Chestnut Chicken Soup with Scallop & Ginseng

A very rich pot of soup! Hubby commented taste like ‘佛跳墙’ Buddha Jump Over The Wall >.<

The dried ingredients : chestnut, mushroom, scallops & mussels

Creations from Peng's Kitchen

Ingredient

• 250gm pork ribs
• 3 whole chicken leg
• 200gm dried chestnuts
• 20gm dried scallops
• 20gm dried mussels
• 10 pc dried shitake mushroom
• 10gm ginseng， 人参须
• 2 slices ginger
• 10 small seedless red dates
• salt to taste

Method

1. Bring a pot of water to boil, add in pork ribs and chicken and boil for a min. Drain away water.
2. Place ginseng in a muslin bag. Put all ingredient, except salt, in a stock pot. Fill in 10 cups water. Bring to boil. Turn down heat and simmer for 3 hours. Add salt to taste.

Wrapped Wholemeal Chapati with Hummus

I only started to learn about this Hummus from Good Food Magazine :) It is a spread made from cooked chickpeas and blended with lemon juice, garlic, sesame paste & olive oil. Though first time tasted this spread but I loves it a lot! Been eating this as lunch for the past few days!

Simple wholemeal chapati wrap with shredded chicken breasts, lettuce, carrots & tomatoes :)

Recipe adapted from BBC Food

Ingredient

• 200gm canned chickpeas
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 50ml sesame paste
• 4 tbsp water
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tsp paprika

Method

1. Drain the chickpeas and rinse well.
2. Place all ingredients in a food processor and blend to a creamy paste.
3. Ready to serve as a spread on pita bread or as salad dips.

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