Cordyceps and Red Date Steamed Soft-shelled Turtle
This dish steams soft-shelled turtle together with cordyceps and red dates, providing benefits of tonifying qi, replenishing deficiency, nourishing yin, and enriching blood.
Ingredients
Live soft-shelled turtle (cut into 4 large pieces after slaughter)
1 (about 1000 g)
Cordyceps (washed)
10 g
Red dates (soaked in boiling water and washed)
10
Cooking wine
to taste
Refined salt
to taste
MSG
to taste
Scallion
to taste
Ginger slices
to taste
Garlic cloves
to taste
Chicken broth
to taste
Instructions
1
Prepare the turtle
Cut the slaughtered soft-shelled turtle into 4 large pieces, place in a pot and bring to a boil, then remove. Score the four limbs and strip off the leg fat, then wash clean. Wash the cordyceps. Soak the red dates in boiling water and wash them clean.
2
Steam
Place the turtle in a soup bowl, top with cordyceps and red dates, then add cooking wine, salt, scallion, ginger, garlic, and chicken broth. Steam over water for 2 hours, remove, and pick out the scallion and ginger before serving.
