Magic Chicken Soup

What's the occasion? A Chinese cure-all goes viral...but does it work?

A pile of beautiful ingredients waiting to be layered into the pot and left alone for a long time.

I usually don’t fall for viral food trends, but when Instagram started feeding me video after video of people making a most-intriguing “no-water chicken soup,” I stopped scrolling and started paying attention.

I learned that the simple, satisfying dish orig…