Ingredients
Ingredients A
- 1 can FORTUNE Chile Abalone brine
- 200 g chicken bone washed
- 12 chicken feet washed
- 200 g pork bones washed
- 200 g lean pork meat washed
- 100 g bacon
- 8 pcs dried longan
- 8 slices ginger
- 5 red dates seed removed
- 1 radish peeled and cut into large pieces
- 2 carrots peeled and cut into large pieces
- 150 g fish maws soaked in water for 30 minutes, cut into 5cm per piece
- 1.8 litre boiling water
Ingredients B
- 6-8 pieces FORTUNE Chile Fortune Abalone
- 8 large dried Shiitake mushrooms soaked in water overnight, removed stem, squeeze out the water.
- 80 g Dried scallops soak in water overnight
- 1 large frozen sea cucumber thawed and washed to get rid of any innards
- 3 red dates steam and used as garnish
- 1 whole steamed chicken ready to eat
Garnish
- 3 red dates
- coriander
- goji berries
Instructions
- Boil 2L water in a pot. Blanch the chicken bones, chicken feet, pork bone and lean pork over medium heat for 7 minutes to remove the impurities. Rinse the meat and bones with clean water.
- Heat up a large pot with 1 tbsp oil, and add the bacon. Cook till the fragrance releases and it turns slightly brown.
- Add in blanched ingredients and the remaining ingredients in [A]. Bring the soup to a boil, and turn to medium heat to simmer the soup for 30 mins.
- Add in fish maw and simmer for another 1 hour. Check the soup every 30 mins to ensure that the fish maw is not too soft and the ingredients are still submerged in the soup. If the water level is to low, add in some hot water.
- Check on the soup an hour later and taste to adjust the soup with salt if desired.
Step 2: Steam the ingredients
- On a plate, arrange sea cucumber, scallops, mushrooms and red dates on it. Pour 1 ladle of soup onto the plate.
- Place the plate in a steamer and steam the ingredients for 10 mins.
Step 3: Assemble and ready to serve
- In a claypot, lay the ingredients in the following sequence nicely: -Whole chicken -Turnips -Carrots -Mushroom -Sea cucumber -Fish maws -Large scallop -Abalone – 8 pieces
- Pour the filtered soup over the ingredients and garnish with the steamed red dates, goji berries, and coriander.
- Bring the soup to a boil for 10 mins and serve.