Tap hard around the equator of the coconut using the back of a heavy knife or hammer. Continue while rotating with your hand until the coconut is cracked open. Use a bowl to catch the coconut juice when it splits open.
Remove coconut flesh by plying between hard coconut shell and meat. Apply some pressure and the meat will pop right out. Cut into small pieces.
Plying between hard coconut shell and meat to remove coconut flesh.
Wash and thoroughly clean the coconut flesh.
Remove chicken skin, blanch in boiling water.
Wash and clean chicken flesh in running water.
Add in coconut, american ginseng, red date and silkie chicken.
Add in coconut juice and 1.8l of boiling water or until all ingredients is completely submerge.
Slow cook for 4 hours.
Soak dried wolfberries for a few minutes.
15 minutes before serving, remove excess fat from the soup. Add in soaked wolfberries and salt to taste.
Healthy and delicious, silkie chicken soup with ginseng and coconut.
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Notes
This recipe yields 8 servings of soup.The nutritional value for reference is for 1 serving of soup.