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Delicious dishes for Vu Lan season: Secret to making nutritious chicken soup with Chinese herbs, warm family affection

Quoc Duong September 6, 2025 07:58

Chicken soup with Chinese herbs is refreshing, nutritious, helps improve health and strengthen family bonds, and is a delicious dish during the Vu Lan season filled with love.

A pot of soup in lieu of filial piety

Every Vu Lan season, besides the gratitude rituals, a simple but meaningful way to express filial piety is to prepare a meal for parents by yourself. Among them, chicken soup stewed with Chinese herbs is not only nutritious but also a dish full of affection, bringing warmth to the whole family.

Bí quyết làm súp gà hầm thuốc bắc bổ dưỡng, ấm áp tình thân mùa Vu Lan

Ingredients to prepare

  • 600g bone-in chicken thighs/black chicken (cut into bite-sized pieces)
  • 900ml chicken broth
  • Red dates, wolfberries, Chinese yam, ginkgo biloba, codonopsis, rehmannia glutinosa, coix seed (5-10g each)
  • 2 slices of fresh ginger
  • Salt, chicken powder, rock sugar to taste

How to cook chicken soup with Chinese herbs

Prepare chicken: Wash, blanch in boiling water for 2 minutes to remove odor, remove and drain.

Prepare Chinese medicineSoak the herbs in warm water for 5 minutes, then rinse.

Cook soup: Put chicken broth in pot with ginger, Chinese herbs, chicken, salt and rock sugar. Boil, skim off foam.

Tunnel: Reduce heat, cover, simmer for about 25 minutes until chicken is tender. Remove chicken, continue simmering Chinese herbs for another 20 minutes until fragrant.

Complete: Return the chicken to the pot, season to taste and serve hot.

Bí quyết làm súp gà hầm thuốc bắc bổ dưỡng, ấm áp tình thân mùa Vu Lan

How to make chicken broth

1. Chicken broth ingredients

  • 1kg chicken bones
  • 20g crushed ginger
  • 20g lightly grilled shallots
  • 50g onion, cut into wedges
  • 20g green onion root
  • 50g chopped carrots
  • 2g salt
  • 2 liters of filtered water

2. Prepare chicken broth

Blanch chicken bones for 3-5 minutes, rinse.

Put all ingredients and water in pot.

Bring to a boil, skim off foam, reduce heat and simmer for 2 hours.

Filter the clear water to use for cooking soup.

Bí quyết làm súp gà hầm thuốc bắc bổ dưỡng, ấm áp tình thân mùa Vu Lan

Meaning of food

A pot of chicken soup with Chinese herbs is not only nutritious with sweet and tender chicken and the refreshing taste of Chinese herbs, but also symbolizes care and concern. In a family meal during Vu Lan season, the warm aroma from the pot of soup is a message of love, bringing generations closer together.

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