Tsukune Winter Melon Soup. Chinese winter melon soup is a traditional dish that features this mild tasting fruit. There are many different methods to prepare winter melon soup; this recipe uses shiitake mushrooms and ham. If you have trouble finding Chinese ham, you can replace it with another cured ham.
The moist and tender pork meatballs make a simple dish taste especially fulfilling. The soup is very easy to prepare and is perfect as a side for a. You will love this Winter Melon Soup with Meatballs because not only do the meatballs come together relatively easily (many of my favorite recipes are made with ground meat, because there’s no rinsing, chopping, deboning, or trimming needed), the soup itself comes together in a flash. You can have Tsukune Winter Melon Soup using 13 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Tsukune Winter Melon Soup
- It’s 1/4 of Winter melon.
- You need 200 grams of Ground chicken thigh.
- You need 8 of Kumquats (or eggs) (optional).
- It’s 20 grams of Ginger.
- Prepare of “A” seasonings.
- It’s 2 grams of Salt.
- You need 5 grams of Katakuriko.
- You need 1 grams of White pepper.
- Prepare of “B” seasonings.
- You need 4 grams of Salt.
- Prepare 1 tbsp of Cooking sake.
- Prepare of Toppings:.
- Prepare 1 of Ginger.
Winter melon soup is a popular choice of Chinese soup during meals. A pot of warm, delicious and nutritious slow-cooked winter melon soup brings forth lots of health benefits. Winter melon is very nutritious according to traditional Chinese medicine beliefs. Warm and comforting soup for autumn and winter—Winter Melon soup with ribs and other options you like.
Tsukune Winter Melon Soup step by step
- Thickly cut the winter melon..
- Mix the ground chicken thigh with the “A” seasonings..
- Form Step 2 into round balls..
- Boil in 500 ml of water..
- Add the winter melon and the “B” seasoning ingredients. It’s done when the winter melon is translucent..
Winter melon also known as Ash Gourd is quite popular in China. We grow several winter melon vines almost every year when I was still young. This winter melon soup recipe 冬瓜汤 is the adaptation of my mother’s recipe, which she cooked for our family when I was young. I love the subtle flavor of winter melon and the aroma of dried shiitake mushrooms. Ingredients to prepare Chinese winter melon soup.