Chinese chicken soup recipe with red dates and milk

Red dates This chinese chicken soup recipe should become a lady's favourite. Red dates and milk is a good combination for nourishing beautiful skin. With so few ingredients, it is a light refreshing soup. Use skim milk if you are concerned about the fat content of full cream milk. Try not to omit the ginger even if you don't like the taste. Add it to the soup when cooking but remove it before serving. Ingredients 1 free range chicken 1 litre chicken stock 1 litre fresh milk 5 red dates, cored 5g ginger slices salt to taste Directions Cut the chicken into big pieces and parboil Place chicken, red dates and ginger in a big soup pot or crock pot Add the water and milk Bring everything to a boil Lower heat, cover and simmer for 2 hours Add salt to taste and serve