Bacon Pork and Winter Melon Stew

Overview

Winter melon has always been my favorite ingredient, and there are many ways to make it. My favorite one is braised in braised sauce, and the other is stewed like this. Winter melon has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, relieving summer heat, diuresis, lowering fat and losing weight. It is especially suitable for consumption in hot summer and dry autumn. Today's winter melon dish is made with bacon. The bacon is pork marinated in salt. The one I bought is Shanghai bacon (southern pork), which has a unique salty aroma. It is best to soak bacon in water several times before eating to remove excess salt to avoid being too salty. The bacon soup is very delicious and appetizing

Tags

• hot dishes
• home cooking
• summer recipes
• lunch
• dinner
• bacon
• dried shiitake mushrooms
• edible oil
• onion white
• white sugar
• winter melon
• ginger
• green onions

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Ingredients photo: a piece of winter melon, a small piece of Shanghai bacon, a piece of green onion, a small piece of ginger, a spring onion, four or five dried shiitake mushrooms

   

2. 2 Wash the dried mushrooms and soak them in water

   

3. 3 It is best to soak the bacon in water to remove excess salt, slice it and set aside. Cut the winter melon into evenly thin pieces, mince the green onion, slice the ginger, chop the green onion and slice the soaked shiitake mushrooms

   

4. 4 Heat the cold oil in the pan, add the green onions, white ginger slices and stir-fry

   

5. 5 Add bacon and stir-fry

   

6. 6 Add shiitake mushroom slices

   

7. 7 Add winter melon and stir-fry

   

8. 8 Add the water used to soak the mushrooms. Do not add impurities

   

9. 9 Add hot water to cover the winter melon, you can add a little sugar to enhance the freshness

   

10. 10 Bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to low heat and simmer for about a quarter of an hour. The winter melon is ripe when it turns almost transparent. I like softer winter melon, so I stew it longer

    

11. 11 Because bacon is relatively salty, there is basically no need to add salt. Those with strong tastes can add a little salt to season according to their own taste. Reduce the juice over high heat and make the soup thicker.

    

12. 12 It is not necessary to drain all the soup. Leave half of the soup in the casserole, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for two minutes

    

13. 13 Turn off the heat and sprinkle some chopped green onion

    

14. 14 Garnish with chopped green onion

    

15. 15 Finished product

    

16. 16 Finished product

    

17. 17 Finished product

    

18. 18 Finished product

    

19. 19 Finished product

    

20. 20 The winter melon absorbs the saltiness of the bacon and the aroma of the mushrooms, it’s delicious ^_^