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Black-boned chicken soup with Chinese yam, goji and red dates
淮山杞子紅棗烏雞湯
“The pot she makes when someone needs looking after.”
Ingredientsone pot, serves 4
Method
- Clean the innards out of the black-boned chicken and blanch it (汆水, a quick boil to draw out blood and scum).
- Rinse the Chinese yam, goji berries, red dates and dried longan.
- Put everything in the pot with the ginger slices and 2.5 litres of water, and bring to the boil over high heat.
- Turn down to low, simmer for 2 to 2.5 hours and season with salt.
Who it suits
- a poor complexion from blood deficiency
- cold hands and feet
- women after their period
- after childbirth
Who should take care
- Not while a cold has not cleared
- Not for people who run dry and heaty
From the same family
Lo Fo Tong is cultural food-heritage reference, not medical advice. If you are pregnant, unwell or on medication, talk to your doctor or registered practitioner before changing what is in the pot.