Buddha Jumps Over The Wall Soup (佛跳墙)
Buddha Jumps Over The Wall Soup is a pot of nutritious delicacies simmered long and slow. It's the most nourishing soup you'll ever have!
Servings: 8
Calories: 364kcal
Equipment
- Slow cooker
- Toothbrush
- Scissors
Ingredients
- 5 US cup chicken stock
- 300 g / 0.66 lb lean pork
- 1 silkie chicken (we get it from the Chinese butcher)
- 10 fresh abalone
- 500 g / 1.1 lb chicken feet
- 50 g / 0.1 lb dried scallops
- 10 g / 2 slices ginger
- 170 g / 0.4 lb Chinese herbs (we ask our Chinese herbalist to pack a packet)
- 1 tsp Shaoxing rice wine
- 1 tsp salt (or to taste)
- 1 1/2 tbsp chicken bouillon powder
- 2 dried deer sinew (optional)
Instructions
- Rinse and soak the dried scallops in hot water for 20 minutes, then drain and set aside.
- Clean the abalone by using a new toothbrush to brush away the brown layer on its body.
- Turn the abalone to its side and brush at the black parks until clean, then place in a colander to drip dry. Repeat this with the rest of the abalones.
- Use scissors to cut the tips off the chicken feet.
- Cube the pork meat roughly into 1cm (0.4") chunks.
- Pour the chicken stock into the slow cooker and turn it up to high. Add all the ingredients and seasoning in, put the lid on and let it come to a boil.
- As soon as it starts boiling, set the heat to low and let it slow cook for 5-6 hours.
- Serve immediately as is!
Notes
- Slow cook for longer. This is one of those recipes that tastes so much better when it has been simmered on low heat for a long time. Plus, it keeps the meat super tender!
- Make your own stock. While it's much easier to use premade chicken stock, using a homemade version will keep the dish's flavor profile crisp and free from additives.
- Add the rice wine in at the very end. This technique leaves the dish fragrant and sweet with just enough time to evaporate the aocohol content.
- You can find all the dried medicinal herbs as well as the deer sinew at traditional Chinese medicine shops. Just ask them for a packet of herbs for a herbal soup and they will package one for you accordingly.
- Some supermarkets will have pre-packaged bags of herbs ready for a soup stock. If those options are not available, you can go to your local Asian supermarket and buy each ingredient separately.
- For the silkie chicken, you can get them frozen from Chinese butchers. Some Chinese medicine shops also supply them too.
- We get our abalone fresh at the seafood market with the shell still on, then we ask the fish monger to clean and deshell it for us.
Nutrition
Calories: 364kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 42g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 77mg | Sodium: 577mg | Potassium: 174mg | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 63IU | Calcium: 59mg | Iron: 1mg