Ingredients and steps for making dried shrimp and winter melon soup

Dried shrimp and winter melon are an ideal pair. Dried shrimp and winter melon soup made with them is a favorite of many people. It is delicious, nutritious, can promote diuresis and reduce swelling, clear away heat and detoxify, and can supplement the human body with a variety of beneficial nutrients. But what other ingredients are needed to make dried shrimp and winter melon soup besides dried shrimp and winter melon? What are the steps to make it? Let me share with you these questions.

Material

To make dried shrimp and winter melon soup at home, you need to prepare 100 grams of dried shrimp, 500 grams of winter melon, an appropriate amount of salad oil, two green onions, a small piece of ginger, an appropriate amount of table salt and cooking wine, and finally a small amount of sesame oil and chicken essence.

Steps

1. Remove the skin and pulp of the prepared winter melon and cut it into slices. Remove the skin of the prepared green onions and separate them into two parts: green onion whites and green onion leaves. Wash the ginger and cut it into minced ginger.

2. Put the dried shrimps in a bowl and soak them in warm water. After they are softened, remove the water. Cut the scallion whites into chopped green onions and cut the scallion leaves into small cubes for later use.

3. Heat salad oil in a wok, then add the dried shrimps and stir-fry for about one minute. Add a small amount of cooking wine, and then add chopped green onion and minced ginger. When you smell the aroma of the green onion, you can add water and bring to a boil.

4. However, add salt and cook for another two minutes. Then put the winter melon in the pot, heat it again and boil it. After boiling, cook for another 5 to 10 minutes. The dried shrimp and winter melon soup in the pot will be ready. At this time, you need to add appropriate amount of sesame oil and chicken essence to enhance the flavor. After taking it out of the pot and putting it in, put the chopped green onion leaves on it for decoration. At this time, the dried shrimp and winter melon soup with color, aroma and taste can be eaten.

Precautions

1. If you want to make the dried shrimp and winter melon soup delicious, you must soak the dried shrimp in advance! Otherwise, if you put the dried shrimp directly into the pot, it will be difficult to release all its nutrients, and the taste of the dried shrimp will not be good after it is made into soup.

2. When making dried shrimp and winter melon soup, if you want the soup to taste more delicious, you can add two star anises and three or four peppercorns and cook them together. This will make the soup especially delicious. If you don’t like them, you can take them out and throw them away after the soup is ready.