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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.

3h 40m
Easy
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Pork Rib Soup with Three Melons, Dried Scallops, Lily Bulbs and Corn Silk

Ingredients

Papaya (peeled, seeded, cut into large chunks) 1
Dried scallops (soak in clean water until soft, tear apart, pour both the scallops and soaking water into the pot for stewing) 50 g
Pork bones (cut into pieces, blanch in boiling water for 5 minutes, rinse and set aside) 1500 g
Chayote (wash, cut into chunks, remove core and set aside) 2
Corn silk (soak several times, thoroughly remove sand and impurities, drain and set aside) 10 g
Pork ribs (cut into pieces, blanch in boiling water for 5 minutes, rinse and set aside) 250 g
Winter squash (wash, remove tough skin, cut into thick slices and set aside) 1
Lily bulbs (rinse with clean water and set aside) 50 g
Preserved honey dates (rinse with clean water and set aside) to taste

Instructions

1

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.

2

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.

3

Prepare corn silk

Soak the corn silk several times, thoroughly remove all sand and impurities, drain and set aside.

4

Prepare pork ribs

Cut the pork ribs into pieces, blanch in boiling water for 5 minutes, rinse and set aside.

5

Prepare lily bulbs and honey dates

Rinse the lily bulbs and honey dates with clean water and set aside.

6

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.