Chinese Duck, Shiitake and Winter Melon Soup
Winter melon makes a refreshing soup for the winter. Supercharge the flavour with shiitake mushrooms, and the bones and trimmings from roast duck.
Servings: 2
Ingredients
- Some Cantonese Roast Duck Trimmings
- 1 slice winter melon
- 0.5 cup dried shiitake mushrooms stems and/or caps
- Salt to taste
- Water just enough to cover everything in the pot
Instructions
- Wash and rehydrate dried shiitake stems overnight.
- Begin cooking by covering duck trimmings in the pot with water. Add shiitake stems and rehydrating water. Bring to a simmer.
- While water comes up to temperature, wash and cut winter melon into chunks. Cut off the peel and the seeds.
- Add winter melon to the pot. Simmer for 15-20 minutes, or until winter melon has softened.
- Serve hot