Healthy Chinese traditional Silkie chicken soup with red-dates, and dried small shitake mushrooms.
Course Soup
Cuisine Chinese
Keyword chicken
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 50 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour
Servings 4Making 4~6 bowls
Calories 131kcal
Author Elaine
Ingredients
1silkie chicken
3~4Lwater
10 to 12red dates
1inchroot ginger, smashed
1small cup of wolfberry, optional
salt , to taste
chopped green onion and coriander , as needed
Instructions
Wash the silkie chicken carefully to remove the impurities.
Add chicken in, place ginger, red dates and wolfberries. Load with 4 L water.
Bring the content to a boiling. Remove any floats on the surface (skip this step if you are using a high pressure cooker). Slow durn the fire and simmer for 30 minutes.
Add around 1.5 to 2.5 teaspoon of salt. Serve hot with chopped green onion and coriander as aromatics.
Notes
You can also use a high pressure cooker to make this soup.