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    Home » Recipes » Soup

    Chicken Mushroom Soup

    October 6, 2012 by Elaine 8 Comments | Jump to Recipe

    When it comes to fall, I love to drink soup very much since the weather becomes more and more dry. There is a saying that it is just the right time to add some fat to your body for the cold winter. So comparing with the hot summer, I prefer to eat more meat to add some energy to my body.

    Dried Shitake mushroom has very unique and fuller taste comparing with fresh ones. Thus dried shitake mushrooms are commonly used in meat soup rather than fresh ones. For more types of mushrooms for cooking, please check here.

    The soup made today is a simple version and I am trying to keep the original taste of chicken meat and the shitake mushroom. This soup has an interesting Chinese name as simmered chick with mushroom, which means the chicken meat should from a young chick rather than an old one. But old chick is also acceptable.

    Choose one half of the whole chick, and then cut into small pieces. Clean carefully and rinse quickly in boiling water to get rid of the floater. Then wash the cooked chicken meat again in clean water.

    Get one piece of ginger, cut into small sections and crush the sections.Put rinsed chicken meat, crushed ginger sections and soaked dried shitake mushrooms into the large pot prepared and begin the simmer.

    I use electric pressure cooker in order to save time and you can choose to use marmite for simmer.If you get electric pressure cooker, just choose the function of soup and leave it aside.

    For marmite simmering, use high fire to boil the water firstly and then slow down the fire to simmer for around 1.5 hours. And do remember to add more water since simmering process in marmite will evaporate a small amount of water.

    Please note that salt should be added when the soup is ready rather than at the very beginning.

    Chicken Mushroom Soup

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    Course: Soup
    Cuisine: Chinese
    Keyword: chicken, mushroom
    Prep Time: 10 minutes
    Cook Time: 30 minutes
    Total Time: 40 minutes
    Servings: 2
    Calories: 163kcal
    Author: Elaine

    Ingredients

    • Half of whole chicken
    • 1 oz. dried shitake mushroom
    • One piece of ginger
    • Salt to taste

    Instructions

    • Choose one half of the whole chick, and then cut into small pieces.
    • Clean carefully and rinse quickly in boiling water to get rid of the floater. Then wash the cooked chicken meat again in clean water.
    • Soak the dried shitake mushrooms in clean water and wash off the sand
    • Put rinsed chicken meat, crushed ginger sections and soaked dried shitake mushrooms into the large pot prepared and begin the simmer.
    • Add salt to taste and serve with chopped green onions sprinkled on top

    Nutrition

    Calories: 163kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 13g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 54mg | Sodium: 1021mg | Potassium: 199mg | Vitamin A: 100IU | Vitamin C: 1.2mg | Calcium: 8mg | Iron: 0.6mg
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    Comments

    1. Kya

      February 21, 2016 at 4:31 am

      I don't have a soup button on my pressure cooker. How long do I cook in my Cuisinart pressure cooker on high? Thanks!

      Reply
      • Elaine

        February 22, 2016 at 11:25 am

        15 to 20 minutes should work.

        Reply
    2. Valerie Geisdorf

      January 12, 2017 at 11:45 pm

      How do you recommend that I cook the chicken and how much water do I use to simmer? I would assume that I would boil the chicken and use that water for the broth?

      Reply
      • Elaine

        January 13, 2017 at 9:34 am

        Hi Valerie,
        Usually for 1/2 chicken (around 200g), we use 2L water.

        Reply
    3. Isla

      January 14, 2020 at 6:31 pm

      Hi Elaine,
      I made this dish for my parents last week. They really enjoyed it, though, I think added too much water as the soup didn't have much base to it coming out a bit watery. Do you have any tips?

      Reply
      • Elaine

        January 17, 2020 at 8:04 pm

        If you use high pressure cooker, transfer it into a regular cooking pot and continue boiling for 0 to 15 minutes over high fire and no lid. The flavor should be thickened very quickly.

        Reply

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