Chicken Braised with Medicinal Herbs for Prolonging Life

SOURCE: Shengli Braiscd Chicken Factory of Dezhou City, Shandong Province.

INGREDIENTS
Poria (Fuling)
Lily bulb, Bulbus Lilii
Longan aril, Arillus Longan
Bee Honey (Fengmi)
Gordon Euryale seed, Semen Euryales
Wolfberry fruit, Fructus Lycii (Gouqizi)
Hawthorn fruit, Fructus Crataegi (Shanzha)
Ginkgo seed, Semen Ginkgo
Prickly ash peel, Pericarpium Zanthoxyli
Chicken
The weight of the above medicinal herbs and chicken is in a ratio of 1.2 to 100.

PROCESS: Choose a healthy chicken, kill and scald it in hot water, remove its feathers, cut open its belly, get rid of' its internal organs and extravasated blood, wash it clean and fry it in deep oil; boilit in a cooking pot with stock and medicinal decoction. The decoction is obtained, according to a special prescription, by decocting the above Chinese medicinal herbs first, which are ground into pieces and wrapped up in a piece of cloth, and then, filteririg the medicinal decoction to remove the dregs.  When the chicken has been well done (to the extent that the flesh can be easily separated from the bones), take it out from the pot and let it cool before putting it into a bag from which the air is pumped out and which is then, sterilized at 120℃ under high pressure.  Let it cool thoroughly and pack it up by hygienic means. Thus, the finished product packed in vacuum can be got.

DIRECTIONS: Take as much as you think fit — or take it as a tonic and nutritious dish, or make soup with it.

EFFICACY: Nourishing the five viscera, replenishing qi and blood, removing food stagnancy, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis.

INDICATIONS: The recipe is fit for both the old and the yong, especially for those who are weak after an illness, those who suffer from postpartum weakness and those who are old and infirm.
Those suffering from cold should be careful when taking it.