The Nourishing Power of Black Chicken: Red Date, Wolfberry, Longan, and Black Chicken Soup

January 2, 2024

For weak women, black chicken is undoubtedly a great supplement. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that black chicken has the function of nourishing yin, tonifying the kidney, nourishing blood, and nourishing the liver. Its nutritional value is incomparable to ordinary chicken. Black chicken is known as a "medicinal chicken" and is well-known for its nourishing and strengthening properties. Here, the editor will teach you how to make red date, wolfberry, longan, and black chicken soup!
 


 

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  Red Date, Wolfberry, Longan, and Black Chicken Soup

  [Ingredients]

  A handful of wolfberries, 10 red dates, 1 black chicken, a few longan, ginger, a few slices of American ginseng.

  Seasoning: cooking wine, salt, pepper.

  [Instructions]

  1. Wash the black chicken thoroughly and chop it into pieces, then blanch it in boiling water for a few minutes and remove it.

  2. Wash all the other ingredients, peel and slice the ginger, and carefully remove the shell from the longan.

  3. In a clay pot or an electric rice cooker, pour in an appropriate amount of water, add the black chicken, red dates, wolfberries, longan, American ginseng, ginger slices, and cooking wine, and cook over high heat!

  4. After boiling over high heat, reduce the heat to low and simmer for 2 hours, then add salt to season.

  5. Alternatively, you can put all the ingredients in a stewing pot, stew over water for 3 hours, and finally add salt.

  [Nutritional Value]

  "Black chicken, also known as Wushan chicken or black-bone chicken, is an omnivorous domesticated bird. It originated from Wushan County, Taihe, Jiangxi Province, China. There, it has been bred for over 2,000 years. Its beak, eyes, and feet are black, and its skin, muscles, bones, and most of its internal organs are also black.
 


 

  In terms of nutritional value, black chicken is far superior to ordinary chicken and has a very tender texture. As for its medicinal and dietary effects, it is incomparable to ordinary chicken and is known as a "precious dietary and medicinal poultry."

  Black-bone chicken is rich in protein, with a higher protein content than duck and goose meat. It also contains abundant melanin, which, when used medicinally, can promote the proliferation of red blood cells and hemoglobin in the body. Therefore, black chicken has always been regarded as a top-notch tonic."

  [Consumption Taboos]

  1. People with colds, fever, excessive internal heat, phlegm-dampness, obesity, heat-toxicity abscesses, hypertension, high blood lipid levels, gallbladder inflammation, and gallstones should avoid consumption.

  It must not be taken.

  2. Chicken meat is warm in nature and can aggravate internal heat. It is not suitable for people with liver yang hyperactivity, oral ulcers, skin abscesses, or constipation.

  3. Patients with arteriosclerosis, coronary heart disease, and high blood lipid levels should avoid drinking chicken soup.

  4. People with colds accompanied by headaches, fatigue, and fever should avoid eating chicken meat and chicken soup.

  It must not be taken.

  5. It is not advisable to consume it while taking iron preparations.

  6. The high protein content can burden the kidneys, so people with kidney disease should eat it as little as possible, especially those with uremia should avoid it.

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