Snow Flower Chicken Soup
A therapeutic Sichuan soup, Snow Chicken Soup features tender, fall-apart chicken, soft, chewy coix seed, and a rich, savory broth.
Ingredients
Chicken (eviscerated, plucked and cleaned after slaughter)
500g
Snow Lotus (cut into ~4cm long sections)
15g
Codonopsis (cut into ~4cm long sections)
75g
Szechuan Angelica (sliced)
7g
Job's Tears (rinsed with clean water)
500g
Ginger (washed and cut into sections)
50g
Scallion (washed and cut into sections)
50g
Salt
3g
Instructions
1
Step 1
Cut Codonopsis and Snow Lotus into ~4cm long sections, slice Szechuan Angelica, pack all into a gauze bag and tie the opening tightly. Rinse Job's Tears with clean water, pack into another gauze bag and tie the opening.
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Step 2
After the chicken is slaughtered, remove feathers, eviscerate and clean it, then add it to the pot along with the packed medicinal bags. Wash ginger and scallion, cut into sections, add to the pot, and bring the soup to a boil over high heat first.
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Step 3
Switch to low simmer and cook for 2 to 3 hours. Remove the chicken, cut into cubes and place into a bowl. Take out the cooked Job's Tears and add to the bowl, season to taste and serve.
