The simplest confinement recipe: Black Beans Herbal Soup

This yummy confinement recipe is ideal for postnatal mums. The black beans herbal soup tastes naturally sweet and is great when combined with a meal of steamed rice.

Black Beans Herbal Soup Recipe

What you need:

600 g black chicken

50 g black beans, pan fried

15g Wai San (Chinese yam)

15g Kei Chee (Chinese Wolf-berry)

15g Tong Sum (Dang shen)

15g Pak Kay (Astragalus Root )

10g Dried Longan flesh

6 red dates, pitted

600 ml hot water

What you do:

1) Rinse all the herbs, longans and dates and drain.

2) Cut and clean chicken thoroughly.

3) Put all the ingredients into a double-boiler pot.

4) Add hot water.

5) Cover and boil for 2 1/2 to 3 hours.

6) Add salt, if preferred, and serve.

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