Winter Melon Soup

Name: Winter Melon Soup
Prep time: 3 d 3 h
Cook time: 3 d 3 h
Total time: 3 d 3 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 inches fresh ginger, peeled and cut into very thin matchsticks (2 tablespoons); 907 grams wedge winter melon; 1 Tbsp salt; 118 milliliters scallions, thinly sliced; 5 larges (1-inch-wide) dried scallops; 3 liters water; 1 kilograms whole chicken; 57 grams Smithfield or other cured ham (1 piece or sliced), trimmed of any spice coating and cut into very thin matchsticks (1/2 cup)

Winter Melon Soup might be a good recipe to expand your main course repertoire. One serving contains 214 calories, 16g of protein, and 13g of fat. This recipe serves 8. This recipe covers 11% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Autumn will be even more special with this recipe. If you have chicken, water, scallops, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the salt you could follow this main course with the Apple Turnovers Recipe as a dessert. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, and primal diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 75 hours.

Instructions

Rinse chicken inside and out, then stuff cavity with scallions, ham, and ginger. Bring water with chicken and salt to a boil in a deep 7- to 8-quart stockpot or pasta pot, then reduce heat and cook at a bare simmer, uncovered, skimming off froth occasionally, 3 hours. 3

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Green Onions

Whole Chicken

Ginger

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Water

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Pot

Remove and discard chicken, then pour broth through a fine-mesh sieve into a large bowl.

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Whole Chicken

Broth

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Sieve

Bowl

Let stand 5 minutes. Skim off fat. (You will have about 10 to 12 cups broth and need only 9 cups for this soup; reserve remainder for the Black-Bean Shrimp with Chinese Broccoli or for another use.)

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Broccoli

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Bring 2 cups broth to a boil in a 1-quart heavy saucepan, then add dried scallops and remove from heat. Soak, covered, 15 minutes.

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Scallops

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Return scallop mixture to low heat and simmer, uncovered, until scallops are soft and pale, about 15 minutes.

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Scallops

Remove from heat and cool in cooking liquid.

Transfer scallops with a slotted spoon to a bowl, reserving cooking liquid. Shred scallops into "threads" with a fork or your fingers, discarding tough ligament from side of each scallop if attached. Bring remaining 7 cups broth to a simmer in cleaned 7- to 8-quart pot with scallops and reserved cooking liquid.

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Scallops

Broth

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Cut off and discard rind from winter melon.

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Melon

Beef

Remove and discard seeds, then cut melon into 1/3-inch cubes (about 5 cups).

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Melon

Seeds

Add to broth and gently simmer, uncovered, until melon is transparent, 20 to 30 minutes. 3Stir in ham, ginger, scallions, and salt to taste just before serving.

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Green Onions

Ginger

Broth

Melon

Salt

Ham

· Broth can be made 5 days ahead and cooled completely, uncovered, then chilled, covered.

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Broth

Remove any solidified fat before using.· Soup, without final addition of ham, ginger, and scallions, can be made 3 days ahead and cooled completely, uncovered, then chilled, covered.

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Green Onions

Ginger

Soup

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