Coconut, Chinese Yam and Fresh Conch in Chicken Broth

Soup Name:

Coconut, Chinese Yam and Fresh Conch in Chicken Broth

Traditional Chinese Name:

椰子螺雞湯 (yē zi luó jī tāng)

Nature:  Warming

Taste: Slightly sweet and savory

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This another beautiful version of a Chicken and Coconut Chinese Herbal Soup with the addition of the fresh conch!  This soup is super sweet and delicious and makes for a hearty meal (chicken and conch meat! So yummy!).

Do you see how deep, dark, and rich that broth looks?

The best thing about this soup post making is that you can eat it all! The chicken thigh is falling off the bone, tender, and tastes like coconut. I don’t even need to dip it in soy sauce like I do with pork shank. The corn is bulbous and some of them are filled with soup. I don’t even need to butter it! And the coconut meat is soft, flaky and rich. You can really taste the coconut flavours. This soup was super nice. I’ll need to make another batch. The only downfall is that preparing a coconut is like going to battle – me vs the coconut. 

    What’s involved?

    Prep time: 45 mins

    Cook time: min 2 hours

    Total time: 2 hours 45 mins

    Serves: 6 large bowls

    Ingredients
    • 1 fresh chicken, quartered

    • 2 large fresh conch

    • 1 fresh whole coconut, sliced into thin pieces

    • 2 feet of fresh Chinese Yam, largely sliced

    • 2 L of water

      Cooking Instructions
      1. Prepare chicken & conch (read each ingredient on instructions on preparation)
      2. In a pot of boiling water, blanch chicken and conch
      3. Prepare Chinese Yam by washing, peeling and cutting into large edible cubes (wear gloves while doing this)
      4. Prepare fresh coconut by cutting it with the inner brown skin into long thin pieces
      5. When your water boils, add all the ingredients in and boil on high for 30 minutes.  Reduce to a medium boil for another hour.
      6. Serve and enjoy!

      4 Comments

      1. Maggie Liu

        Hi

        Can I drink Coconut, Chinese Yam and Fresh Conch in Chicken Broth during my first trimeaster pregnancy, is it be ok my baby?

        Reply
        • LadyTong

          Hi Maggie, yes you can! It will be OK with your baby. It’s not a cooling soup. Hope this helps and congrats! Lisa

          Reply
      2. LadyTong

        Hi Maggie, it’s perfectly OK to drink this soup during pregnancy (any stage). Lisa

        Reply
      3. jc_0827

        Gonna try this soup on this coming weekend. Thanks LadyTong 🙂

        From: PP

        Reply

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