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Chicken in Sweet Potato & Lotus Root Soup |
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Chicken soup has long been hailed as the solution to tiredness and physical lethargy. If you boil the chicken with its skin on, allow it to cool and lift off the layer of fat that congeals upon cooling. What's left below is true chicken stock (with a lot less fat!).
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Serves: 2 people |
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1 spring chicken |
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2 pieces sweet potato
(the yellow/orange variety, cut into thick slices) |
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5 cm lotus root (skinned and sliced) |
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5 - 6 red dates (cleaned and soaked) |
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1 large onion (bashed) |
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1 knob ginger (bashed) |
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6 - 8 black peppercorns |
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1 - 2 tablespoons oyster / vegetarian mushroom sauce |
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dash of sesame oil |
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salt and pepper to taste |
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Marinate chicken with a little salt, some light soya sauce and sesame oil. |
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Place bashed onion and ginger in cavity of chicken. |
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Place chicken in a deep pot. Add enough water just to cover it. |
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Season with oyster / mushroom sauce and peppercorns. Then turn up heat and add slices of lotus root and sweet potato and red dates. |
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Cover pot and boil on low heat until chicken is tender enough to fall off the bone. Add salt to taste and serve hot. |
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