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Today’s Simple Lunch – American Ginseng Chicken Soup

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Posted by Vedis on January 27, 2010 – 7:44 am
Filed under Chinese Dishes, Chinese Soup Recipes, Eu Yan Sang, Today's Simple Lunch

Yesterday I talked about the Chinese New Year promotion at Eu Yan Sang and the American Wild Ginseng Tea I bought. Guess what? Today’s lunch was American Ginseng Chicken Soup!

Of course, it’s not Eu Yan Sang’s American Ginseng Soup. :-) I bought the pack of American Ginseng soup ingredients from a nearby herbal shop instead. Cheaper, that’s it.

At Eu Yan Sang, it’s RM13.80 per pack while the one I bought was RM6. Any difference in quality? I don’t know. Maybe I will give EYS a try next time.

American Ginseng Chicken Soup
Photo Credit for American Ginseng Chicken Soup

What were the ingredients in the pre-packed packet? Dried Longans, American Ginseng slices, wolfberries aka goji berries, Huai Shan aka Dioscorea Opposita and Yuk Zhu aka dried Polygonatum.

Let’s see the benefits of each ingredient:

Dried Longan aka Gui Yuan is said to have an effect on relaxation.

Wolfberries or goji berries are renowned for improving immune system and eye sight.

Huai Shan aka Dioscorea Opposita is said to be good for spleen, lungs and kidneys.

Yuk Zhu aka dried Polygonatum is … er, not so sure.

As the herbs came in one packet, I really didn’t know each ingredient’s weight. I just knew that the total weight of the ingredients was 100g.

Other ingredients to be added to this soup were a chicken drumstick, 500ml water and salt to taste. I totally forgot to add red dates! :-(

Instructions:

1. Blanch chicken pieces in a pot of boiling water for 5 minutes. Drained and set aside.

2. Rinse all the herbs with water, drained.

3. Place the blanched chicken and the ingredients into slow cooker. Bring to a boil.

3. Reduce the heat to low and simmer for two hours or longer to bring out the taste. Add salt to taste.

Updated at 4.05 pm: For those of you who are looking for the right weight for each ingredient for Ginseng Chicken Soup, here you are. I came across Amy Beh’s recipe while I was looking for a photo for the soup.

Amy Beh's American Ginseng Soup Recipe
Photo Credit to Amy Beh’s American Ginseng Chicken Soup

Ingredients:

# 1 kg kampung chicken, skinned and cut into fairly large pieces
# 15g American ginseng (Phao Sum)
# 1 green apple, cored and cut into quarters
# 3 seeded red dates
# 1 tsp kei chi (woldberries)
# 800ml hot water

Method:

1. Blanch chicken pieces in a pot of boiling water. Drain well.

2. Combine all ingredients in a medium-sized crockpot. Cook slowly on high heat for three hours.

3. Serve hot.

Today’s Simple Dinner – Soup, Chinese Sausage & Steamed Eggs With Tomatoes

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Posted by Vedis on January 18, 2010 – 6:28 pm
Filed under Egg Recipes, Malaysian Dishes, Today's Simple Dinner

Goodness, it’s so hot out there! Normally I don’t feel the heat after I close the main door. But today I can feel it.

I couldn’t bear with the heat just now, so I turned off my computer and read magazines in the bedroom.

I tell you, I love the bedroom very much. It’s cool even though it’s scorching hot out there. Hubby came back from school at 5 p.m. and drifted into sleep a few seconds after he went into the bedroom. ;-)

It’s 6 p.m. now and the dinner is ready. Fast, right? Of course, I just had to heat up the leftover dishes like Sheung Tong Yuen Choi and Lap Cheong.

Actually, there’s no more Yuen Choy in the soup; there are only red dates and wolfberries in the soup.

I added a very simple dish to tonight’s dinner, that is, Steamed Chicken and Salted Duck Eggs with Tomatoes. Last Wednesday, I did this egg dish, but at that time I didn’t use salted duck egg.

I used 4 tomatoes, 1 salted duck egg and 1 chicken egg for this egg dish.

Tomatoes
Photo Credit for Tomatoes

Do you know that both men and women should eat more tomatoes, especially cooked tomatoes?

According to Dr. Edward Giovannucci of the Harvard University School of Public Health, eating tomatoes, ketchup, tomato sauce and tomato paste-topped pizza more than two times a week can reduce the risk of prostate cancer by 21 to 43 percent.

According to research from the University of Illinois at Chicago, Lycopene, the nutrient in tomatoes, helps women guard against cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia, (CIN), tumorous tissue growth in the cervix.