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How to Make Winter Melon Stuffed with Pork

Finished Winter Melon Stuffed with Pork

A balanced mix of meat and vegetables, tender and smooth, with a simple preparation process. Takes about 30 minutes.

Estimated Cooking Difficulty: ★★★★

Essential Ingredients and Tools

  • Winter melon
  • Ground pork
  • Egg
  • Green onion
  • Minced green onion and ginger
  • White pepper powder
  • Light soy sauce
  • Cornstarch

Calculation

Before each preparation, determine how many servings you want to make. One serving is sufficient for 2 people.

Per serving:

  • Ground pork: 300g
  • Egg: 1 (optional; omit if you prefer to avoid the fishy taste)
  • Winter melon: 200g
  • Green onion (one stalk, approx. 20g)
  • White pepper powder: 5g
  • Light soy sauce: 10ml
  • Cornstarch: 5g
  • Starch slurry: 25g (25g cornstarch + 50ml water)
  • Minced green onion and ginger (3-4 slices of ginger, approx. 30g; use the white part of the green onion stalk mentioned above)
  • Salt: 20g

Instructions

  • Peel the winter melon and slice it into pieces 25cm long and 3cm thick.

Winter melon shape

  • Place the sliced winter melon in a bowl, add 15g of salt, and mix evenly. Let it sit for 10 minutes.
  • While the winter melon is marinating, take another bowl and add the ground pork, minced green onion and ginger, 5g of salt, 5g of cornstarch, white pepper powder, and light soy sauce.
  • Use chopsticks to stir the ground pork in a clockwise direction until the ingredients are well combined and the color is uniform (about 2 minutes).
  • Rinse the marinated winter melon (which will have softened) with clean water three times.

Marinated winter melon

  • Take one slice of winter melon, roll it up, and stuff the meat mixture inside.

Rolling the meat

  • Arrange the stuffed winter melon slices on a plate, placing them along the edge.

Plating

  • Crack 1 egg into the center of the arrangement.

Cracking the egg

  • Place the plate in a steamer with boiling water. Cover and steam for 15 minutes.
  • Remove the lid and take out the steamed winter melon stuffed with pork.
  • Pour the liquid from the plate into a pot, add the starch slurry, and 50ml of water. Bring to a boil.
  • Pour the sauce over the winter melon stuffed with pork.

Additional Notes

  • When handling the plate after steaming, be careful as it will be very hot.
  • Reference: Bilibili Video

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