Winter Melon Soup


Serves: 6
Total Calories: 473

Ingredients

6 medium dried black mushrooms
1 whole chicken breast (about 1 pound)
1/2 teaspoon cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 pound winter melon
1/4 pound fully cooked smoked ham
1/2 cup sliced canned bamboo shoots
4 cups chicken broth (see Soups)
1 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon white pepper

Directions:

Soak mushrooms in hot water about 20 minutes or until soft drain. Rinse in warm water drain. Squeeze out excess moisture. Remove and discard stems cut caps into 1/4-inch pieces.

Remove bones and skin from chicken cut chicken into 1/2-inch pieces. Toss chicken, cornstarch and 1/2 teaspoon salt in medium bowl. Cover and refrigerate 20 minutes.

Remove rind, seeds and fibers from melon. Cut melon into 1/2-inch pieces. Cut ham and bamboo shoots into 1/2-inch pieces.

Heat broth to boiling in 3-quart saucepan. Add mushrooms, melon and bamboo shoots heat to boiling. Stir in chicken and ham. Heat to boiling reduce heat. Cover and simmer 10 minutes. Stir in 1 teaspoon salt and the white pepper.

6 servings

From "Betty Crocker's New Chinese Cookbook." Text Copyright 2005 General Mills, Inc. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Nutritional Facts:

Serves: 6
Total Calories: 473
Calories from Fat: 53

This Winter Melon Soup recipe is from the Betty Crocker's New Chinese Cookbook Cookbook. Download this Cookbook today.




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