Ingredients:

• 113 g superior bird’s nest, soaked until soft and stewed
• 13 g Chinese cordyceps
• 4 red dates
• 1 black-skinned chicken
• 113 g lean pork
• 2 slices of ginger
• 4 cups of boiling water
• salt

Method:

1. Wash Chinese cordyceps. Wash and core red dates
2. Remove innards of black-skinned chicken and wash. Parboil, rinse and drain together with lean pork. Put chicken and lean pork into a stewing pot. Add Chinese cordyceps, red dates, ginger and boiling water. Cover and stew for 3 hours. Add bird’s nest and stew for 30 minutes. Season with salt and dish up in stewing pot.