Cordyceps and Red Date Steamed Soft-shelled Turtle

Name: Cordyceps and Red Date Steamed Soft-shelled Turtle
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h 20 min
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 Live soft-shelled turtle (cut into pieces, blanched, washed); 10 g Cordyceps (washed); 20 g Red dates (soaked in water); Cooking wine, to taste; Salt, to taste; Scallion (cut into segments), to taste; Ginger (sliced), to taste; Garlic (sliced/cloves), to taste; Chicken broth, to taste

A tonic preparation that nourishes yin and replenishes qi: cleaned soft-shelled turtle is steamed in a water bath together with cordyceps and red dates.

2h 20m

Easy

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Cordyceps and Red Date Steamed Soft-shelled Turtle

Ingredients

Live soft-shelled turtle (cut into pieces, blanched, washed) 1

Cordyceps (washed) 10 g

Red dates (soaked in water) 20 g

Cooking wine to taste

Salt to taste

Scallion (cut into segments) to taste

Ginger (sliced) to taste

Garlic (sliced/cloves) to taste

Chicken broth to taste

Instructions

Prepare the turtle

Cut the turtle into 4 large pieces, place in a pot and bring to a boil, remove, cut open the four limbs, peel off the leg fat, and wash clean.

Prepare ingredients

Wash the cordyceps; soak the red dates in water.

Steaming

Place the turtle in a soup bowl, top with the cordyceps and red dates, add cooking wine, salt, scallion segments, ginger slices, garlic cloves, and clear chicken broth. Steam over water for 2 hours, remove, and pick out the scallion and ginger.