Delicious dishes for Vu Lan season: Secret to making nutritious chicken soup with Chinese herbs, warm family affection
Chicken soup with Chinese herbs is refreshing, nutritious, helps improve health and strengthen family bonds, and is a delicious dish in the Vu Lan season full of love.
A pot of soup replaces words of respect
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.
Ingredients to prepare
- 600g boneless 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 fresh ginger
- Salt, chicken powder, rock sugar to taste
How to cook chicken soup with Chinese herbs
Prepare chicken: Wash, blanch for 2 minutes in boiling water to remove odor, remove and drain.
Prepare Chinese medicine: Soak the herbs in warm water for 5 minutes, 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 to release aroma.
Complete: Return the chicken to the pot, season to taste and serve hot.
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.
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.
