Wormwood Chicken Soup

Name: Wormwood Chicken Soup
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1/2 Old hen; 50g Fresh wormwood; 3 pieces Sliced ginger; Some salt

by Elena88

4.6 (1)

Favorite

Difficulty

Easy

Time

1h

Serving

2

Wormwood chicken soup is a traditional nourishing soup of the Hakka people. It has excellent nourishing effects.
In addition to its nourishing effects, this soup has a very attractive taste. The fragrance of the plants and the sweetness of the chicken make it very comfortable and warm to the stomach.
Mugwort chicken soup can regulate menstruation, replenish blood, dispel wind and warm the stomach, clear away heat and detoxify, and also suppress liver fire, dispel rheumatism, reduce inflammation, and relieve cough.
It has a certain effect on dysmenorrhea, irregular menstruation, uterine cold, and anti-fetus. Because the old hen has a good wind-removing effect, it is generally used for boiling wormwood soup. "

Ingredients

1/2 Old Hen
50g Fresh Wormwood
3 pieces Sliced Ginger
Some Salt

Wormwood Chicken Soup

1. Wash the chicken, cut into pieces, blanch for 5 minutes and remove.

2. Put it in a casserole and add water to cover the chicken.

3. Soak the fresh wormwood for a while, wash and set aside. You can also buy dried wormwood.

4. After the fire is boiled, add the washed wormwood. After boiling for about 5 minutes, switch to low heat and cook for about 1 to 2 hours with the water surface boiling as the degree.

5. Mix in an appropriate amount of refined salt and drink it.

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Tips:
The wormwood picked before the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar can only be fed after being dried. Such wormwood will be more fragrant. After the Qingming Festival, the wormwood has a bitter taste and is no longer suitable for feeding.