Double Boiled Black Chicken Herbal Soup Recipe - The Burning Kitchen (2024)

Double-boiled black chicken herbalsoupis very nourishing, especially for women. Drinking this helps to improve blood circulation and revitaliseyour energy levels, and it helps to replenish the blood stores after a woman’s monthly cycle. My mother used to double boil this soup for my sister and I every month, and I have continued this tradition for my daughters as well.

Black chicken herbal soup falls into a third category of Cantonese soups: Dun Tong (炖汤), which are soups that are double boiled for a long period of time.

For the double boiling method, I used a smaller pot for the soup and steamed it within a larger pot of water. This method will help extract out all the essence, flavour and nutritional goodness of the chicken into the soup, and is the preferred method for making nourishing tonics such as this one.

• It is healthy and nourishing,especially for women! Drink this to improve blood circulation.
• It is simple to make,as you only need to prepare the chicken and wash the herbs. Not much fuss this time in the kitchen!

1. Cut off the feet and head of the chicken and discard the head. Cut off the claws of the feet and wash clean.
2. Remove the chicken skin and fats. Cut the chicken into half. Clean the insides and rinse well.
3. Rinse all the herbs except the wolfberries
4. Place the chicken and chicken feet into a stainless steel bowl / porcelain pot with cover.
5. Put all the herbs into the bowl / pot except the red dates and wolfberries.
6. Add in 2 bowls of boiling water and cover the pot. If you are using the stainless steel bowl, cover with aluminium foil or a stainless steel plate that fits.
7. In a larger pot, pour in about 2-2.5 litres of water and bring it to a boil.
8. When it boils, put a steaming rack into the large pot, and place the stainless steel bowl / porcelain pot on top. Cover the large pot.
9. Double- boil the chicken for 3 hours over medium heat, ensuring that there’s always sufficient water in the outer pot.
10. After 2.5 hours, add in the red dates and wolfberries and continue to double boil for 30 mins.
11. Add salt to taste and serve.

1. Remove the skin and fats from the chicken so that the soup won’t be too oily.
2. Use aluminium foil to wrap around the bowl to form the shape first if you are using a stainless bowl without cover. When you lower the bowl into the bigger pot, slowly place the aluminium to fit aroundthe bowl.

1. Lift the aluminium lid slowly off the foil.The steam will rush out and you might get burnt. Do it slowly to let off the steam through the gap before adding in the red dates and wolfberries and cover it again.
2. Check the water level in the big pot throughout the double boiling process.If the water level is running low, add onlyboiling water. Caution: If there is no water in pot, the soup will dry up and the pot will be burnt.
3. Salt is optional to the soupas the soup itself has its natural sweetness.

If you do not want to eat the chicken…

1. Add 1 bowl of boiling water and boil again for a second time over medium lowheat for another 15-20 mins. Discard the meat after.
2. There is no need to double boil again, simply boil it as thechicken is still quite tasty. In this way, there’s no need to waste any chicken meat which would be tasteless and can be discarded.

• Egg-Free: No modifications needed.
• Fish-Free: No modifications needed.
• Gluten-Free: No modifications needed.
• Nut-Free:No modifications needed.
• Shellfish-Free:No modifications needed.

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