Codonopsis Steamed Chicken
A hen steamed with dangshen (Codonopsis root), goji berries, and other ingredients produces tender, succulent meat with a rich, flavorful broth. The dish is valued for promoting blood circulation and replenishing qi.
Ingredients
hen chicken (bled, plucked, gutted, washed, briefly blanched in boiling water to remove blood residue, then rinsed with clean water and drained)
1 (about 1.5 kg)
codonopsis root (dangshen)
50 g
goji berries
25 g
fermented soybean paste
150 g
dried tangerine peel
10 g
ginger
4 slices
fine salt
10 g
Instructions
1
Prepare the chicken
Bleed the chicken, pluck the feathers, remove the entrails, and wash it clean. Briefly blanch it in a pot of boiling water to remove blood residue, then lift it out, rinse with clean water, and drain well.
2
Steam the chicken
Place the chicken in a pot and add enough clean water to submerge it. Add the goji berries, dried tangerine peel, codonopsis root, fermented soybean paste, ginger slices, and fine salt, and stir to combine. Cover with a lid, set the pot on a steaming rack, and steam for 2.5 hours until the flavors are fully absorbed. Remove from the heat and serve.
