Chinese Herbal Silkie Chicken Soup 淮山紅棗杞子竹絲雞湯

淮山紅棗杞子竹絲雞湯 Chinese Herbal Silkie Chicken Soup is a delicious and popular immune-boosting elixir. This simple TCM soup enhances the body's immunity, nourishing the five internal organs and improving the Qi. Find energy by balancing your hormones and nourishing in this Chinese soup recipe with medicinal herbs for a holistic healing approach to improving women's health at any age.

Silkie Chicken is one of my favourite Asian chickens. Black bone chicken has a delicious concentrated chicken flavour and sweet taste compared to regular chicken. The skin of the chicken is purple, black and shiny, and it has the Chinese TCM therapeutic of nourishing the five internal organs. This is one of the most delicious soup recipes with tons of benefits for the whole family. 

After perfecting these nutritious black silkie chicken recipes like Silkie Chicken with Cordyceps and Fish Maw Soup and Chinese Almonds Silkie Chicken Soup, making this Chinese herbal chicken soup with Chinese yam (huai shan 鮮淮山) and Chinese red dates (hong zao 紅棗) was on my mind! 

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• Ingredients and Substitutes
• Goji Berry / Wolfberry (Lycium Chinense) 枸杞 gǒuqǐ
• Dried Longan 桂圓肉 guìyuán ròu / 龍眼 lóngyǎn
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• Other Easy To Make Nourishing Chinese Soup Recipes
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• Chinese Herbal Silkie Chicken Soup 淮山紅棗杞子竹絲雞湯

After all, this aromatic black chicken soup is an absolute favourite mom's recipe every Cantonese family makes during Autumn and Winter! I could quickly drink 3 large bowls of this Chinese black chicken soup recipe to boost my blood circulation and immune system to avoid the flu season! My hands and feet instantly warm up!

This traditional soup can be made anytime, not just during special occasions like Chinese New Year!

Check out this quick story summary of our recipe!

> In This Post: Everything You'll Need For Chinese Silkie Herbal Chicken Soup 

Ingredients and Substitutes

For many Cantonese enthusiasts, stewed beauty nutritious soup 滋補養顏靓湯 is the epitome essence of harmony and nourishment meals in soup form. 

When you suffer from poor appetite, drinking double-stewed soup is the best way to regain health and vitality.

This Chinese chicken soup uses just 4 simple ingredients filled with natural sweetness and Traditional Chinese Medicine health benefits. It is one of the simple and healthy soup recipes to make! 

Silkie Chicken 竹絲雞, Zhúsī jī / 烏雞, Wūjī

What are Silkie, Chinese Silk Chicken or Silky chickens? It is a plumage with white silk and satin feathers but with black skin, black meat and bones! This breed of chicken does not have black feathers.

Like squab, silky chickens contain high nutritional value, low-fat, and many essential amino acids. Silkie has approximately twice the amount of carnosine as Rocks. L-Carnosine supports the proper functioning of the brain, heart, skin, muscles, kidneys, and stomach. It is an antioxidant for the maintenance of good health which supports healthy aging and cellular rejuvenation. This chicken is king in Chinese herbal medicine.

Chinese people value Silkie for their tonic properties. This type of chicken is especially nourishing for those recovering from illness, surgery or postpartum confinement, similar to Black Vinegar Pig Trotter Ginger Stew!

I'm a firm believer that Sikly chicken can alleviate the human deficiency of Qi and blood. Silkie chicken is good for the liver and kidney; skin cells' vitality improves memory, reduces blood pressure, and improves skin elasticity and longevity. 

Its amino acids and arginine can promote protein synthesis and accelerate wound healing. It is recommended especially for women, post menstrual cycle, postpartum and after a miscarriage.

Chinese medicine postpartum is excellent for the confinement period.

If you like Silkie Chickens, then you will also enjoy this Silkie Chicken Soup with Almond Juice 杏汁燉竹絲雞湯.

补血活血是烏雞汤的重要功效。温中健脾、延缓衰老、补钙壮骨、 滋补。

Pork Shank or Pork Tenderloin 豬展, zhūzhǎn / 瘦肉, shòuròu 

Why Do You Add Pork To Chinese Soups? Pork shanks and pork tenderloin adds depth and sweetness to your chicken stock. 

In Chinese culture, adding pork shank helps elevate the soup's sweetness. Add pork ribs, pork bones, or pork shank to enrich the broth. 

We prefer lean meat to reduce fatty oils in the soup. Leam meat in Chinese medicine helps reduce inflammation and fire, nourishes Yin, clears the stomach and promotes body fluid, and contains protein, fat, sugar, niacin and vitamins A and Vitamins B. 

瘦肉湯清除、益陰之湯品。功能降火滋陰、清胃生津，含有蛋白質、脂肪、醣類、菸酸和維生素。

Chinese Yam (Dioscorea polystachya) 淮山 huáishān / 山藥 shānyào

Huai Shan has a sweet, neutral characteristic, commonly called Chinese yam. Individuals with spleen deficient 脾虚 will find improvements in their digestive system. It promotes urination and inhibits gastric cleansing properties. 

Huai Shan targets kidney, lung, and spleen channels 腎﹐肺﹐脾. It can also help to reduce blood sugar and blood pressure, improves antibodies, is anti-inflammatory, anti-aging and improves vitality.

淮山益氣養陰，補脾肺腎，對於脾胃虛弱、倦怠無力、食欲不振、久泄久痢、肺氣虛燥、下肢痿弱、消渴尿頻、帶下白濁等徵狀有很好的治療作用。

Red Dates 紅棗 hóngzǎo 

 Jujube fruits are sweet and warm and enter the heart, spleen, and stomach meridians. It tonifies and improves the digestive system's motility. Choose unpitted red dates because their seeds inherently calm the mind and promote relaxation.

Ziziphus jujube's edible fruits are highly nutritious and contain plenty of vitamin C and minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, iron and magnesium. That's why many marketing products that promote relaxation and reduce stress highlight magnesium. 

During that particular time of the month, a woman's period, Ziziphus jujuba, has positive effects. Red date tea helps restore the disharmony of hormones in poor blood circulation (blood deficiency) with a painful menstrual cycle. 

New mothers typically exhibit a drastic drop in both progesterone and estrogen levels. Red dates replenish blood deficiency, malnourished and disturbed heart-mind, and repair broken sleep.

This Red Date Tea also benefits postmenopausal women. If you are wondering if you can eat Chinese red dates during pregnancy? The answer is yes. Red dates are high in iron and help prevent anemia in pregnant women and improve the nutritional quality of breast milk.

"一日吃三枣，青春不显老。" 紅棗甘甜、溫熱，可進入心脾胃經，養血安神，治療失眠。

Goji Berry / Wolfberry (Lycium Chinense) 枸杞 gǒuqǐ

Goji Berry is typically used to nourish the blood and tonifies the Yin by entering the kidney and liver channels in Traditional Chinese Medicine. 

This wonderful tonic herb promotes longevity and anti-ageing, brightens the eyes and moistens the lungs. Goji berries help treat anemia, insomnia, tinnitus, diabetes and impaired vision, such as glaucoma. 

This antioxidant fruit is known as Matrimony Vine Fruit for its aphrodisiac effect! 

Add goji berries to your oatmeals or Energy Raw Bars for Western culinary applications.

Wolfberry Berries are rich in polysaccharides, betaine, sesquiterpenes, vitamin A, B-1,2, C, calcium, phosphorus, iron, zeaxanthin, physalis, and linoleic acid. Warm-type constitutions.

枸杞子有养阴补血、滋补肝肾、益精明目清火的功效。養血安神、治療失眠、养肝护肝、 补肾。枸杞性质比较温和，食用稍多无碍，但进食过多也会令人上火。

Dried Longan 桂圓肉 guìyuán ròu / 龍眼 lóngyǎn

Longan meat is an edible fruit that addresses blood deficiency in the heart and spleen. The heart controls a person's mental well-being, including sleep quality. Blood deficiency can give rise to Qi deficiency. In TCM, blood produces Qi, and Qi promotes blood circulation. Rich in calcium, phosphorus, iron and organic acids.

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⁣桂圓肉味甘，開胃健脾，補虛益智 保心血，潤五臟，治怔忡。滋補養血安神。女性在產後調補也很適宜。

Other Ingredients That Goes Well for Chinese Herbal Soup

• Astragalus Root 北芪 běiqí /黄芪 huángqí
•  Codonopsis Pilosula 黨參 dang shen
• Female Ginseng (Radix Angelicae Sinensis) 當歸 dāngguī
• Rhizoma Chuan Xiong 川芎 chuānxiōng

Most dry goods ingredients, tools and supplies can be purchased at your local Asian supermarket or grocery stores or Amazon Online.

Instructions

Soak the herbs for 20 minutes in a small bowl to remove traces of impurities. This will help remove dust and debris. Rinse and set aside in a small bowl.  

Silkie Chicken Soup

First, wash the pork ribs, pork shank or tenderloin with cold water and pat dry with a kitchen paper towel. No need to cut the pork ribs into small pieces unless your pot is not big enough.

Parboil the pork ribs in a medium pot to remove the impurities. Rinse with cold water. Set aside.

You can purchase whole Silkie Chicken at your local Asian supermarket, fresh or frozen. Remember to wash and remove the inners, especially the lungs, head and tail. If there are any leftover feathers, pluck those too! 

You may also remove the skin for a healthier option with less oil. However, it is not necessary. The flesh is lean and not fatty.

To make the chicken broth, add the whole chicken, pork shank and herbal ingredients into a large pot not made of stainless steel like THIS Perfect Pot or a Buydeem Health Beverage Maker. Although not all Chinese herbs react with metal, it is best not to use a metal pot when making Chinese medicinal herbal soups.

Fill the pot with enough water to cover to make the soup stock. We used approximately 4 litres of cold water. 

Boil at high heat for 30 minutes, then reduce to low heat. Simmer for 90 mins.

Salt to taste.

Serve and enjoy this rich broth.

Enjoy this hot. The soup ingredients, like the bone-tender meaty pork riblets, are also perfect for eating as a side dish! 

The cooked pork shank goes perfectly with some Chinese Chili Soy Dipping Sauce. 

Other Easy To Make Nourishing Chinese Soup Recipes

Find the harmony you miss with this delicious, immune-boosting, nutritious soup menu. Take back control of your mood and recharge energy levels by balancing your hormones and minerals. A bowl of nourishing soup is the quintessential embodiment of easily digestible southern Chinese cooking. 

• Ba Wong Fa Soup for Cough and Phlegm 霸王花無花果瘦肉響螺湯
• Moisturizing Chinese Apple Sea Coconut Soup 雪梨蘋果海底椰玉竹無花果湯
• Chinese Papaya Soup with Black Eyed Peas (Easy) 木瓜花生眉豆雪耳雞腳湯 
• Si Shen Tang Herbal Soup Adrenal Fatigue 四神湯
• Silkie Chicken Cordyceps Fish Maw Conch Soup 蟲草花花膠响螺煲烏雞湯
• Chinese Kabocha Pork Ribs Soup 南北杏南瓜排骨湯
• Chinese Papaya Dessert with Snow Fungus 木瓜雪耳糖水

What To Serve With Silkie Chicken Soup Recipe

Chinese people love double-boiled soup boiled for a long time. The extra broth is a great way to warm up and absorb nutritious essence, vitamins and minerals.

Make a complete meal with these delicious recipes:

• Easy Homemade Char Siu (Air Fried)
• Chinese Sticky Rice 糯米飯
• Ants Climbing Up A Tree 螞蟻上樹
• Honey Garlic Pork Ribs (Air Fry) 蒜子蜜汁骨
• Instant Pot Braised Chinese Mushrooms 髮菜炆冬菇食譜
• Microwave Soy Sauce Chicken Wings 豉油雞翅微波爐
• Chinese Tomato Egg Stir-fry 番茄炒蛋

Other Herbal Chicken Recipes

• Steamed Chicken with Chinese Mushrooms and Sausages Claypot Rice 臘腸冬菇滑雞煲仔飯

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