This chicken soup recipe has all my favourite chinese herbs: red dates, goji berries, and dang shen.

Dang shen, also known as codonopsis root, has a gentler herbal flavor compared to ginseng. Omit the ginger if you do not like it.
This is a pleasant light herbal soup.
If you need to stock up on chinese herbs, try buying them online at 1stChineseHerbs.com.
Ingredients
1 fresh chicken breast
500g old cucumber 老黄瓜 (lao huang gua)
1 slice ginger
4 dried chinese mushrooms
6g codonopsis root 党参 (dang shen)
5 red dates
1 tbsp chinese wolfberries / goji berries 枸杞子 (gou ji zi)
Soup base
1.8 liter of water
3 bouillon cubes
Directions
- Cut the chicken breast into bite-sized pieces
- Cut the old cucumber into sections and remove the seeds
- Wash and soak the dried chinese mushrooms in hot water
- Wash and clean the codonopsis root and halve it if it is too long
- Wash the red dates and remove the seeds
- Bring the water to a boil and add the bouillon cubes
- Add all the ingredients into the chicken stock
- Bring soup back to a boil
- Low heat to a slow simmer and simmer for about 50 minutes
- Serve
Recipe link: Chicken soup recipe with dang shen and goji berries
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