Double-boiled (隔水燉, cooked in a covered pot sitting in a pan of boiling water). A single-serve stewing pot takes about 400 ml, a family pot about 800 ml. Put the ingredients in and pour boiling water to just cover, seal with cling film, traditionally gauze paper, and put the lid on. Sit it in an outer pan with water reaching one third to halfway up the pot and cook for 3 hours. The goji berries go in for the last 30 minutes, and salt goes in last.
Soak the lion's mane mushroom until soft, cut out the core to take away the bitterness and squeeze it dry.
Blanch the chicken thigh meat, lean pork and chicken feet (汆水, a quick boil to draw out blood and scum).
Put everything except the goji berries into the stewing pot and pour in about 400 ml of boiling water.
Seal with cling film, put the lid on and double-boil for 3 hours, adding the goji berries for the last 30 minutes.
Season with salt before drinking.
Who it suits
a weak stomach
poor digestion
poor appetite
feeling run down
Who should take care
Few restrictions, it suits young and old
Still no double-boiled tonics while a cold has not cleared (general warning across this whole collection)
People with gout should take care, since long double-boiled meat soups are high in purines
Soup stories
猴頭菇 lion's mane has a reputation as the mountain delicacy that looks after the stomach, and it is the first double-boil people with a poor gut turn to. 蒸廬 in Sha Tin also sells a version double-boiled with 螺片 sliced conch and lean pork.
“The pot she makes when someone needs looking after.”
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.
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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.