Old Melon Soup

Another classic family soup!!

Ingredients

1 chinese melon, seeds removed and cut into large chunks
carcass of 2 chicken
6-8 red dates, pitted
1/2 piece dried squid (optional)
5-6 cups water
salt to taste


ps. Red dates has blood-nourishing properties and can be widely used with other ingredients to nourish the body.


Method:

1. Bring everything to boil before lowering heat to simmer for about 2 hours.

2. When ready, add salt to taste.

3. Serve soup with some melon pieces.


Bench notes - Instead of chicken bones, other alternatives are pork bones, lean pork meat or chicken thigh (remove skin). If using pork meat/bones, scald/blanch it in boiling water for 5 min first to remove scum before using it in the soup. For the purist, kampong or free-range chicken can be used instead!