Winter Melon Seafood Soup

Ingredients

• 1.5 lb winter melon
• 3 oz fish fillet
• 3 oz shrimp
• 1 oz yellow chives
• 4 oz imitation crab
• 3 egg whites
• 4 cup water
• 7 oz chicken broth
• 1 tsp salt
• 0.5 tsp sugar
• 0.5 tsp white pepper
• 0.5 tsp olive oil
• 1 tsp sesame oil
• 5 tbsp cornstarch
• 4 tbsp water
• 0.5 tsp white pepper
• 2 tsp cornstarch
• 0.5 tbsp water

Steps

1. 1

   Assuming you were starting with a whole entire winter melon, we'd:

2. 2

   We'll be dicing our fish fillets (we used tilapia), shrimp (deveined, de-shelled), crab or imitation crab, and yellow chives. These are all cut into about 1 cm pieces.

3. 3

   Set the stove on high heat and start boiling water and chicken broth.

4. 4

   Once the pot has come to a boil, we'll add our winter melon to the pot, stir, and cover. Let the winter melon cook for 5-7 minutes. Once it comes to a boil again, we can proceed to thicken our soup.

5. 5

   Almost there! Like a true chef, my dad always tastes his dish in case he needs to adjust the flavor at all.