Winter Melon Soup Recipe | Chinese Soup Recipe | Delicious and Healthy Soup|Chinese Food| jhen frago

chicken

🥗Healthier: tofu

💰Cheaper: pork

Tofu provides a plant-based option, while pork is often less expensive.

dried shrimp

🥗Healthier: fresh shrimp

💰Cheaper: canned tuna

Fresh shrimp is lower in sodium, and canned tuna is a budget-friendly protein.

soy sauce

🥗Healthier: tamari

💰Cheaper: salt

Tamari is gluten-free, while salt is a basic alternative.

goji berries

🥗Healthier: dried cranberries

💰Cheaper: raisins

Dried cranberries are more accessible, and raisins are often less expensive.

Rinse the dried Peanut, cowpea, tangerine peel, and dried scallops. Soak them in water for half an hour.

Peel and rinse the carrot, corn, and winter melon, then cut into pieces.

Boil water in a pot. Once boiling, blanch the pork with bone to remove blood and fats, then rinse it.

Pour 2.5 liters of hot water into a deep stockpot. Add the pork with bone, peanut, cowpea, dried scallops, tangerine peel, ginger, winter melon, corn, and carrots. Cover and boil over medium heat for about half an hour. Lower heat to medium-low and boil for another hour.

When the soup is done, add ½ teaspoon salt to taste.

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