Pork Rib Soup with Three Melons, Dried Scallops, Lily Bulbs and Corn Silk
A nourishing yin-replenishing, blood-nourishing health soup stewed with papaya, chayote, calabash, dried scallops, lily bulbs, corn silk and pork ribs.
Ingredients
Instructions
Soak dried scallops
Soak dried scallops in clean water until soft, tear them apart, then pour both the scallops and their soaking water into the stew pot.
Prepare melons
Peel and seed the papaya and cut into large chunks; wash the winter squash, remove the tough skin, cut into thick slices and set aside. Wash the chayote, cut into chunks, remove the core and set aside.
Prepare corn silk
Soak the corn silk several times, thoroughly remove all sand and impurities, drain and set aside.
Prepare pork ribs
Cut the pork ribs into pieces, blanch in boiling water for 5 minutes, rinse and set aside.
Prepare lily bulbs and honey dates
Rinse the lily bulbs and honey dates with clean water and set aside.
Stew the soup
Add approximately 3000 ml of clean water to the pot, put all prepared ingredients into the pot. Bring to a rolling boil over high heat, then reduce to low heat and simmer for 3 hours. Turn off the heat, add salt to taste and season.