How to Make Braised Winter Melon

Braised Winter Melon Winter melon is quite delicious and simple home-cooked dish, but how to make it tasty is crucial. Below Cooking Network editor will tell you about the steps for making Braised Winter Melon.How to Make Braised Winter Melon both delicious and tasty. Ingredients:

Main ingredients:Winter melon (400 grams) Side ingredients:

Lean pork

(250 grams) Oil (a little) Garlic paste (one tablespoon) Old soy sauce (half a tablespoon) Salt (to taste)

Green onions

(one stalk) Garlic (three cloves) Ginger (two slices) Rice wine (one tablespoon)Chicken essence (to taste) Small tips:Winter melon is hard to cook and should be simmered in water if necessary, substitute with garlic paste if not available. Rice wine can also be used instead of garlic paste. Steps for Braising Winter Melon:

1. Peel and wash the winter melon, wash the vegetables.

2. Cut the winter melon into small pieces, chop the ginger and garlic, cut the green onions into small segments, and cut the lean pork into pieces (separate the fat).

3. Put a little oil in the pot and fry the fatty part of the pork to extract the oil.

4. After extracting the oil from the fatty pork, add ginger and garlic and stir-fry until fragrant, adding rice wine to remove the fishy smell.

5. Add winter melon and stir-fry for two minutes.

6. Add garlic paste and stir evenly.

7. Add salt and old soy sauce and continue stir-frying until the color changes.

8. Pour half a bowl of water to braise the winter melon.

9. Braise until the sauce is nearly dry, add chicken essence and stir in green onions before serving.

10. Final dish picture

Small tips:

1Winter melon chunks are hard to cook; simmering them in water is recommended if necessary. Use garlic paste instead of rice wine if unavailable.

Winter melon is hard to cook through when cut into pieces, so it's best to simmer in water for a while instead.Doubanjiang Sauce can also be used as a substitute nicely.