Chicken Soup w/Dry Octopus & Arrow Roots 鱆魚雞葛湯

Chicken Soup with Dry Octopus and Arrow Roots 鱆魚雞葛湯

Ingredients:

  • 2 lb (1 kg) pork leg bones;
  • Or chicken bones from making other recipes;
  • 12 chicken feet, about 1 lb (0.5 kg);
  • 1 1/2 dry octopus, about 5 - 6 oz (150 - 180 g);
  • 1 large arrow root, about 1 1/2 lb (0.75 kg), peel and clean;
  • 1 large piece ginger, about 2 - 4 oz (60 - 120 g), peel, pound and chop;
  • 6 cups (1,440 ml) water;
  • 1/2 cup inexpensive salt, for cleaning;
  • Sea salt.

Recipe:

Serving for 4

  1. Soar dry octopus for at least 45 minutes;
  2. Clean and cut to smaller pieces;
  3. Add 4 cups of water to a large stock pot over medium high heat;
  4. Add chopped ginger and dry octopus;
  5. Add 2 cups of water to a separate medium stock pot over medium high heat;
  6. Clean chicken feet with salt, you can use inexpensive salt;
  7. Add clean pork bones and chicken feet to the medium size pot when water comes to a boil;
  8. Boil for 5 - 10 minutes and rinse them off under cold running water;
  9. Transfer all the bones to the large pot;
  10. Add sea salt;
  11. Lower to simmer after it comes back to a boil for 1 to 1 1/2 hours;
  12. Add arrow root and cook for another 45 minutes;
  13. Put arrow roots and meat in a bowl;
  14. Top with soup and serve hot.

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