Red Mushroom Stewed Chicken
Red mushrooms stewed together with a hen to make a nourishing soup. Traditionally valued for replenishing qi and nourishing blood; commonly prepared for conditions such as anemia, cough, and asthma.
Ingredients
Fresh red mushroom (remove impurities, wash, tear into slices)
500 g
Hen (slaughtered, de-feathered, remove innards and feet, blanched and washed)
1 (approx 1500 g)
Cooking wine (seasoning)
to taste
Fine salt (seasoning)
to taste
MSG (seasoning)
to taste
White sugar (seasoning)
to taste
Scallion segments (seasoning)
to taste
Ginger slices (seasoning)
to taste
Instructions
1
Pre-treatment
Slaughter the chicken, remove feathers, internal organs and feet, blanch in boiling water, then remove and wash clean. Remove impurities from the red mushrooms, wash clean, and tear into slices.
2
Stewing
Place the whole chicken and an appropriate amount of water in the pot, bring to a boil over high heat, skim off the foam, add cooking wine, fine salt, MSG, white sugar, scallions, ginger and red mushrooms, simmer over low heat until the chicken is tender, then serve.
