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Double-boiled soup 燉湯
Double-boiled ginseng chicken
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Traditionally eaten to warm and nourish. Best in cold weather. Asian ginseng is slightly warm and strongly tonifying; chicken is warm.
Good for traditionally believed to restore energy after illness or exhaustion.
- 15 minprep
- 4 hcook
- 4servings
- Double-boilWinter
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Ingredients
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- 1¼ quarts1.2 LWater
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Method
- Skin the chicken and cut in pieces.
- Put the meat in cold water, bring to a boil and let it bubble for 3 minutes. Drain and rinse off the scum.
- Put everything in a lidded ceramic double-boiling pot and pour in boiling water. Set it in a large pot with water halfway up its sides, cover both and simmer for 3 to 4 hours. Top up the outer pot as it evaporates.
- Skim off any fat and season with salt just before serving.
Who should go easy
Not during a cold, fever or sore throat, or with high blood pressure. Ginseng can interact with blood thinners and diabetes drugs; ask your doctor.
Traditional Chinese food therapy, not medical advice. Ask your doctor if you are pregnant, on medication or unwell.
Ingredient natures from Me & Qi herb database, 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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