Post-abortion care risotto

Yield: 2 Author: Tiffany Yeung

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Ingredients:

• 4 cups of water

• 1 Chicken leg (optional)

• 1 cup Arborio rice

• ¼ cup Chinese rice wine

• ½ cup cremini mushroom

• 1/3 cup Chinese yams

• 1 tsp shredded ginger

• Sea salt and pepper

Herbs:

• 15g Fuling (Poria)

• 20g Yiren (Coix seeds)

• 15g Qianshi (Foxnut)

• 15g Shanyao (Dried Chinese Yam)

• 15g Lianzi (Lotus seeds)

• 3-4 jujubes

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instructions:

1. Rinse the herbs and soak for 15 minutes then drain.

2. Add 4 cups of water into a pot along with herbs and chicken legs into a pot. Bring to a boil on high heat.

3. Let simmer for 1.5 hrs on low heat, or until approximately 2 cups of water is left. Season with a pinch of salt or to taste.

4. Drain herbs, shred the chicken, and set broth aside.

5. Slice mushrooms and Chinese yams diagonally into thin pieces.

6. Add 1 tsp oil to a pan on low heat. Add in sliced ginger, mushrooms and Chinese yams, season with salt and pepper, and stir-fry for about 10 minutes until tender.

7. In another saucepan, add 1 tbsp of oil then place in the rice. Cook and stir until rice is coated for 2 minutes.

8. Add in rice wine and stir constantly until absorbed. Add ¼ cup of broth to rice and stir until fully absorbed.

9. Repeat until rice is tender yet firm to bite for approx. 15-20mins.  

10. Remove from heat, mix in mushrooms, chicken, and Chinese yams. Top with scallions to finish.

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GLUTEN FREE I VEGAN (OPTION)

Function:

• Strengthen Spleen to boost nutrition absorption

• Strengthen Kidney

• Expel water retention from pregnancy reducing Odema

Organ-Meridian: Spleen, Kidney, Lungs

Energetics: Neutral, warming