Blessed Homemaker

500g fresh huai shan(淮山 huai shan /山药 shan yao), peeled and cut into chunks
2 - 3 large carrots
100g yu zhu (玉竹）
2 tbsp gou zi （枸子)
20 - 30 red dates (I added in these dates to increase the sweetness of the soup)
1.5 - 2 litres water

Seasonings
2 tbsp rice wine (sometimes I use homemade ginger wine 姜酒)
Salt to taste

Method

1. Remove skin of carrots and cut into smaller pieces.
2. Rinse red dates and yu zhu, soak in water for 5 - 10 mins or till soft.
3. Blanch chicken meat/bones.
4. Bring water to boil and add all ingredients (except wolfberries) in a pot. Using medium fire, bring water to boil again and cook for 10 - 15 minutes, reduce to small flame and simmer for 2 hours. 
5. Add in the wolfberries and let it brew in low fire for another 5 - 10 mins.
6. Add salt and rice/ginger wine to taste before serving. 

Just a quick update on soup using chayote and chinese yam.

I have only 1 large chayote so I just make do with it but reduced water accordingly, else the soup will be too bland.  This is a milky soup as chinese yam is used, supposingly to relieve cough and colds.

Another mild sweet soup, we like it.

Chayote and Fresh Chinese Yam Soup
Ingredients
300g pork ribs/lean meat
1 - 2 chayotes (佛手瓜 fo shou gua /合掌瓜 hup jeung gwa)
1 fresh chinese yam (淮山 huai shan /山药 shan yao)
1200ml water
Salt to taste

Method

1. Wash and cut chayotes and chinese yam into cubes.
2. Blanch pork ribs/lean meat.
3. Bring water to boil and add all ingredients in a pot. Using medium fire, bring water to boil again and cook for 30 minutes, reduce to small flame and simmer for 2 hours.
4. Add salt to taste before serving.

Stir Fry Chinese Wild Yam (淮山)
Ingredients
1 Chinese wild yam, sliced thinly at cross sections
2 stalks spring onions
1 ginger sliced thinly
3 cloves garlic minced finely
1 tbsp oyster sauce
some water
salt to taste

Method

1. Heat 1tbsp oil in frying pan. Add in minced garlic, ginger and spring onion and fry till fragrant.
2. Add in sliced wild yam and mix well in the pan.
3. Add the oyster sauce and some water, then allow entire mixture to simmer till wild yam is cooked (it should turn from white to slightly translucent).