Chinese Winter Melon Soup with Rice 瓜粒湯飯

Name: How to cook Chinese Winter Melon Soup with Rice 瓜粒湯飯 - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

LazyCook_HK

Chinese Winter Melon Soup with Rice 瓜粒湯飯

This is a great light meal if dont want to have a big meal. Please note:- Winter Melon is not recommended to pregnant woman and people with constant cold hands and feet. Switch to hairy cucumber or loofahs

Ingredient

Food ration :

4 servings

Cooking time :

15 mins

200 g

minced pork

big slice of Thick Ham

Half

a bowl of chives

handful

dried shrimp

3-4

chinese mushroom

big sliced winter melon

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

These are the main ingredients. Rince and soak shrimp n mushroom until soft.

* Step 2

Slice mushroom and cut ham in cubes. As the soaked mushroom, shrimp in water, save them as broth later on.

* Step 3

Winter Melon remove skin and middle parts and cut in cubes. Can also cut in bigger chunks or big slice if lazy.

* Step 4

Very little oil med-high heat and pan fry the jinhua ham (optional) if you have them. Throw in the mince and cook until 80% then throw in the cube hams. Cook ham until slightly golden brown without burning the minced.

* Step 5

Throw in the mushroom broth together with shrimp n mushroom.

* Step 6

Add Chicken broth/powder and Hot Water until it covers the ingredients and make it to a boil.

* Step 7

When water is boiling throw in melon and cook until you see Winter Melon have this slightly clear colour around 5 - 8 mins

* Step 8

Taste it. Add in more chicken broth or chicken powder if needed. Switch off stove and add chives. Pour into a bowl of Cooked White Rice(Hard/Overnight rice is the best option)! Done!