This is a chicken soup recipe using cordyceps, red dates and chinese wolfberries.
The chinese name for cordyceps 冬虫夏草 literally means winter worm, summer grass. The weird name arises because cordyceps is actually a hybrid chinese herb made up of a type of parasitic fungus growing within a caterpillar.
Cordyceps sinensis. Source: Guangdong Food Safety Web
Cordyceps is highly prized as a dietary supplement for maintaining youth. It is fairly expensive and a little goes a long way.
You can also cook the soup using a double-boiling jar or a electric stew pot.
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Ingredients
1 chicken thigh
2 cordyceps 东虫夏草 (dong chong xia cao)
6 red dates 红枣 (hong zao)
7 chinese wolfberries 枸杞子 (gou ji zi)
1000ml water
Directions
- Cut chicken thigh into pieces. Parboil for 2 minutes. Wash and trim excess fats
- Rinse the cordyceps, chinese wolfberries and red dates
- Place the chicken pieces into a large soup bowl together with the cordyceps, chinese wolfberries and red dates
- Add the water
- Cover soup bowl with clingwrap
- Steam for 1.5 hours
- Add salt to taste before serving
Recipe link: An anti-aging chicken soup recipe
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