Fish maw chicken soup can be said to be a delicacy and has great benefits for the human body. This soup can also have a warming effect in winter. The method of making fish maw chicken soup is very simple, and different methods can give people different delicious enjoyment. Drinking more soup can also prevent dry skin.

Method 1

1. Prepare the ingredients and buy dried fish maw from the supermarket.

2. Soak in cold water for 24 hours, changing the water 2 to 3 times in between. Cut the softened fish maw into long strips. Pour cold water into the pot and add cooking wine. Add ginger slices.

3. Bring to a boil over high heat and blanch for 2 minutes.

Take it out, soak it in cold water and wash it. Prepare chicken thighs, ginger slices, and red dates. Rinse the chicken and cut into 2 pieces. Heat water in a pot, add ginger slices, cooking wine, add chicken and blanch for 5 minutes. Remove, rinse and set aside.

Prepare refined salt, monosodium glutamate, and pepper. Set up the pot and put the ginger slices, green onion segments and red dates into the pot. Add purified water and bring to a boil.

Add chicken and bring to boil to make soup. Put chicken, all seasonings and soup into stew pot.

4. Add fish maw. Put the stew pot into the electric stew pot, turn to high heat, then reduce to low heat and simmer for 5 hours.

Open the lid and the aroma is overwhelming. Start seasoning, add salt and MSG. Turn off the heat and remove from the pot. From another angle, it’s full of glial protein.

Method 2

Prepare the dried yellow croaker gelatin to be soaked and the related soup ingredients. Prepare a bowl, add water, put the yellow gum and ginger slices into the bowl, and let them foam to remove the smell. The foaming time is about 3-5 hours. Pick up the soaked yellow fish gum, pour it into clean water, and set it aside for later use. Prepare a pot and trivet, then pour water into the pot. Put the foamed yellow gum and related ingredients into a bowl and pour in water. After covering the pot, adjust the time and temperature. For those who use a gas stove, set it to the lowest heat for 80-120 minutes. After stewing, let the pot sit for a while and let it cool naturally for half an hour before taking it out. If you like to eat jelly, you can also put the cooled fish maw soup in the refrigerator for 60 minutes. Then you can see the magical fish maw jelly.

3. Cooking skills

The quality of fish maw is very important. If you want to buy good quality fish maw, you still have to go to the drugstore to buy it. Make soup for one person at a time. Just put 10 grams of fish maw. When you buy large pieces of fish maw at a drug store, you have to ask the store clerk to cut it first. The texture of the fish maw is very hard and cannot be cut with a kitchen knife at home. After the fish maw is cooked, boil it in ginger water to remove the fishy smell. Of course, you can also add green onions to make ginger and onion water, which will have a better effect on removing the fishy smell. There are also male and female fish maws. Male fish maws will not stick to the pot when boiled, and are refreshing and chewy after cooking; female fish maws will stick to the pot when cooked, and the quality is not as good as male fish maws. Therefore, if you are cooking fish maw, wrap it in a tea bag before cooking.