Description
Despite the intense name 'Xiashui' (sewer/offal), an extremely light dish where fresh chicken (or duck) offal like gizzards, hearts, and liver are boiled in a clear soup with massive shredded ginger.
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Chicken offal (Gizzard
- Heart
- Liver)
- Shredded ginger
- Chicken broth
- Salt
- Sesame oil
- Rice wine
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- [Name Origin] 'Xiashui' is an old Taiwanese culinary term for poultry 'offal/giblets' (or supposedly from Japanese 'motsu').
- [Offal Prep] Prepare fresh chicken gizzards (Jizhen), hearts (Jixin), and liver (Jigan). Score the gizzards finely in a crosshatch pattern so they cook fast and stay crunchy.
- Wash all offal with salt, parboil briefly to remove scum.
- Boil clear chicken bone broth (Qingtang).
- Toss in massive 'shredded ginger (Jiangsi)' and the prepped offal.
- Cook briefly to prevent toughening, season with salt, a little rice wine, and sesame oil.
- Plate, scatter scallions (or Taiwanese basil) to finish.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Refreshing ginger heat and Sesame oil
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Store-bought boiled chicken offal
Pairing
Chicken Rice (Ji Rou Fan) or rice dishes
Trivia
[For Adults] An absolute staple soup menu in Taiwanese eateries. Many Japanese avoid it due to the name (Xiashui = sewage), but it's actually 'supreme consommé smelling of ginger'. Zero offal odor; nothing pairs better with Ji Rou Fan.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Slurp the clear broth, chewing the crunchy 'flower-like bloomed gizzard' (due to scoring) along with the ginger!
Allergen
Chicken, Sesame