Lean pork soup with water melon peel
This is a pork soup using water melon peel, also known as water melon rind. It is a great treat in summer.
Most people know that water melon flesh is juicy, sweet, and full of iron and vitamin C. We chomped away at the flesh and throw away the seeds and rind. Few know that the peel is considered to have medicinal properties.
The tart white rind is believed to contain citruline. This is an amino acid that helps dilate blood vessels and improve blood circulation. In traditional chinese medicine, dried water melon rind has been prescribed for patients with kidney problems, anaemia, dry throat, chapped lips, and bladder inflammation.
The next time you eat thirst-quenching water melon, do not throw away the water melon peel. Use it to cook a quick chinese soup.
Ingredients
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300g water melon skin
500ml soup stock
150g lean pork
- Remove any red flesh from the water melon peel
- Peel the outer tougher part of the peel, leaving only the green inner part
- Cut into bite-sized pieces
- Cut lean pork into thin slices and pound each piece lightly with a meat mallet or back of the knife to tenderize them
- Marinate lightly with soy sauce and a little cornstarch
- Bring 500 ml soup stock to a boil
- Add the water melon peel pieces and lean pork slices
- Cook over high heat for 10 minutes
- Season with a bit of salt
- Serve
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This page has been edited and updated on 30 August 2013.
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