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Preparation
20 minutes
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Cooking
2 hours
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Difficulty
Medium
Chinese herbal chicken is a dish originating from the Chinese community but has long become a familiar delicacy in Vietnam. Let’s cook Chinese herbal chicken with TasteVN in the kitchen in this article!
Ingredients for Chinese Herbal Chicken For 2 people
Black chicken 1 bird Hoai so 10 grams Raw earth 5 grams Dang shen 5 grams Angelica 5 grams Goji berries 5 grams Jujube 5 grams Ngoc truc 5 grams Xuan khung 5 grams Shiitake mushrooms 5 grams Duong trong 5 grams Bai chi 5 grams Longan 5 grams Young coconut 1 fruit
How to choose fresh and delicious black chicken
- Delicious chicken will have a compact, firm body with a small breast, and the skin will be shiny black.
- Fresh chicken meat has no sour or foul smell.
- Press the meat with your hand to check; if the meat is firm and elastic, it is good chicken. If the meat is mushy, slippery, deformed, or indented, it is best not to buy it to avoid affecting your health.
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How to prepare Herbal Chicken
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Prepare the ingredients
When purchasing black chicken, you can ask the seller to clean it for you, and then you just need to wash it again with diluted salt water and let it drain.
The herbal ingredients should be rinsed with water and left to drain.
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Stewed Chicken
You put the chicken in a clay pot to stew (if you don’t have a clay pot, you can use a regular pot).
You add 10 grams of goji berries, 5 grams of rehmannia root, 5 grams of codonopsis, 5 grams of angelica, 5 grams of black dates, 5 grams of jade bamboo, 5 grams of shiitake mushrooms, 5 grams of magnolia vine, 5 grams of white chi, 5 grams of ligusticum, and 5 grams of longan into the pot with the chicken.
Then you add 1 teaspoon of salt.
Pour the water from 1 coconut into the pot, wait for it to boil, then cover and simmer on low heat for 2 hours.
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Completion
After stewing for 2 hours, you add 5 grams of goji berries and cook for another 1 minute, then turn off the heat and enjoy!
Notes when making herbal chicken stew:
- It is better to eat when it’s hot for more flavor and to avoid being greasy.
- You can make a bowl of salt, pepper, and lemon for dipping the chicken.
- Herbal chicken stew is very good for pregnant women, young children, the elderly, those recovering from illness, people with colds,…
- People with high blood pressure and acute infections, dysentery, digestive disorders,… who want to eat herbal chicken stew should consult a doctor.
- Black chicken is very rich in protein, adults should only eat it 2 times a week, no more than 4 times a month, with each time one chicken (each chicken about 200 grams), children should eat it once a week, no more than 2 times a month (each time half a chicken).
With just a few simple steps, you can have a delicious and nutritious herbal chicken stew. Wish you success!
