MELON SOUP CHINESE RECIPES

Steps:

• Assuming you were starting with a whole entire winter melon, we'd:
• We'll be dicing our fish fillets (we used tilapia), shrimp (deveined, de-shelled), crab or imitation crab, and yellow chives. These are all cut into about 1 cm pieces.
• Set the stove on high heat and start boiling water and chicken broth.
• Once the pot has come to a boil, we'll add our winter melon to the pot, stir, and cover. Let the winter melon cook for 5-7 minutes. Once it comes to a boil again, we can proceed to thicken our soup.
• Almost there! Like a true chef, my dad always tastes his dish in case he needs to adjust the flavor at all.

Steps:

• Place ribs in clean water, bring to boil and continue cooking for 1-2 minutes. Transfer out and rinse under running water.
• Cut the rind of winter melon and then cut into large chunks.
• Place red dates, dried shrimp, smashed ginger, ribs and winter melon with enough water in high pressure cooker; cook for 15 minutes after boiling. Or you can use a stew pot or slow cooker; cook until the ribs and winter melon are soft.
• Add salt before serving
• Place some chopped green onion and coriander at bottom. And scoop the soup to serving bowl.