Main Ingredients:
Mini winter melon: 1; Chicken pieces: 2; Salted pork: 1 small piece; Dried scallops: 8; Fish maw: 2; Red ginseng: 2; White shrimp: 4; Shiitake mushrooms: 2.
Additional Ingredients:
Ginger slices: 2; Cooking wine: a little.
Taste: Salty and fresh; Cooking Method: Steaming; Time: One hour; Difficulty: Easy.
Detailed Steps for Cooking Mini Seafood Winter Melon Soup
Prepare ingredients: Soak dried scallops and shiitake mushrooms in advance.
Remove mud vein from prawns, cut salted pork into small pieces and steam, blanch chicken pieces, pre-soak fish maw, and thaw Icelandic red ginseng.
Wash the mini winter melon, weighing around 1300 grams.
Cut it in half, scoop out the seeds from the middle, and remove some of the winter melon flesh, leaving space inside.
Use a tool to carve the edges of the winter melon into a triangular pattern.
Boil water in a pot, blanch the inside and outside of the winter melon, then cool in ice water.
Take a winter melon cup, put some of the scooped winter melon pieces inside, then add all prepared ingredients, remember to add a slice of ginger.
Add some water and a little cooking wine.
Place in a pot, cover, and steam over high heat for about 40 minutes.
When time is up, remove from heat.
