Thursday, June 10, 2010

Enokitake In Chicken Herbal Soup



This is a simple yet full of nutrition kinda soup . Enokitake  is such  a versatile mushroom. You can have them in stir fry, in sukiyaki ( hot pot ) or in soup.  I added them to my chicken herbal soup and it tasted fantastic. I double boiled the chicken herbal soup for 1.5 hr and I added the bunch of enokitake into the sweet scented herbal soup and I tell you it is heavenly after a hard day at work. This would be great for a cold and wet night. I wish I could fedex it to Jo  :p  She told me the weather was cold and wet since she arrived. Poor darling...and here the wicked Momsie is teasing her with this delicious steamy hot soup ;p . I told her to have hot mushroom soup  for the time being and to keep herself  warm :)

This soup can be prepared a day earlier. For me, I double boiled them the nite before. When it cools down , I keep them in the fridge. I just have to heat them up and add in the enokitake when dinner time comes. Easy...isn't it ?  I prefer to double boil chicken herbal soup , for I like the clarity of the soup rather then direct boiling , the soup will be cloudy.  



You can serve this soup with vermicelli or  ' mee suah ' ..it is real comfort food when you feel like eating anything too heavy or when one is not feeling well. For the chicken herbal soup, I used 1/2 free range chicken , 1 tbsp of  'kei chi ' ( wolfberry )  and 10 pieces of  'yuk chuk'   (soloman's seal  ) and double boiled it for 1.5 hrs....Mmmmmm  a bowl of slurrrrrpy hot steaming soup !



with enokitake added ....mmmm a bowl of steaming hot delicious-ness


I like the fragrance of the chinese herbs infused into the soup


enokitake is rich in  antioxidant .....I would love to have at least one a week  :)


Enokitake In Chicken Herbal Soup



Ingredients for soup :

1/2 free range chicken - removed the skin and cut into 3 pieces
1 tbsp of ' kei chi ' / wolfberries
10 pieces of 'yuk chuk' / soloman's seal
2 soup bowls of hot water

sea salt to taste

enokitake -  washed and cleaned


Method:

Place all the soup ingredients except the enokitake into a porcel soup pot . Cover with a lid and double boil it for 1.5 hrs. Add in the enokitake and salt.  It can be taken alone as a soup or as a soup base for vermicelli or any noodles.


Enjoy !



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20 comments:

  1. a very simple and nuitrition herb soup, I cook herb soup at least twice in a week, but i use the pre-mix package, next time I also want to cook this way.

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  2. I cook this too but I boil it instead of double-boiling and I didn't add enokitake. Going try this next time.

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  3. I really like the pictures of this soup. Light and healthy. Can't beat that!

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  4. I like the enoktake mushrooms both stir-fried and in soups. In winter, these mushrooms are perfect to do the satay hotpot...simply marvellous.

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  5. mmmh....I love Chicken Soup! =) I would really love Herbal Chicken soup!!!!

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  6. Mushroom in soup always the best combo because it will brings out flavour especially the sweetness of the soup. Anymore left for me? hehe.... I love eating my rice with soup(sounds like a kid huh!) and I always do! Hope you're having a pleasant evening.
    Good night friend,
    Kristy

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  7. I love this soup. Looks so clear and healthy!

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  8. Just a lovely soup. Wonderful job!

    Cheers!

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  9. I can have this everyday even for breakfast. so good for us! love those mushroom, going to get some for my seaweed soup tonight

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  10. Simple and delicious! I love the taste of enokitake mushrooms and I usually use them in stir-fries.

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  11. nice reminder on double boiling for clarity - too few do that when making broth

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  12. I love enokitake also. I use it to stir-fry, to cook with miso soup and to cook with tofu. I should try to cook like yours too. :)

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  13. Nice, clear soup. But I've never tried adding in the enokitake mushrooms, should do so in future.

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  14. Hi Sonia, Blessed Homemaker, Kathy, Mother Rimmy, Angie , Miranda , Kristy , Anncoo, Lazaro, Lishapisa , Madin, Ann , Drick , Little Inbox and Cheah....

    thanks for dropping by and left me a comment here for me. I love all your comments and continuous support. This soup is really nice and I hope you will try it out with the enokitake added. The taste is absolutely sweet and delish :) Double boiling the soup is the best method of making chicken broth. The clarity is there :)

    Have a great weekend to all of you :)

    Elin

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  15. That's a great idea to use leftover to make the stuffing. Your herb soup simply delicious and healthy too!

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  16. Grace...thanks :) I too love all your cakes that you have baked recently and I am so glad that you are back with us again :)

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  17. Dear Elin!
    Greetings!
    A suggestion for you:
    Roll a small bunch tightly inside a thin and long slice of pork and fry it with your favourite sauce!
    Cheers,
    Robert-Gilles

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  18. Robert...arigato...I will remember that:) I know it will taste good..wrap-turous delicious ")

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