Arrowroot and Water Chestnuts in Chicken Soup

Arrowroot and Water Chestnuts in Chicken Soup

Arrowroot and Water Chestnuts in Chicken Soup

Soup Name:

Arrowroot and Water Chestnuts in Chicken Soup

Traditional Chinese Name:

馬蹄粉葛雞湯 (mǎtí fěn gé jī tāng)

Nature:  Slightly cooling

Taste: Sweet and savory

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A great soup for nourishing the lungs, helping with coughs and reducing phlegm.  

The key ingredient here is the water chestnut.  This is a common herb in the Chinese cuisine that is sweet, crunchy, and cooling.  It’s the root of a water plant that has a brown outer skin and crunchy internal flesh.

The water chestnut is a cooling herb and can be used to treat conditions with heat (such as fevers or infections).  It’s ideal for treating hot phlegm in the lungs and sinuses.

Be sure to buy water chestnuts that are firm in texture.  This means they are still fresh.  As they dry out, they soften and the interior becomes powdery.  The shelf live of water chestnuts is around 1 week in the fridge.

 

 

What’s involved?

Prep time: 30 mins

Cook time: 2 hours and 30 mins

Total time: 3 hours

Serves: 4-6 bowls

Ingredients
Cooking Instructions
  1. Cut smilax root & arrowroot into edible cubes
  2. Boil a pot of water to blanch smilax root, chicken & chicken feet (don’t cut nails as it will release oils into the soup)
  3. Boil soup water
  4. Wash and peel water chestnuts
  5. When water boils, add all the ingredients together
  6. Boil on high for 30 minutes and reduce to continually boiling for another 2 hour
  7. Serve and enjoy!  You can also serve the arrowroot and chicken feet as part of the meal!  That’s why I put in extra chicken feet! LOL.

EQUIPMENT USED

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I have no time!

I still want delicious Chinese soup!

I want something easy!

You got it!  When I did my initial “experiment” on testing the rice cooker to make Chinese soup, I honestly didn’t know what to expect – BUT… it turned out amazing!  

And then, it got me thinking, let’s do this in batch and frozen.  Would it still work?  And the answer – YES!  Equally as amazing!

For this round of experimentation, I went with 4 servings of soup ingredients.  This was as much as I could fit into my freezer!

 The Test Case

4:30 pm:  1 hour gap between meetings

4:35 pm:  Took out rice cooker (and air fryer for trout)

4:37 pm:  Dropped in frozen soup into rice cooker + added fresh cut tomatoes, dried red dates, dried wolfberries, salt

4:40 pm:  Add in maximum water to the water line

4:41 pm:  Hit start button on my soup with 1:06 hour on the timer!  Can’t wait, can’t wait!

5:30 pm:  I can smell the fragrant soup from the kitchen!

6:00 pm:  Dinner time with white rice! YUM!

What’s involved?

Prep time: 60 mins to prep 4 portions of soups (for 1 rice cooker setting)

Serves: 2-3 bowls each portion

Ingredients

For the frozen soup packs:

  • 4 fresh potatoes
  • 1 large fresh white onion
  • 2 fresh corn
  • 40 small pieces of pork ribs (cut individually)
  • 4 small fresh carrots 

Dried Chinese Herbal Ingredients to add:

    • Dried red dates are perfect for this soup!  They add a slight sweetness and warmth.
    • Or dried longans.  You can add this on top with the red dates or by itself.  It also adds sweetness and warmth to the soup.
    • Dried wolfberries are great additions to this soup!  They are neutral and also add a beautiful sweetness to the soup.
    • Dried Chinese Yam is a definite great addition to any ABC soup base.  They are also an edible root, soft and starchy as part of the meal.

Add 1 fresh ingredient!  Take your pick!

    • Fresh tomatoes are amazing!  This is another addition to the ABC soup and gives the soup a sweet and tart taste which is appetizing!
    • Fresh straw mushrooms – so yummy!  One of my favourites in soup and they taste so amazing soft!
    • Fresh chayotes are also a great addition to this type of soup base!  They also make part of the meal.
    • Any roots such as arrowroots or lotus roots are also amazing adds!  They will soften and create a more earthy flavour to the soup. 

Tips for meal prepping Chinese soup:

  • Use small cuts of meat or vegetables because they store easier and cook faster
  • Stack your packs flat so that they store easier
  • Chinese herbs don’t need to be packed and can be dropped in dry into your soup
  • Salt and seasoning can also be added afterwards as well
  • I like cooking with meats on the bottom and vegetables on top, so I will pack my soup packs upside down so that I just drop it in upside down

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Warming Chinese Herbal Tea for Menstruation and Menopause

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Warming Chinese Herbal Tea for Menstruation and Menopause

Traditional Chinese Name:

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Nature:  Warming

Taste: Sweet

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This warming Chinese herbal tea is designed to heal, promote stagnant Qi in the body, and alleviate pain during premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and (pre) menopause symptoms.  Some of these symptoms include depression, mood swing, irritability, or anxiousness, which is caused by stagnant Qi.

One of the key ingredients are roses, which helps harmonize the blood, reduce inflammation and swelling, and calms the heart and spirit (Shen) [you can also add 2-3 dried red dates].  Roses are one of my favourites, tasting of slightly sweet and so fragrant.  

The more herbal ingredients are the dong quai and the licorice and by adding the warming cinnamon and rock sugar, helps neutral a bit of the bitterness.  This tea starts off tasting tangy sweet with a tail of bitterness, golden and smooth to the end.

I drink 1-2 cups a day on the first and second day of my period or when I’m feeling the onset of agitation (PMS) and helps me to ease the cramping pains and just allow my mind to calm and not feel so agitated!  It’s that warmth that washes over my body!

What’s involved?

Prep time: 2 mins

Cook time: 10 mins (boil time)

Total time: 12 mins

Serves: 2 cups

Ingredients
    Cooking Instructions
    1. Add all the ingredients into a stove top safe glass tea pot (except the rock sugar) and boil on medium high heat for 10 minutes, keeping it covered
    2. At the last minute, add in the rock sugar and boil until full dissolved.  The tea should be a deep, dark, rich purple-red, which is the hibiscus color into the tea.
    3. Serve and enjoy!  Drink while it’s still warm!
    Any benefits?
    • This Chinese herbal tea is warming and soothing
    • This tea tonifies and nourishes stagnant Qi 
    • Often used to support blood stagnation and promote blood flow in the body
    • Qi stagnation usually shows up as psychological such as depression, irritability, anxiousness, or mood swing (roses can help!), which is often found with premenstrual syndrome or menopause
    • Helps stops spasms and alleviates pain
    • Easy to make with readily available ingredients in the house

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    Dried Red Rose Buds

    Dried Red Rose Buds

    Dried Red Rose Buds

    Ingredient Name:

    Dried roses, dried rose buds, rose rugosa, China rose, red roses

    Traditional Chinese Name:

    玫瑰花 (méi guī huā)

    Nature:  Slightly warming (due to the drying and heating process of the flowers)

    Taste:  Sweet, bitter

    You can get started on your Chinese Soup Kitchen Pantry from this video!  While dried flowers aren’t usually used in Chinese soups, they are certainly staple in Chinese Herbal Teas!

     

     

    I’m a big fan of roses!  They remind me of smiles and love.  While not commonly used in Chinese Herbal Teas so much, they are very popular in the Western selection of teas and stem from way back in Western culture especially in an apothecary and healing capacity.  However, rose buds and roses are used in so many cuisines and dishes, such as teas (hot and cold), desserts, cakes, as flavouring, or as decorative in and on food.

    What’s used are the dried rose petals and buds of the flower.  They are fragrant, slightly sweet (and bitter), and have quite a unique taste to the tea.  I usually keep a bag of these in my herbal tea pantry and they have amazing shelf life!  You can harvest your own red rose petals or buds from your own rose garden (if you have one!).  The buds are before the flower blooms  or after bloom, you can simply take the petals as well.  

    The best thing for me about rose buds in Chinese Herbal teas is that they help with stagnant Qi and blood.  Stagnant Qi shows up as mood swings, irritability, annoyance (sometimes the onset of PMS) and greatly helps with this during menopause as well.  Roses are an excellent source of antioxidants and vitamins (C and E) and helps to improve sleep and moods.

    How do I prepare it?

        • Typically no preparation needed.  If I’m using purchased rose buds or petals, I will use directly from the bag into my tea cup or glass stove top safe tea pot.
        • You can presoak or rinse in cool water to remove any bugs, debris, or 

    What is the cost & where to buy?

        • The price will range depending on the size, make, and brand of the dried flowers, especially if it’s organic or not

        • There are smaller full buds, which tend to be more expensive, or the shredded bloomed ones, which are cheaper
        • In general, one ounce of dried loose flowers can cost around $3-4 CAD (but I have seen the range quite wide)
        • Red roses are commonly found in both Western and Eastern stores (both online and instore)

    Any benefits?

        • Dried rose buds helps regulate Qi and blood
        • Often used to support blood stagnation and promote blood flow in the body.
        • Qi stagnation usually shows up as psychological such as depression, irritability, anxiousness, or mood swing (roses can help!), which is often found with premenstrual syndrome or menopause.
        • This is great to take during your periods or during menopause to help the Qi flow

    Any precautions?

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    Red Dates, Longan, and Wolfberries Warming Chinese Herbal Tea

    Red Dates, Longan, and Wolfberries Warming Chinese Herbal Tea

    Red Dates, Longan, and Wolfberries Warming Chinese Herbal Tea

    Tea Name:

    Warming red dates, longans, and wolfberries Chinese herbal tea

    Traditional Chinese Name:

    红枣茶 (hóng zǎo chá)

    Nature:  Warming

    Taste: Sweet

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    This is one of the most common warming Chinese herbal teas available.  You’ll find it in restaurants, tea shops, and as suggested by herbalists or Chinese wet mart vendors as a warm, enhancing Qi deficiency, tonifying blood, and calming the spirit tea. 

    The tea is primarily warmed by the red dates and longans, offering a sweet yang enhancing experience that is delicious and soothing.  This is one of my favourite and easiest teas to make from your Chinese Soup Pantry!

    You can check this article that explains the balance of yin and yang in the body, AN INTRODUCTION TO YIN AND YANG IN OUR EVERYDAY SOUPS AND FOOD. 

    What’s involved?

     Prep time: 2 mins

    Cook time: 3 mins (steep time)

    Total time: 5 mins

    Serves: 1 cup

    Ingredients
      Cooking Instructions
      1. I will measure out all the ingredients and put them into an individual empty tea bag, rock sugar optional (or until the very end)
      2. Seal (or fold) and ensure none of the loose flowers or pedals will fall out
      3. Drop into a ceramic or glass mug
      4. Add in boiling water to 1 cup full
      5. Cover and steep for 2 minutes
      6. Add in your rock sugar, cover and steep for another 1 minute, stirring to ensure the rock sugar dissolves
      7. Or add in honey after cooling for about 3 minutes
      8. Serve and enjoy!
      Any benefits?
      • This Chinese herbal tea is warming and soothing
      • This tea tonifies and nourishes the blood and both red dates and longans calm the spirit, so this tea is perfect for taking some moments to yourself
      • Readily available ingredients (definitely in Hong Kong) and also in Canada (have bought all these ingredients in Toronto before)
      • Great for traveling, on the go, or in the office
      • Super easy to make

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      You can actually make these little tea bags or pouches yourself!  The ingredients are all part of my standard Chinese Soup kitchen pantry and then I use disposable and decomposable tea bags!

      Use disposable, environmentally friendly, degradable tea bags!

      There are various individual tea bags you can find out there!

      The two I’ve been using are these Japanese ones (sourced from Hong Kong) that fold over.  I’m not sure if they are degradable completely, but finishing up a batch I took back with me.

      I would recommend these disposable and environmentally friendly tea bags from amazon.  I also bought some and now have a pile of tea bag holders sitting in my drawer!  But I do love how convenient they are and will pre-make my own tea bags to bring to work or pre-fill in my thermal mug for drinking on the go!

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