Grass Jelly Chicken Soup
Stunning black soup! "Eating Cooler" wrapped in chicken with herbal fragrance of celestial grass
Description
A pitch-black medicinal soup simmering 'Grass Jelly (Xiancao)'—familiar in Taiwan sweets—with chicken without sugar. Cools internal heat, highly detoxifying.
Restaurants serving Grass Jelly Chicken Soup
Researching
We are researching restaurants that serve this dish.
On this site you can check dictionary details and, later, places to buy or eat related items.
The Recipe section below is a general reference, not a recipe from the listed shops.
Recipe
Ingredients
- Grass jelly(Dried leaves)
- Bone-in chicken
- Goji berries
- Red dates
- Salt
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- Wash dried grass jelly leaves/stems (Xiancao Gan), simmer slowly for ~
- hr to make pitch-black 'Xiancao Tea (unsweetened)'.
- Parboil chopped bone-in chicken, wash off scum.
- Put the Xiancao tea, chicken, goji, and red dates in a pot, simmer on low for
- mins.
- When chicken is tender, season with salt only (*Xiancao's faint sweetness and bitterness make the ultimate dashi).
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Intense herbal aroma of grass jelly resembling mint or mugwort
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
(Irreplaceable due to unique efficacy and flavor)
Pairing
Light tossed dishes(Liangban)、White Rice
Trivia
[For Women] 'Xiancao' is famous in Japan sweetened as jelly, but Hakka people simmer it with chicken as a 'savory soup'. Looks pitch-black like coffee, but tastes amazingly clear with zero greasiness. The ultimate stamina medicinal soup during summer diets.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] On a hot summer day, deliberately chill this soup in the fridge to drink as 'cold soup', rapidly cooling internal heat!
Allergen
None