Ginseng Chicken Soup

Ingredients (serve 3-4)

Solomonseal Rhizome (yuzhu)
20g
Chinese Angelica Root (danggui)
3g
Chi Di Panax Ginseng
8g
Cnidium (chuanxiong)
2g
Milkvetch Root (beiqi)
10g
Wolfberries
10g
Codonopsis Root (dangshen)
30g
Liquorice Root (gancao)
5g
Chinese Yam (huaishan)
10g
Lotus Seeds
30g
Honey Dates
2
Salt where appropriate

Methods

  1. Rinse chicken and drain the water.
  2. Put washed Chi Di Panax ginseng into a bowl. Add 100ml of water before covering it up. Put the bowl in a steamer and steam over strong fire for 30 minutes until the ginseng flavour seeps into the water.
  3. Wash other ingredients.
  4. Put chicken into a porcelain bowl and add 1.5 litres of water. Add all other ingredients into the bowl, before pouring in the ginseng soup.
    Steam this over strong fire for 50 minutes before removing to season with salt. Place ginseng slices on the chicken and the dish is ready to
    be served.

Strengthens the heart and replenishes vital energy.