Wax gourd is rich in vitamins and minerals, and has the effects of clearing away heat, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling. Coix seed has the effects of eliminating edema, whitening and anti-aging. Lycium barbarum clearing away heat, improving eyesight and moistening lung. Stew the winter melon cup with chicken, which is delicious.

winter melon cup is a kind of hot pot in Guangzhou, also known as stew soup. It tastes like stew, fragrant, light, sweet and dampness-removing. The practice is similar to hot pot, which can put a lot of ingredients and is generally stewed and eaten. There are spices, side dishes, and more importantly, the soup can be finished, which is delicious. Winter melon cups can also be cooked at home, using mini winter melon. Next, I will share the family version of the winter melon cup.

winter melon cup ingredients: mini winter melon, chicken, medlar, coix seed, ginger and salt. Among them, ginger can remove fishy smell, and eyebrow beans can also be added to remove dampness, and chicken can be replaced with ribs. You can also add beef and mutton to scald it.

Step 1: Wash the outer skin of wax gourd with salt, rinse it with clear water, cut it at one third, hollow out the long part, make it into a cup of wax gourd, peel it, remove the ladle and cut it into pieces.

step 2: wash the chicken and cut it into pieces. the chicken should be fresh and nutritious. This kind of chicken is delicious only when it is stewed in soup.

Step 3: Boil the water, add the chicken, blanch it and take it out. By adding this step, the stewed cup of winter melon is fragrant and delicious, delicious and not turbid.

Step 4: Wash Lycium barbarum and Coix lacryma-jobi separately, put them in the winter melon bowl, and then add the scalded chicken and ginger.

step 5: pour in a proper amount of water, which should immerse the ingredients. Put a plate on the bottom of the winter melon cup, put it in the pot and cover it. Bring the fire to a boil, turn to a medium-low fire and stew for 1 hour.

step 6: stew the chicken, open the lid, and change it to strong fire. You can add mutton, beef, or vegetables, blanch it and eat it. This way, you can eat it like a hot pot, and you can peel off the winter melon cups layer by layer and continue to stew it.

Tips 1. You can choose mini-small winter melon when making winter melon cups at home, which is easy to make into stew cups, convenient and simple. 2. When stewing wax gourd, put a plate at the bottom, which is in direct contact with the pot, and it is easy to rot and leak soup. 3. Eliminating dampness in spring, choosing stewed winter melon cups is the best ingredient, which is nutritious and delicious.