Materials

1 black chicken 1 ginger 1 piece salt 1 teaspoon (5 g) water 2500ml soup: red dates 5 lotus seeds 5 barley 10 g lily 10 g goji berries 10 pcs Huaishan 40 g Codonopsis pilosulae 10 g Chuan sand nuts 3 pcs lentils 50 g

Practice

1) remove the head of the black chicken, remove the viscera and inside and outside with water Wash and chop into large pieces. Peel the ginger and cut large pieces.

2) Put the soup ingredients (jujube, lotus seed, Job's tear grains, lily of the valley, goji berries, Chinese yam, Codonopsis pilosula, Szechuan sand nuts and lentils) into a large bowl, pour in water to soak for 2 minutes, pour off the water, rinse with water twice repeatedly, drain and set aside.

3) Put the black chicken into a pot, pour in water all at once, bring to a boil over high heat, and then skim off the froth with a spoon, making sure to skim it off until it is clean. Pour the drained stock into the pot, cover and cook the soup over low heat for 2 hours.

4) Finally, open the lid and pour in salt to taste, change the low heat to high heat and cook for 5 minutes before serving.