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Double-boiled fresh chicken with abalone and conch

鮑魚螺頭燉鮮雞

nourishes yinsupports the kidneyssoothes the livermoistens the lungsbrightens the eyesreplenishes qiAutumnWinterAll year double-boiled · 3 hours Not yet surveyed (we say so honestly)

“The pot she makes when someone needs looking after.”

Ingredients

百子櫃Abalone (dried or canned)30 g (1 piece)

百子櫃Dried conch / sea snail head15 g

街市Fresh chicken (whole or half)· chicken meat, blanched; the 汽鍋 steam-pot version uses 200 g25 g

街市Pork shin (shank)20 g

百子櫃Dried shiitake mushroom30 g

Method

隔水燉 (double boiling, where the jar sits in water rather than over direct heat), in a single-serve jar of about 350 to 500 ml; a Yunnan 汽鍋 steam-pot version also exists. Put the ingredients in the 燉盅 and pour in boiling water to just cover, seal with cling film (traditionally 紗紙, mulberry paper) and put the lid on, fill the outer pot to a third or half way up the jar, and cook for 3 hours. Salt goes in last.

Soak the 螺頭 to reconstitute it. Scrub the abalone clean.
Blanch the chicken and the pork shin (汆水, a quick boil to clear the scum). Soak the dried shiitake until soft.
Put everything into the 燉盅 (double-boiling jar) and pour in about 350 to 500 ml of boiling water.
Seal with cling film, put the lid on, and double boil (隔水燉, the jar sits in water rather than over direct heat) for 3 hours.
Season with salt before drinking.

Who it suits

cold hands and feet
women whose periods are pale in colour and light in flow
recovering from a run-down patch

Who should take care

not for people with gout, seafood is high in purines
no double-boiled tonics while a cold is still unresolved (general warning across this collection)

Soup stories

The luxury 三寶 jar on the double-boil shop menu, abalone plus 螺頭 plus chicken. 官燕棧 has a 鮑魚花旗參燉雞 variation, and 椰小盅's 蟲草花乾貝土雞燉鮮鮑 is cut from the same cloth.

From the same family

Double-boiled lean pork with ginseng and dendrobiumA$12–66

人參石斛燉瘦肉

replenishes qinourishes yinmoistens the lungsAll year

百子櫃Korean red ginseng· 8 g百子櫃Dendrobium stem· 12 g街市Lean pork· 300 g百子櫃Candied honey date· 4街市Fresh ginger· 4 slices

“The pot she makes when someone needs looking after.”

Double-boiled chicken with cordycepsNot yet surveyed (we say so honestly)

冬蟲夏草燉雞

supports the kidneysreplenishes qisoothes cough3h slow fireWinter

百子櫃Cordyceps· 3 to 5 pieces, about 2 to 3 g街市Fresh chicken (whole or half)· half街市Lean pork· 100 g街市Fresh ginger· 2 slices

“The pot she makes when someone needs looking after.”

Double-boiled teal with cordycepsNot yet surveyed (we say so honestly)

冬蟲草燉水鴨

moistens the lungssupports the kidneyssoothes cough3.5h slow fireWinter

百子櫃Cordyceps· 3 to 5 pieces百子櫃Teal (small wild-type duck)· 1百子櫃Dried fig· 2百子櫃Aged dried tangerine peel· a quarter piece街市Fresh ginger· 2 slices

“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.