Cordyceps chicken soup, an anti-aging recipe

Cordyceps chicken soup with cordyceps sinensis and chinese jujubes. A herbal chicken soup recipe using cordyceps, chinese jujube or red dates and chinese wolfberries. An anti-aging recipe.

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 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.

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

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Directions

1. Cut chicken thigh into pieces. Parboil for 2 minutes. Wash and trim excess fats
2. Rinse the cordyceps, chinese wolfberries and red dates
3. Place the chicken pieces into a large soup bowl together with the cordyceps, chinese wolfberries and red dates
4. Add the water
5. Cover soup bowl with clingwrap
6. Steam for 1.5 hours
7. Add salt to taste before serving

Recipe link: http://www.homemade-chinese-soups.com/chicken-soup-recipe-05.html

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This page has been edited and updated on 10 August 2013.

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