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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