Soup Of The Day : Sword Flower Chicken Soup 霸王花雪梨鸡汤

I highly recommend this soup as it helps to soothe the lung and clear phlegm, especially beneficial during this erratic weather! 

Ingredient

• 500gm kampong chicken, cut into half 
• 400gm pork bones
• 40gm dried sword flower 霸王花 
• 1 large carrot, cut into chunks 红萝卜
• 1 Chinese pear, peeled and cut into quarters 雪梨
• 10gm yuzu 玉竹
• 10gm dried figs 无花果
• 2 honey dates 蜜枣
• 2 large red dates 红枣
• 15gm sweet Chinese almonds 南杏
• salt to taste

Method

1. Marinate kampong chicken with 1/2 tsp salt and 1 tbsp Chinese wine. Set aside.
2. Blanch pork bones in boiling water for 1 min. Rinse well. Rinse the dried sword flower.
3. Place the pork bones, sword flowers, carrot, pear, yuzu, honey dates, red dates, almonds into a stock pot. Add 2.5L water. Bring to water. Lower heat and simmer for 1 hour.
4. Add in marinated kampong chicken and simmer for another 1 hour. Add salt to taste if desired.

Let's eat! Stir-fry french bean with olive vegetables, Hainanese pork chop & soup of the day