Silkies - Have YOU eaten one?

[hhong3138]

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Hi itsy,

Thanks. No, it is very different from the chicken soup in the US. In generally, we will put the whole chicken and some traditional herbs into a big pot and slow cook for at least 2-3 hours. The combination of the herbs depends on who will have the soup and the health condition of the person (for health recovering or breastfeeding, or dizziness and weakness)

Herbs list:

goji berries, Ginseng or Codonopsis Pilosulae "Dang shen"
, Chinese Angelicae Root "Dang gui", Rhizoma "Chuan xiong", Liquorice Root, Dried Longan....

 

[itsy]

I think I'd like to try it!

 

[hhong3138]

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Hi Alabamchick,

Have you tried your Silkie Roo yet? I am Asian and in my home country, Silkie are used to make soup especial for women. We believe it is good for recovering from health condition and after giving birth. Women have soup made of silkies regularly when breastfeeding.

It is interesting to read your topic as my son just asked me where we can get silkies to make soup a few day ago. We didn't have it for a very long time since we moved to USA 5 years ago. I guess he missed it.

Vanessa

Ohhhh no, I dont plan on ever eating my own Roo. I wouldnt be against eating Silkie, I just prefer not to eat my OWN chickens. They are our pets that give us breakfast, they wont become food.

Very interesting about it helping after birth and while breastfeeding... I might need to look in to that some more.

How is the soup made? Whats in it? Other than the silkie of course.

here is a link of the soup recipe: http://www.mywoklife.com/2009/05/black-chicken-soup-recipe.html

 

[itsy]

I'm surprised that the feet aren't used in that recipe.

 

[booker81]

I've had them - actually a whole batch of silkies and silkie/frizzle crosses

I had a lot of them, and decided to just skin them all out. They went in the crockpot and made me a couple gallons of broth and a couple pounds of shredded meat

Tasted like chicken. DH was a little wondering of the blackish ends (it seemed the tendon sheaths were black, and the muscle just dark), but, like I said, tasted like chicken

 

[Stormy Autumn]

If you want to try silkie meat but don't want to eat your own birds, they sell them at a lot of asian grocery stores. I bought two frozen silkies this way, and they were DELICIOUS. They were already plucked and cleaned. The head and feet were still on, but all the guts were removed so there was nothing to clean. I made a soup out of them, and used the heads and feet and bones to make a ton of silkie broth.