Sharing one of my favourite soups here. Preparation is quick and easy, mainly soaking of fish maw. But it takes 3 hours to cook, as per most Chinese soup. It can be taken during confinement or any other day for nourishment.
Fish Maw is rich in collagen and helps to speed up recovery during the confinement period. Whereas Chinese mushroom is neutral and tastes sweet, it nourishes the spleen and stomach, enhances qi and improves appetite. Spleen is one of our body’s organs and acts as a blood filter. It controls the number of red blood cells in our body and fights infection.
Ingredients for Fish Maw Mushroom Soup
Chinese mushroom or 花菇 (8 pieces)
Fish Maw (1 pc, about 75 g)
Wolfberries* (a handful, about 20 g)
Dried scallops (a handful, about 20 g)
Red dates*, seedless (8 pieces)
One chicken
Water (2.5 litres)
Salt and fish sauce as seasoning
Method
Soak fish maw and mushroom to soften. Rinse and drain. To reduce the greasiness in the fish maw, you may wish to repeat the process a few times. Cut into bite-size, between 1 to 2 inches per piece.
Blanch meat to remove the impurities.
Wash and drain the rest of the ingredients.
Bring the water in the pot to boil and add in all ingredients, bring to boil over high heat.
Turn to low fire and simmer for 3 hours.
Add seasoning to taste just before serving the soup.
Enjoy!
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