Old Cucumber With Chicken Breast In Herbal Soup - 老 黄 瓜 煲 鸡 胸 药 材 汤

Ingredients: (Serving 4-5 pax.)

1 pc (700gm+)        Old Cucumber.
1/2 pc                     Chicken Breast with bones - cut into smaller piece.    
3 litre                      Water.
2 1/2 - 3 tsp            Salt. (To own taste)

Herbs:

20 gm                     Solomon's Seal       -  玉 竹   ) Top :
2 slices                   Licorice Root          -  甘 草   )  from left to right

20 gm                     Wolfberry               - 杞子     ) Bottom :
20 gm                     Codonopsis            - 党参     ) from left to right
25 gm                    Dioscorea                - 淮山     )
                             (Chinese Wild Yam)                
20 pcs                   Red Dates                - 红枣     )

Methods:

1.                Heat a pot of 3 litre water. Add in the herbs and meat and bring

                   to boil.

2.                Scraped/cut off cucumber's skin and seeds. Cut into smaller pieces.

                   Put into pot and continue to boil for 15 mins. Add in salt to own

                   taste.

3.                Lower heat and let it simmer for 1 to 1 1/2 hrs.

4.                Turn off heat and served hot.

Note :

           The herbs are according to own's presciption.

           Anyway, the above herbs are good to replenishes blood, Qi,

           strengthens and nourishes the spleen and stomach.