Assorted Meat Soup in Winter Melon

Name: Assorted Meat Soup in Winter Melon (Shin chin tung kua chung)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 4 oz. cooked chicken meat or duck meat; 4 oz. cooked chicken meat or duck meat; 2 chicken gizzards; 2 oz. ham; 4 mushrooms (black); 2 chicken livers; 5 cups soup stock; 1 tablespoon chicken oil; 1 bamboo shoot (cooked); 2 dry scallops; 4 mushrooms (black); 2 oz. shrimp (small); 2 teaspoons salt; ½ tablespoon wine; 7 pounds winter melon (use only 6” or 7” from lower part); 2 slices ginger

Shin chin tung kua chung

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pei-Mei’s Chinese Cookbook

By Fu Pei-Mei

Published 1969

About

Ingredients

4 oz. cooked chicken meat or duck meat
2 oz. ham
2 <

Asia
Taiwan
Kwangtung
Fukien
Dinner
Soup
Winter
Gluten-free

Method

Soften the black mushrooms in warm water, then cut into small cubes, cut bamboo shoots, chicken and ham into cubes too.
Remove the ligament of chicken gizzard. Cut them into small cubes. Cut shrimp into small pieces.
Soak the scallops in hot water, then steam for about ½ hour until tender. Tear into shreds with fingers.
Dip the above prepare