Confinment Soup: Black Bean Herbal Soup

As the old Chinese saying goes " Confinement well done, your troubles thereafter are none." Here are some confinement soup recipes believed to increase milk supply:


As the old Chinese saying goes ” Confinement well done, your troubles thereafter are none.” Here are some confinement soup recipes believed to increase milk supply:
Black Beans Herbal Soup

What you need:

600 g black chicken
50 g black beans, pan fried
15g Wai San (Chinese yam)
15g Kei Chee (Chinese Wolf-berry)
15g Tong Sum (Dang shen)
15g Pak Kay (Astragalus Root )
10g Dried Longan flesh
6 red dates, pitted
600 ml hot water

What you do:

1) Rinse all the herbs, longans and dates and drain.
2) Cut and clean chicken thoroughly.
3) Put all the ingredients into a double-boiler pot.
4) Add hot water.
5) Cover and boil for 2 1/2 to 3 hours.
6) Add salt, if preferred, and serve.

Source from: The asianparent.com