Winter Melon and Barley Bone Soup

Name: Winter Melon and Barley Bone Soup
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 70g Barley; 400g Pig bones; 1000g Winter melon; 1g salt

by Jackey cat

4.7 (1)

Favorite

Difficulty

Easy

Time

1h

Serving

2

Winter melon is rich in vitamin B. Although it is not rich in other nutrients, it has plant fiber in its flesh, which makes it easy to digest and beneficial to the intestines and stomach. Barley not only has the effect of invigorating the spleen and removing dampness, but also a kind of beauty food. Regular consumption can keep the human skin shiny and delicate, eliminate acne, spots, age spots, pregnancy spots, butterfly spots, and it is good for desquamation, acne, chapped, rough skin, etc. Has a good effect. This winter melon and barley soup is a common soup in the family. The soup is relatively sweet and light, not fatty, and has a good taste. On hot days, boil heat-relief soup for family members once or twice a week, which can effectively prevent heatstroke and protect the body

Ingredients

70g Barley
400g Pig Bones
1000g Winter Melon
1g Salt

Winter Melon and Barley Bone Soup

1. Rinse the barley with water, soak it for 30 minutes in advance if you have time

Winter Melon and Barley Bone Soup recipe

2. The pig bones are blanched, blood stained and washed for later use

3. Cut the winter melon into pieces, save the winter melon skin and don't throw it away

4. Put the wax gourd skin, barley, and pork bones into the electric pressure cooker

5. Add enough water

6. Start the soup program, timed for 30 minutes

7. At this time, the skin of winter melon can be picked out and discarded

8. Then put the winter melon cubes into the pot and start the soup cooking program again for 30 minutes

9. Add appropriate amount of salt to taste before eating

Tips:
1. Winter melon skin has the effect of relieving heat, it is best not to discard it. If you are afraid of affecting the taste, you can boil it first and then pick it out and discard it.
2. If you don’t have a pressure cooker, you can wash the barley in advance and soak it in clean water. When cooking, add the barley together with the soaked water to the pot. The soaked barley is easier to boil.