Basic Chinese Chicken Soup Stock (Soup Base)

Tangerine Peels (Dried)

Ingredient Name:  Dried Tangerine Peels Traditional Chinese Name:  陳皮 (chen pí) What is this?

The aged and/or dried skin of tangerines or mandarin oranges
They …

Ginger (Fresh)

Ingredient Name:  Fresh Ginger
 
Traditional Chinese Name: 薑 (jiāng)
 
What is this?

The ginger root is the underground stem of the ginger plant

It is often …

Garlic (Fresh)

Ingredient Name:  Fresh Garlic
 
Traditional Chinese Name: 蒜 (suàn)
 
What is this?

A pungent root that is often used for medicinal and culinary purposes

The edible bulb …

Rock Sugar

Ingredient Name:  Rock Sugar (also known as Rock Candy)
 
Traditional Chinese Name: 冰糖 (bīng táng)
 
What is this?

Type of confectionary composed of large sugar crystals …

Coconut Chicken Soup

 
Soup Name:  Coconut Chicken Soup
 
Traditional Chinese Name: 椰子雞湯 (yē zi jī tāng)
 
Introduction:

This soup is the Chinese version of coconut and chicken soup.  The …

Chicken (Whole)

 
Ingredient Name:  Chicken (whole), fowl, hen
 
Traditional Chinese Name: 雞 (jī)
 
What is this?

Literally, the WHOLE chicken

Which means, it may potentially come with a …

Coconuts

Ingredient Name:  Coconut
 
Traditional Chinese Name: 椰子 (yē zi)
 
What is this?

Coconuts are actually the seeds of the coconut palm

The coconuts found in supermarkets …

Large Dried Dates

Ingredient Name: Large Dried Dates

Traditional Chinese Name: 蜜棗 (mì zǎo)

What is this?

Dates are the berry fruits produced from the date …

String Figs (Dried)