This soup’s primary ingredient is a “black chicken”, also called “Silkies” because of their silk-like plumage. Black chicken is distinctive because of its dark flesh and incredibly tender melt-in-your-mouth texture. In other words, the perfect ingredient for a traditional Chinese herbal soup.
Commonly double-boiled with red dates, goji berries, longan, snow fungus, mushrooms and peanuts, black chicken soup is hearty and nutritious. In fact, the Chinese believe this dish to be suitable confinement food for mothers who have just given birth and need to be nursed back to full health.
Pictured: Snow pear with black chicken broth. For the recipe, click here.