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Heartwarming nourishing chicken soup

Heartwarming nourishing chicken soup

A three-hour slow-simmered tonic soup of old hen, dried scallop, red dates, cordyceps flower, and Chinese yam, giving a clear golden broth with firm, lean, flavorful meat.

Instructions

  1. 1
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    Prepare the ingredients.

  2. 2
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    Blanch the old hen either in pieces or whole. My clay pot is not very big, so I cut the chicken open. Add water, chicken, ginger, dried scallops, and red dates into the clay pot and simmer.

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    After cooking for an hour, add cordyceps flowers and yam, and add some vinegar.

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    Continue simmering for three hours.

  5. 5
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    The color is beautiful, and the taste is fresh.

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    The chicken is firm, not greasy, tastes great in the mouth, and is fragrant when chewed.

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    There's no need to add any salt at all; the taste is naturally fresh, and the whole house is filled with fragrance during the cooking process.

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Ingredients

Main Ingredients

  • Old hen
    1 piece
  • Cordyceps
    a little
  • Scallop
    a little
  • red date
    a little
  • Chinese yam
    a little