Saturday 29 November 2008

Chicken with ginseng soup


To the Chinese ginseng is used widely in TCM. Many deemed it as wonder herb to prolong longevity. For me, my mom used to brew this soup before the main exams. She said ginseng will boost my energy and least likely to become tired after long hours of revisions. Indeed. Many As' to prove that :-). But I drink this soup to warm up for cold winter nowdays, no more exams to attend to.

Chicken with ginseng soup
Ingredients (2 persons)
  • 4 chicken legs
  • 10 gm ginseng
  • 1 tbsp of goji berry
  • 1½ litres (6 cups) water
  • 1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
  1. In a large heat-proof bowl, place the chicken together with all the other ingredients except the salt. Steam in a steamer or big pot over boiling water for 2 hours, constantly replenishing the water in the steamer or big pot as needed. Remove from the heat, stir in the salt and serve hot. This is known as double boil method.

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