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Abalone in Chicken Soup
Submitted by LadyTong on June 10, 2012 – 9:07 pm2 Comments | 68,817 views
Soup Name: Abalone in Chicken Soup
Traditional Chinese Name: 鮑魚清雞湯 (bào yú qīng jī tāng)
Introduction:
This soup is a powered up version of the Chicken Herbal Soup. Packed with the natural sea-sweetness of the abalones and herbs, it’s a great soup for the cold winter months or confinement. You can eat the abalone as whole pieces (usually the smaller ones are cheaper, but it’s still an expensive soup), or sliced thinly and dipped in soy sauce. Regardless, don’t waste the abalone! In addition, I know it says Chicken soup, but the Chinese commonly also add a small pork shank or pork bone to their otherwise known as Chicken and even Fish soups. You can’t get away from the staple pork.
What Ingredients are required?
1 fresh whole chicken, prepared and quartered
1 pound of fresh pork shank (or any other pork parts for soups is suitable)
6-7 fresh small abalones (or dried)
5-6 dried scallops (conpoys)
1 handful of wolfberries
20 g of dried peanuts (for soups)
20 g of euryale or fox nuts
5 sticks of dried Chinese yam
2 litres of water
How do I prepare it?
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Prepare chicken (in quarters) by rinsing and blanching in a pot of boiling water (let it boil for about 2-3 minutes)
- Remove chicken and set aside
- Boil your pork in the same pot of boiling water as the chicken (for 2-3 minutes)
- Drain water and set aside
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Wash and clean abalone (with a toothbrush to be sure to brush off all the black residue)
- Wash and soak for 10 minutes all the dried herbs
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Boil your soup water
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When your soup water is boiling, add all the ingredients together
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Boil on high heat for 30 minutes and reduce to low boil for another 2 hours.
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Serve and enjoy!
Any benefits?
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Excellent warming soup for cold days
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Good to increase blood circulation and blood flow
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It is considered to be of the “healing” categories of soup
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If used for confinement, you can make the soup more concentrated (less water or more ingredients)
Any precautions?
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As the whole chicken can be oily, be sure to remove all oil before serving
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Minimize herbs when used for children (above sampling suggested)
- Peanuts are also introduced in this soup, so remove or avoid giving to children as suggested with potential peanut allergies
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Thanks so much for all the recipes. My sis is going to deliver her second baby. She didnt breastfeed her first son as she didnt produce enough breastmilk. I dont know what is going to happen this second time, but I am thinking to follow your recipes and see if they will help. My question is may I freeze the soup and let her thaw and microwave the soup before serving?? Many thanks.
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