Slow-boiled soup 老火湯
Chestnut and shiitake chicken soup
栗子冬菇雞湯leot6 zi2 dung1 gu1 gai1 tong1
Traditionally eaten to warm and nourish. Best in cold weather. Chestnut and chicken are warm.
Good for traditionally believed to warm and strengthen the body in cold months.
- 20 minprep
- 2 hcook
- 6servings
- One potAutumn, Winter
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Ingredients
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- 2¾ quarts2.5 LWater
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Method
- Soak the mushrooms. Remove the chicken skin and fat and cut in large pieces.
- Put the meat in cold water, bring to a boil and let it bubble for 3 minutes. Drain and rinse off the scum.
- Bring the water to a rolling boil. Add everything, boil hard for 20 minutes, then cover and simmer on low for 1 hour 30 minutes.
- Skim off any fat and season with salt just before serving.
Who should go easy
Too warming during a fever or sore throat.
Traditional Chinese food therapy, not medical advice. Ask your doctor if you are pregnant, on medication or unwell.
Ingredient natures from Hong Kong Anti-Cancer Society, "中醫食療——食物種類分析" (Dr Lam To-yee, registered Chinese medicine practitioner, 2022). How we judge a soup’s nature.
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