Double-boiled Deep Sea Napoleon Wrasse Head Bone Soup with Chinese Herbs
by Ling
@ 23 Oct 2013
Ingredients
2 ltr water
1 Napoleon wrasse head bone (about 600g), cut into pieces
1 old chicken (about 300g), cut into pieces
200g pork, cut into pieces
Chinese Herbs
6 red dates
5 chuan bei (wolfberry root bark)
5 angelica roots
3 ginger slices
10g tian ma (gastrodia)
5g Chinese wolfberries
5g almonds
Salt, to taste
Preparation
Heat 2 litres of water over high heat in a cooking pot to a boil.
Add in the Napoleon wrasse head bone, old chicken and pork and poach the ingredients in the boiling water for about 2 minutes.
Remove the poached ingredients from the cooking pot and then rinse thoroughly under running cold water.
Place the poached ingredients into a double-boiler. Add in all the Chinese herbs and season to taste with salt.
Pour in enough water to cover all the ingredients and doubleboil the mixture over high heat for about 5 hours.
Ladle the double-boiled head bone soup with Chinese herbs into each ceramic serving bowl.
Serves 4