Do you
remember your gran telling you as a child ‘What you really need now is a nice
chicken soup. That will perk you up.’?
Well she might have been right.
In Chinese
medicine, tiredness can be due to different factors. One of those is what we
call ‘Blood deficiency’. Symptoms of Blood deficiency can include:
- Tiredness
- Being pale and pale lips
- Dry skin and dry hair
- Anxiety
- Blurred vision
- Dizziness
- Numbness or tingling
- A diagnosis of anaemia from your GP.
There are
different ways to support the Blood and one of those is a good home-made
chicken broth.
A GOOD HOME-MADE CHICKEN BROTH
The carcass
of a chicken (perhaps the one of a roast chicken), all the meat taken away.
A few chunks
of carrots, onions and celery
A couple of
peppercorns
1 bay leave
1 tsp of mixed dried herbs
Method:
Put the chicken
in a casserole and cover with water.
Add the vegetables, the herbs and
peppercorn.
Bring to the
boil and then lower the temperature so that it is gently bubbling away. Cover with
a lid.
Leave to
boil for 8 to 12 hours.
At the end
of the cooking, pour the liquid through a sieve to remove any bones, bits of
vegetables etc…
That’s it!
Pour it in a cup and enjoy.
Just a few more bits of advice:
- If you see that during the water is running low, you can add some more water during the cooking.
- Very quickly, the liquid will become opaque. If it isn't, it’s probably because the temperature is too low. You will need to turn to heat up a bit.
- You can use a slow cooker as long as the temperature is high enough.
- Or you can also ‘stop and start again’ at any point during the process, so you don’t have to spend the whole day at home!
- Once the broth cools down, it will probably look like jelly. This is perfectly normal.
- This broth can also be very easily used as a home-made stock and added to a soup, casserole etc…
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