Winter Melon Steamer
Hollow out winter melon to form a steamer, fill it with ingredients including shiitake mushrooms, squid, and lean pork, then steam over water. The finished dish has a delicate aroma and helps relieve summer heat.
Ingredients
Winter melon (remove the fuzz, wash, cut a lid about 8 cm from the stem, scoop out the inner pulp)
1 (about 3-4 kg)
Shiitake mushrooms (washed)
50 g
Squid (washed)
150 g
Lean pork
500 g
Meat broth
1 kg
Cellophane noodles
to taste
Shrimp
to taste
Fine salt
to taste
MSG
to taste
Instructions
1
Step 1
Remove the fuzz from the winter melon and wash it. Cut off a lid about 8 cm from the stem, then scoop out the inner pulp.
2
Step 2
Place the prepared winter melon in a porcelain bowl. Add the shiitake mushrooms, squid, lean pork, and cellophane noodles into the winter melon vessel, and steam over low heat for about 50 minutes. Season with fine salt and MSG before serving. (Avoid soy sauce.)
