Slice chicken, marinate in cooking wine, peel and slice wax gourd, soak red dates in warm water, slice ginger, cut onion, put oil in the pot, add clear soup, boil, add wax gourd and red dates, cook for about 6 minutes, then add chicken slices, add salt and sugar, and finally sprinkle with chopped green onion.

Wax gourd is mainly produced in summer, so it is named because when it matures, there will be a layer of white powder on the surface, just like frosting in winter, which is also the reason. Winter melon is also called white melon.

Wax gourd is panicum miliaceum of Cucurbitaceae. Originated in South China and India, it is cultivated all over China, and the main supply season is summer and autumn.

Wax gourd, the fruit is round, oblate or rectangular, ranging from several kilograms to dozens of kilograms due to different types; The skin is green, and most varieties have white powder on the surface of mature fruits; The flesh is thick and white, the vegetables are loose and juicy and the taste is light. Melons can be eaten by all ages.