Winter Melon Chicken Soup. Chinese winter melon soup is a traditional dish that features this mild tasting fruit. To the pot, add the mushrooms, chicken broth, ginger, and cooked ham. Winter melon is high in dietary fiber which can help control high blood sugar levels and reduce cholesterol.
There are various ways to cook winter melon, but cooking it in the soup is one of the most popular.
Winter Melon Soup (Tong Kua Tong) is a soothing and nutritious soup with cooling properties.
Perfect on a warm day but just as comforting on a cool day.
You can cook Winter Melon Chicken Soup using 7 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Winter Melon Chicken Soup
- You need 5 cup of cubed winter melon.
- It's 1 1/2 liter of water.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of seasoned salt.
- You need of garnish.
- Prepare 1 tbsp of cilantro.
- It's of meat option.
- You need 800 grams of chicken skinless.
If you do occasionally buy rotisserie chicken for dinner, do not discard the carcass when you chop up the chicken. Clean and save the carcass in a. Winter melon soup is reputed to be good for weight loss and anti-swelling. Warm and comforting soup for autumn and winter—Winter Melon soup with ribs and other options you like.
Winter Melon Chicken Soup instructions
- Remove the skin and the seed from the winter melon and cut into large cube.
- Quick blanch chicken and drain then put chicken and water into a pressure cooker on high for 20 minutes, another option cooking on stove bring it to a boil then simmer for 30 minutes.
- Season with salt then simmer for another 5 minutes and serve to fresh cilantro.
- Remake Today, Clear Winter Melon Soup.
Winter melon also known as Ash Gourd is quite popular in China. We grow several winter melon vines almost every year when I was still young. Winter melon is most acclaimed as the ingredient in the Chinese soup known as tung qwa chung or dong gwa jong, or Winter Melon Pond. This famous soup consists of a rich chicken broth that is cooked and served in the skin of the Winter melon. Winter melon soup is something that my Ah Mah (paternal grandmother) made frequently.