Cordycep Flower and Mushroom Chicken Soup ~ 蟲草花冬菇鸡湯
This soup is not only delicious, it’s nourishing as well. It can be served on its own or with some vermicelli, noodles or a hot bowl of white rice with a vegetable on the side. An easy one pot meal especially on a wet and rainy day.
Cordycep Flower and Mushroom Chicken Soup ~ 蟲草花冬菇鸡湯
Ingredients
- 350 gm free range chicken drumsticks
- 12 seedless red dates
- 8 dried scallops
- 8 shitake mushrooms
- 8 gm dried cordycep flowers
- 1 Tbsp goji berries
- 1 lt water
- 3 ginger slices
- Salt to taste
- Rinse the dried scallops, cordycep flowers, set aside.
- Soak the shitake mushrooms till soft, cut off the stem. Set aside.
- Blanch the drumsticks in hot water with the ginger slices for about 5 minutes.
- Rinse the drumsticks in water.
- In a pot of 1 lt water, add in the drumsticks, red dates, cordycep flowers and bring to a boil. Then turn on to low heat and after half hour, add in the dried scallops. Continue to simmer for about an hour.
- Rinse the goji berries and add in about 10 mins. before serving. Add salt to taste.
- Serve.
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