Herbal Chicken Broth For Hotpot

Instructions

• Cut Chicken

  • 1

    Cut the whole chicken into manageable pieces for eating during the hotpot. You can skip this step if you're just making soup, or if you don't intend to eat the chicken.

• To Finish

  • 1

    Slice the ginger and cut the spring onion into short pieces. Leave the garlic cloves whole.

  • 2

    In a large pot, add the cut chicken pieces, ginger, spring onion, garlic, water, Chinese cooking wine, dang gui, bei qi, dang shen, yu zhu, huai shan, red date, goji berries, and salt.

  • 3

    Bring the water to a boil, then reduce to a simmer and cook for 3 hours.

  • 4

    You can use the entire pot of ingredients for hotpot, or discard the solid ingredients and just use the cooked broth and chicken pieces.