My Soup of the day- Herbal Chicken Soup 1

There are many varities of herbal soup- mix and match of different herbals. So you gotta find and try out the soup to suit your taste buds. Of course, herbal soup are usually drunk for building and improve one's health. For me, i drink for improving my mental alertness and general health. Herbal soup can be too heaty if wrong herbs being used.

Here's on recipe for general health;-

Ginseng ( 人参）- 5 gm
Astragalia （黑芪)- 4 gm
Fructus Lycil( 枸杞子）-4g
Radix Tang Shan（党参）- 2pcs
Chinese Yam（淮山）- 2-3 pcs
Polygonathum（玉竹）- 5gm
Salt to taste
Chicken 2 pcs appro 500gm

1. Blanch the chicken, Wash the herbs and place in a claypot. Add 800ml water. Bring to a boil with chicken and all the herbs. Turn down heat. Stimmer for appro 45mins - 1hrs. Taste and adjust the taste with salt.
2. Serve hot with White rice.

Hair tonic- Simplest soup

Ingredient:
Wolfberry - 15 gm
Black beans - 30gm
Lean meat- 100gm
Water - 1litre


Wash all ingredient and put in claypot. Pour in water and stimmer for 1 hr.
Add salt to taste. Serve.


Good for kidney, nourish the blood.Blacken the hair.

Pan Seared Codfish with Dry Scallop and wolfberry sauce

Ingredients:

Codfish fillet- 120gm

garlic- 30gm

Red Onion - 30 gm

Dried Scallop- 30gm

wolfberry - 10gm

Abalone mushroom- 80gm

Chicken Stock - adequate

Cooking oil - 100ml

oyster sauce- 1 1/2 tsp

Light Soya Sauce- 1/2 tsp

Dark Soya Sauce- few drops

Chinese wine- 1tsp
Salt to taste
pepper to taste

Methods:
Season codfish with salt and pepper. Heat saucepan with cooking oil, pan sear codfish on both sides till it turns golden brown. Fry Garlic, red onion, dry scallop and wokfberry till fragnant, Add oyster sauce, light soya sauce, dark soya sauce, Chicken stock and chinese wine, let it reduce for 10mins. Suateed abalone mushrooms and golden mushroom with chopped garlic , season with salt and pepper.Serve.