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Coconut, red date and chicken soup
椰子紅棗雞湯
“The pot she makes when someone needs looking after.”
Ingredientsone pot, serves 4
Method
- Crack the coconut open, take out the flesh and cut it into strips, keeping the coconut water to use.
- Skin the dressed chicken and blanch it (汆水, a quick boil to draw out blood and scum).
- Rinse the red dates, dried longan and goji berries.
- Put everything in the pot with the ginger slices and 2.5 litres of water, and bring to the boil over high heat.
- Turn down to low, simmer for 2 to 2.5 hours and season with salt.
Simmered all day, with plenty in the pot.今日呢煲 · Today’s pot
Who it suits
- low qi and blood
- dizziness and tiredness
- a pale complexion
- after childbirth
Who should take care
- Not when you are dry, heaty or flaring up
Soup stories
Coconut chicken is the sweet, fragrant tonic soup of Hong Kong households, and fresh coconut water often goes in for extra sweetness.
From the same family
Lo Fo Tong is cultural food-heritage reference, not medical advice. If you are pregnant, unwell or on medication, talk to your doctor or registered practitioner before changing what is in the pot.