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Exclusive Kelp and Winter Melon Pork Bone Soup

Exclusive Kelp and Winter Melon Pork Bone Soup

A slow-simmered soup of blanched pork shank bones with soaked kelp and thick winter melon slices, brightened with rice wine, ginger, scallion, and a splash of vinegar.

Instructions

  1. 1
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    Soak the kelp in water for two hours in advance

  2. 2
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    Clean the bones thoroughly with water to remove the blood.

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    Peel the winter melon and cut it into thick slices.

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    Roll up the kelp and cut it into strips

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    Put a pot on the stove and bring water to a boil. Put the bones into cold water, add cooking wine, a tied-up scallion, and ginger slices. When the water boils, skim off the blood scum, then remove the bones and rinse them clean with water.

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    Pour the leg bones into the rice cooker, add enough water, add ginger slices, a knot of green onion, cooking wine, and a little white vinegar, and cook until a chopstick can easily pierce through.

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    First add the kelp. If the soup is not enough, you can add some boiled water, then bring it to a boil again.

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    Add the winter melon, and bring to a boil again.

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    Add salt, a little chicken powder, and white pepper, then simmer for 3 minutes.

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    Transfer to a plate and sprinkle with chopped green onions.

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Ingredients

Main Ingredients

  • Bone-in part of a bone (usually referring to pork or beef shank)
    800g
  • Winter melon
    300g
  • Kelp
    200g
  • Ginger
    to taste
  • white pepper powder
    1 tsp

Auxiliary Ingredients

  • Scallion
    to taste

Seasonings

  • cooking wine
    a pinch
  • white vinegar
    a pinch
  • Salt
    to taste
  • chicken essence
    a pinch