Description
A Hakka traditional medicinal soup with infinitely deep richness and acidity, simmering chicken with 'Lao Cai Pu'—pitch-black dried daikon salted and fermented for over 10 years (sometimes 30).
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Lao Cai Pu(Long-aged dried daikon)
- Bone-in chicken
- Ginger
- Garlic
- Fresh daikon(for balancing)
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- [Black Gold Prep] Prepare 'Lao Cai Pu', the ultimate preserved food repeatedly salted/fermented and sun-dried for 10-30+ years in jars in Hakka homes. It's pitch-black, wrinkled, with amino acid crystals on the surface.
- Briefly wash salt and dust off the surface, cut appropriately (highly salty so a little suffices). Many shops mix young (regular) Cai Pu or fresh daikon to balance flavor.
- Parboil bone-in chicken thighs.
- Put plenty of water, chicken, Lao Cai Pu, ginger slices, and a few garlic cloves in a pot.
- Simmer slowly on low for 1-
- hours.
- Done when the pitch-black extract, intense umami, and unique acidity from Lao Cai Pu dissolve into the broth. Taste before adding salt as Lao Cai Pu releases salt.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Complex fermented aroma and acidity of Lao Cai Pu
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Irreplaceable (Due to decades-aged fermented flavor)
Pairing
White Rice or Hakka Xiaochao
Trivia
[For Adults] Lao Cai Pu is called 'Black Gold' or 'Taiwanese Truffle'; longer aging fetches higher prices (30-year-olds can cost hundreds of dollars). Passed down in Hakka homes as a cure for colds and soothing bronchial tubes. A supreme soup tasting of earth and time, on a different dimension from regular chicken soup.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Take a sip of the pitch-black broth, closing your eyes to immerse in the gradient of saltiness, sourness, and sweetness created by the 'magic of time' spanning decades!
Allergen
Chicken