriate amount of water to form a medicated soup with nourishing qi and blood, nourishing yin and kidney, and beautifying the skin. This soup is extremely effective for insufficient blood, blood deficiency, chlorosis, dizziness and palpitations. It can also adjust menstrual flow, strengthen the kidney and regulate essence, suitable for fatigue, shortness of breath, dreaminess, insomnia, dizziness and backache, pale complexion, etc. This is a nourishing soup that can be eaten by men, women and children. It is recommended to eat it two or three times a month.

Black-bone Chicken Medicinal Soup

1. Buy a black-bone chicken, ask the store to help slaughter it, remove the hair and chop it, and clean it after returning home. (You can't buy live chickens, they are cleaned and sold in the supermarket)

Black-bone Chicken Medicinal Soup recipe

2. Put an appropriate amount of water in a pot and bring to a boil. Add black-bone chicken, green onions and ginger. Bring to a boil for a few minutes and then remove the chicken pieces.

3. Rinse and set aside.

4. After cleaning the angelica, codonopsis and astragalus, put them in a bowl, add an appropriate amount of water to soak for 30 minutes, which is conducive to the precipitation of the medicine.

5. Soak the barley in clean water for 30 minutes and remove it for later use.

6. Prepare a casserole and put black-bone chicken pieces in it.

7. Add red dates, lotus seeds, lilies, barley, and wolfberry.

8. Pour the angelica, dangshen, and astragalus into the casserole together with the soaking water.

9. Finally, add enough water to the casserole.

10. Cover the pot, turn to a low heat and cook for about 2 hours after the high heat is boiled.

11. Add appropriate amount of salt to taste before serving, put in a bowl and enjoy.

Tips:
1. The black-bone chicken is blanched in advance to remove the blood foam and make the soup clearer. If it is troublesome, put it in a casserole and stew it with cold water. When it is boiled, use a spoon to skim the blood foam, but add a little more water. .
2. Be sure to add a sufficient amount of water in advance, the taste of adding water in the middle will be greatly reduced. If it doesn't work, add boiling water.
3. Add salt to taste before serving.
4. When boiling the soup, you will smell a strong taste of Chinese medicine. Don't worry, the longer the soup is, the less the flavor will be. Finally, the stewed soup has a faint taste of Chinese medicine, which is acceptable to most people. If you are used to eating medicated food, you will find it to be particularly fragrant.
5. It is recommended to soak the medicinal materials in a cloth bag and put them in the soup. Pick out the medicine bag immediately after the soup is cooked, so that the soup will not have a strong taste of Chinese medicine. Otherwise, the longer the medicinal materials are soaked in the soup, the stronger the medicinal flavor will be, which will affect the taste of the soup.