Chinese Herbal Chicken Soup is a well known Ancient dish that believes it has healing power and an immune booster, although each soup will contains different ingredients of herbals with it's own health benefits.
So during this pandemic, I went to a local Chinese store to get some herbals and I bumped into a grandma and she said this package of herbal is good for immune system.
She meant the ingredient of herbals for chicken soup that's already in a bag, we just need to soak it first (except for wolfberry) and good to go.
It makes sense since chicken itself, when we cook in slow heat in certain amount of time will released Cystein, an amino acid that has benefit to clear the mucus in the lung and yet other herbals for overall health not only as a comfort ancient soup.
Below are the herbals I use with two chicken breasts (I don't like the smell of chicken bone, or otherwise use the whole chicken).
Solomon's seal is used to treat lung disorders, reduce swelling (inflammation)
Wolfberry is used to boost the immune system, nourish the liver and kidneys and improve vision
Red date is anti inflammation, good for digestion, relaxation, good for skin and also good to treat sore throat.
Angelica sinensis, also known as danggui is good for blood circulation and immune system.
Orange peel as anti inflammatory, low cholesterol and high blood pressure and also good for immune system as is high of vitamin C.
Gui zhi or cinnamon twig used to treat common flu.
Chuan Xiong, used to treat vertigo, headache, acute sinusitis and blood circulation.
How to make it: Clean and cut the chicken breast and add all ingredients of herbal into a pot along with some cut chicken breast, a bit of salt and 4 cups of water.
Place the double pot in a slow cooker and let it cook for 8 hours. Serve while it's hot. Or you guys just go ahead and cook in regular stove with at first in high heat for 10 minutes, then use low heat for at least 30 minutes but you need to cook with at least 1 Lt of water.
Because I don't have double boil pot that comes with the cooker, I cook my double boil pot in a slow cooker to allow my chicken soup more authentic.
Overall, every medicine has side effect, do some research before you decide to use any Chinese herbal. But so far my family has never shown any side effect from drinking Chinese chicken soup.
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