So, as you might have gathered from my return from blogging hiatus that my folks have left. :’( Yeah, it was time; I need to take a break from all the traveling and hosting. When my mom was in town, she bought a ton of American ginseng from Chinatown because they are apparently cheaper here than in Singapore. She gave me some from her stash and taught me how to make chicken ginseng soup. The recipe is actually really simple! So I decided to make some today as part of my recuperating treatment (which includes taking naps, running errands, doing laundry, and splurging on a $5 loaf of bread from Europane).
Anyway, I’m having some soup now as I type: pretty delish!
-1 whole chicken
- 1 pot of water to boil the chicken in
- about 4 tablespoons of Ginseng sticks
- salt
- Fructis seeds (?). Not sure if they are actually known as that but they are also known as Wolfberry seeds or Goji seeds.
Just bring everything to boil – and you got chicken ginseng soup! YUM! My apartment now smells like a Chinese medical hall. ;-p
P.S.: It was such joy to find a whole chicken on sale at Ralph’s – 99 cents for a pound, the best treat of all!
Yi-Ling said,
May 31, 2008 @ 7:41 am
That sounds yummy…what are fructis seeds?
cherbie said,
June 2, 2008 @ 9:05 am
Heh. I think they are known as Wolfberry or Goji seeds. Ranch 99 packaging said they were fructis but … apparently nobody knows it by that name!