Herbal Chicken Soup. Silkie herbal chicken soup, or 乌鸡汤 (wū jī tāng), as Zoey Gong, a T. M. chef and founder of Five Seasons TCM, tells me, is specifically considered medicinal in the realm of T. Can also use pork bones or a combination of both.
Soups are quite important and necessary to normal Chinese autumn and winter days. We believe that it is quite dry in those two seasons and thus soups with various herbals are employed to moisten our lung and remove body heat. Which chicken is suitable for Chinese soup. You can have Herbal Chicken Soup using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Herbal Chicken Soup
- Prepare 1 ekor of ayam kampung.
- It’s 1 buah of jagung manis.
- You need 6 buah of jamur shitake.
- Prepare 15 buah of ginkgo nut.
- Prepare 1,5 sdm of garam.
- Prepare 1 sdt of kaldu jamur.
- You need 1 sdm of kecap asin.
- Prepare 1 bungkus of bahan" herbal.
In Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, we love using ayam kampung (free-range chicken) to prepare Chinese chicken soup. And for special occasions, like for Chinese New Year, my Mom would sometimes use black silkie chicken. You may see silkie chicken sold in your Asian market, they have black skin, and black meat. On a Chinese medical note, the herbs used in Herbal Chicken Soup can help to alleviate the "chills" in the body.
Herbal Chicken Soup step by step
- Susun Ayam dan jagung di dalam pot slow cooker.
- Lalu tambahkan jamur shitake dan ginkgo nut…
- Lalu tata jg herbal nya…
- Tambahkan air panas yg baru mendidih hingga melewati semua bahan.. lalu masak dengan low heat.. untuk waktu tergantung slow cooker masing" ya.. di saya menggunakan waktu sekitar 5 jam…
- Setelah ayam empuk dan soup berubah warna.. tambahkan garam.. kaldu jamur.. kecap asin.. aduk rata…
- Tralalala…. "Herbal Chicken Soup" ready to serve?.
Here's a pictogram on the different herbs that I have used in the soup. And here's a very practical summary of the individual herb's benefits and purposes : Chinese Herbal Chicken Soup This Chinese herbal chicken soup recipe never fail to perk me up whenever I feel tired or under the weather. For centuries, Chinese herbs have been used in cooking to promote general well-being, boost energy and strength and treat various body ailments. Herbs for chicken soup are plentiful. Spices bring the flavors up a notch.