Conch, Chicken, Vegetables & Herbal Chinese Soup with Recipe

A popular Chinese nutritious soup is filled with protein, fiber, iron and collagen. This soup is for every day consumption for the family but it is especially great for new moms to consume within 12 days of giving birth.

Overall Soup Benefits:

• Nourishes the liver and kidney,

• Calms nerves,

• Enriches blood

• Increases milk supply (for the breastfeeding moms out there)

• Increases collagen

The more uncommonly used ingredient in Western cuisine for soup is conch and chicken feet.

Conch is a type of marine snail with a hard sea shell. Conch meat has a mild, sweet clam-like flavor, and is exceptionally delicious in soups. Conch is a lean protein with good source of iron and calcium. According to FishWatch, it is high in vitamin E, B12, magnesium, selenium and folate. Dried conch can usually be found in Chinese Herbal stores. Sometimes you can find frozen conch in your local Asian supermarket and they are just as good.

Chicken feet consist of skin, cartilage, tendons, and bones. Yes, it is a bit unnerving to think that any type of feet would be appetizing to eat but according to Healthline, they are high in collagen, and that may help relieve joint pain.

Ingredients:

200g Chicken Breast

8 fresh chicken feet

30g dried conch

10 red dates

5g goji berries

5g dried Longan

2 carrots (medium)

2 potatoes (medium)

3 ginger slices

1500ml water

Preparation Method:

1. Soak dried conch in water until soft, cut in several small sliced pieces.

2. Remove seeds from the red dates and rinse along with goji berries, dried longan in cold water. Cut ginger into thin 0.5cm thick slices.

3. Wash chicken breast and feet. Then blanch in boiling water for 6 mins, Rinse the chicken breast and feet and discard the water. Set aside.

4. Peel the carrots and potatoes and cut in trunk sizes.

5. Put all the ingredients and water into a Instant Pot, and pressure cook for 30mins using a natural release. For stovetop cooking, put all ingredients into a pot, add water and bring to the boil over high heat. Turn down the heat and simmer for 2 hours.

6. Season with salt and serve for the whole family to enjoy!