Postpartum

Red Date & Silkie Chicken Soup

Name: Red Date & Silkie Chicken Soup
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 2 servings

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MINS

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SERVINGS

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Medium

LEVEL

#confinement

#blood_building

#protein

#iron

A flagship confinement tonic soup — silkie chicken slow-simmered with red dates and goji; rich broth, tender meat, deeply blood-nourishing for postpartum recovery.

MumEat recipe

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Nutritional Highlights

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49%

DAILY RDI

Protein

34.5g

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24%

DAILY RDI

Zinc

2.6mg

🩸

15%

DAILY RDI

Iron

4.2mg

+ 4 more nutrients

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Why This Recipe?

🌸 Traditional Wisdom

Red date silkie soup is the iconic blood-and-qi tonic of Chinese confinement.

🔬 Modern Science

Silkie chicken gives quality protein and iron, dates and goji add iron and vitamins — nourishing for postpartum recovery.

⚠️Moderate evidence

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Instructions

3 steps

Blanch the silkie chicken.

Add chicken, dates, ginger; boil then reduce.

Simmer 90 min, add goji 10 min more, season.

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Full Nutrition Breakdown

🍊Vitamin C

7%(5.6mg)

🩸Iron

15%(4.2mg)

🌿Folate

6%(37.1µg)

Vitamin D

1%(0.2µg)

Zinc

24%(2.6mg)

Protein

49%(34.5g)

Calcium

4%(39.7mg)

* % based on pregnancy daily reference intake (RDI)

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References

[1] 中国营养学会.《中国哺乳期妇女膳食指南2022》.

哺乳期需增加优质蛋白与铁，禽肉炖汤利于消化。

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