Multifarious Melon and Mushroom

Name: Multifarious Melon and Mushroom
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: Stir-fried. Use winter mushrooms, wood ear mushrooms (wun yee), or fresh. You may add onions; and/or dried shrimp (soaked); and/or meat or fish. To cook, in the wok, fry mushrooms lightly until fragrant. Add melon, toss, sprinkle with salt, cast in shreds or a crushed slice of ginger, add a splash of water to create steam, cover, and cook a minute or two; dish. Then — if so planned — stir-fry any meat, return the vegetables, toss to mix, adjust seasoning, and serve.; Stir-fried. Use winter mushrooms, wood ear mushrooms (wun yee), or fresh. You may add onions; and/or dried shrimp (soaked); and/or meat or fish. To cook, in the wok, fry mushrooms lightly until fragrant. Add melon, toss, sprinkle with salt, cast in shreds or a crushed slice of ginger, add a splash of water to create steam, cover, and cook a minute or two; dish. Then — if so planned — stir-fry any meat, return the vegetables, toss to mix, adjust seasoning, and serve.; Stir-fried. Use winter mushrooms, wood ear mushrooms (wun yee), or fresh. You may add onions; and/or dried shrimp (soaked); and/or meat or fish. To cook, in the wok, fry mushrooms lightly until fragrant. Add melon, toss, sprinkle with salt, cast in shreds or a crushed slice of ginger, add a splash of water to create steam, cover, and cook a minute or two; dish. Then — if so planned — stir-fry any meat, return the vegetables, toss to mix, adjust seasoning, and serve.; Stir-fried. Use winter mushrooms, wood ear mushrooms (wun yee), or fresh. You may add onions; and/or dried shrimp (soaked); and/or meat or fish. To cook, in the wok, fry mushrooms lightly until fragrant. Add melon, toss, sprinkle with salt, cast in shreds or a crushed slice of ginger, add a splash of water to create steam, cover, and cook a minute or two; dish. Then — if so planned — stir-fry any meat, return the vegetables, toss to mix, adjust seasoning, and serve.; Stir-fried. Use winter mushrooms, wood ear mushrooms (wun yee), or fresh. You may add onions; and/or dried shrimp (soaked); and/or meat or fish. To cook, in the wok, fry mushrooms lightly until fragrant. Add melon, toss, sprinkle with salt, cast in shreds or a crushed slice of ginger, add a splash of water to create steam, cover, and cook a minute or two; dish. Then — if so planned — stir-fry any meat, return the vegetables, toss to mix, adjust seasoning, and serve.; Boiled. Use meat or bones; or soy beans or soy bean sprouts. Combine all, with a crushed slice of ginger, and simmer until broth is flavored.; Boiled. Use meat or bones; or soy beans or soy bean sprouts. Combine all, with a crushed slice of ginger, and simmer until broth is flavored.; Boiled. Use meat or bones; or soy beans or soy bean sprouts. Combine all, with a crushed slice of ginger, and simmer until broth is flavored.; Steamed. Wash and peel melon; cut in half lengthwise. Cut mushrooms in thin shreds, toss with soy sauce, dash of pepper, and a little oil. Place melons on steaming dish, cut sides up. Cover with a single layer of mushrooms. Steam until melon is tender. Serve as is, or more elaborately — make a sauce with mushroom-soaking liquid, soy sauce, and cornstarch, pour over, then garnish with minced spring onions.; Steamed. Wash and peel melon; cut in half lengthwise. Cut mushrooms in thin shreds, toss with soy sauce, dash of pepper, and a little oil. Place melons on steaming dish, cut sides up. Cover with a single layer of mushrooms. Steam until melon is tender. Serve as is, or more elaborately — make a sauce with mushroom-soaking liquid, soy sauce, and cornstarch, pour over, then garnish with minced spring onions.; Steamed. Wash and peel melon; cut in half lengthwise. Cut mushrooms in thin shreds, toss with soy sauce, dash of pepper, and a little oil. Place melons on steaming dish, cut sides up. Cover with a single layer of mushrooms. Steam until melon is tender. Serve as is, or more elaborately — make a sauce with mushroom-soaking liquid, soy sauce, and cornstarch, pour over, then garnish with minced spring onions.; Stuffed. Prepare a minced stuffing — pork, onions, mushrooms, shrimp; or soy beans, carrot, mushrooms, on ions; etc — and season it well with salt or soy sauce and a little oil. Cut melon in half cross-wise and hollow out the center. Dust inner surface lightly with cornstarch to help the stuffing stick. You may include some of the melon’s innards with the minced filling. Then stuff melons.; Stuffed. Prepare a minced stuffing — pork, onions, mushrooms, shrimp; or soy beans, carrot, mushrooms, on ions; etc — and season it well with salt or soy sauce and a little oil. Cut melon in half cross-wise and hollow out the center. Dust inner surface lightly with cornstarch to help the stuffing stick. You may include some of the melon’s innards with the minced filling. Then stuff melons.; Stuffed. Prepare a minced stuffing — pork, onions, mushrooms, shrimp; or soy beans, carrot, mushrooms, on ions; etc — and season it well with salt or soy sauce and a little oil. Cut melon in half cross-wise and hollow out the center. Dust inner surface lightly with cornstarch to help the stuffing stick. You may include some of the melon’s innards with the minced filling. Then stuff melons.; Stuffed. Prepare a minced stuffing — pork, onions, mushrooms, shrimp; or soy beans, carrot, mushrooms, on ions; etc — and season it well with salt or soy sauce and a little oil. Cut melon in half cross-wise and hollow out the center. Dust inner surface lightly with cornstarch to help the stuffing stick. You may include some of the melon’s innards with the minced filling. Then stuff melons.; Stuffed. Prepare a minced stuffing — pork, onions, mushrooms, shrimp; or soy beans, carrot, mushrooms, on ions; etc — and season it well with salt or soy sauce and a little oil. Cut melon in half cross-wise and hollow out the center. Dust inner surface lightly with cornstarch to help the stuffing stick. You may include some of the melon’s innards with the minced filling. Then stuff melons.; Stuffed. Prepare a minced stuffing — pork, onions, mushrooms, shrimp; or soy beans, carrot, mushrooms, on ions; etc — and season it well with salt or soy sauce and a little oil. Cut melon in half cross-wise and hollow out the center. Dust inner surface lightly with cornstarch to help the stuffing stick. You may include some of the melon’s innards with the minced filling. Then stuff melons.; Stuffed. Prepare a minced stuffing — pork, onions, mushrooms, shrimp; or soy beans, carrot, mushrooms, on ions; etc — and season it well with salt or soy sauce and a little oil. Cut melon in half cross-wise and hollow out the center. Dust inner surface lightly with cornstarch to help the stuffing stick. You may include some of the melon’s innards with the minced filling. Then stuff melons.; Stuffed. Prepare a minced stuffing — pork, onions, mushrooms, shrimp; or soy beans, carrot, mushrooms, on ions; etc — and season it well with salt or soy sauce and a little oil. Cut melon in half cross-wise and hollow out the center. Dust inner surface lightly with cornstarch to help the stuffing stick. You may include some of the melon’s innards with the minced filling. Then stuff melons.; Stuffed. Prepare a minced stuffing — pork, onions, mushrooms, shrimp; or soy beans, carrot, mushrooms, on ions; etc — and season it well with salt or soy sauce and a little oil. Cut melon in half cross-wise and hollow out the center. Dust inner surface lightly with cornstarch to help the stuffing stick. You may include some of the melon’s innards with the minced filling. Then stuff melons.; Stuffed. Prepare a minced stuffing — pork, onions, mushrooms, shrimp; or soy beans, carrot, mushrooms, on ions; etc — and season it well with salt or soy sauce and a little oil. Cut melon in half cross-wise and hollow out the center. Dust inner surface lightly with cornstarch to help the stuffing stick. You may include some of the melon’s innards with the minced filling. Then stuff melons.

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A Cook’s Guide to Chinese Vegetables

By Martha Dahlen

Published 1992

About

Method

This combination offers unlimited variations:

Stir-fried. Use winter mushrooms, wood ear mushrooms (wun yee), or fresh. You may add onions; and/or dried shrimp