Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, chinese herbal chicken soup (dun ji tang). It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Chinese Herbal Chicken Soup (Dun Ji Tang) is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Chinese Herbal Chicken Soup (Dun Ji Tang) is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
So Simple Chinese Herbal Chicken Soup 爱心药材鸡汤. For centuries, Chinese herbs have been used in cooking to promote general well-being, boost energy and strength and treat various body ailments. These are the Chinese herbs that I used for this Herbal Chicken Soup. Traditional Chinese Name: 清雞湯 (qīng jī tāng).
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook chinese herbal chicken soup (dun ji tang) using 12 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Chinese Herbal Chicken Soup (Dun Ji Tang):
- Make ready 1 pc Whole Chicken Leg (bone in)
- Take 1 tsp Salt
- Take 1.5 litres Water (or as needed)
- Get Dun Ji Tang herbs;
- Get 6 g Astragalus Root (Bei Chi 北芪)
- Make ready 15 g Codonopsis (Dang Shen 党参)
- Prepare 11 g Chinese Yam (Huai Shan 淮山)
- Take 23 g Solomon's Seal (Yu Zhu 玉竹)
- Take 23 g Wolfberries (Goji Zi 枸杞子)
- Prepare Optional
- Prepare 20 g Red Dates
- Take 20 g Dried Longan
My personal favorite winter soup is cooking these fine herbs with either chicken or pork. In the southern parts of China (particularly the Cantonese. 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.
Steps to make Chinese Herbal Chicken Soup (Dun Ji Tang):
- CHICKEN; rinse the chicken. Dry the chicken with kitchen towels and then salt it. Let it sit for 30 minutes.
- STEW; In a pot, place in all the Herbs as well as Water and chicken. Bring it to a boil and then turn down the heat to a simmer. REMOVE any scum from the surface and let the soup cook for 1 hour or until the liquid has been reduced by half.
- SERVE; turn off the heat, remove the chicken and let it rest for 10 minutes. Then, chop the chicken into serving size. Taste the soup to see if it needs to be seasoned. Serve in a bowl.
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. Blanch chicken in boiling water for a few minutes. Place blanched chicken and the rest of the ingredients in water. It is also served by quite a few local Chinese restaurants as their soup of the day 例汤 (li tang).
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