Winter melon Gu recipe

When it comes to the word "Winter Melon Gu", many people will have a lot of doubts. Gu means container, so as the name suggests, it is made by putting winter melon in a container, adding lean meat, onion, ginger, garlic, etc., and boiling it in hot water. When choosing a container, be sure to choose one that is resistant to high temperature and corrosion to ensure long-term use. The soup of winter melon Gu can also be eaten, which has certain benefits to human health.

"Winter melon soup" uses winter melon as a "container" for holding stuffing, which is then steamed and eaten, but the "container" is edible; the soup of the finished dish has the fragrance of winter melon, and the winter melon flesh has the taste of stuffing, which complement each other.

Tools/Raw Materials

Main ingredients of winter melon soup: winter melon;

Ingredients for winter melon soup: lean meat, barbecued pork, roast duck, ginger, corn kernels, shrimp, salt and pepper;

Steps/Methods

1. Wash the winter melon, cut it in half, cover it with a part, remove the seeds, and scrape out a little winter melon flesh with a spoon. Cut the winter melon flesh into cubes and set aside. Dice the roast duck and barbecued pork. Peel the shrimp and remove the shrimp thread. Wash it with salt and then add a little cornstarch, salt and pepper to marinate for half an hour. Dice mushrooms. Cut the lean meat into cubes and marinate with cornstarch and chicken powder for half an hour. Dice crab sticks and mince ginger.

2. Use a deeper pot, add an appropriate amount of water, put in the winter melon soup, bring to a boil over high heat and then turn to medium heat to steam for 25 minutes. While steaming, in another pot, add chicken oil and ginger to stir-fry, then add winter melon cubes, mushrooms, roast duck cubes, barbecued pork, stir well and sprinkle in a little cooking wine, then add water to boil or boil water, add lean meat, corn kernels, crab sticks and cook for a while, then add shrimps, use chicken powder, salt and season to cook all the ingredients, then put the cooked ingredients into the winter melon soup. The winter melon soup has been steamed for 25 minutes, add the cooked soup and cook on medium heat for 15 minutes.

3. Finished product.

Precautions

The skin of winter melon has the effect of relieving heat, so it is recommended to keep it.