Name: Vietnamese stuffed bitter melon soup
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Pork
Ingredients: 2 kgs bitter melons; 0.5 kgs ground pork; 1 tsp fish sauce; 1 tsp sugar/ salt/ seasoning/ pepper; 1 onion; 1 cilantro; 0.2 kgs mushroom

Learn how to make Stuffed bitter melon soup, Canh kho qua nhoi thit.

Vietnamese stuffed bitter melon soup

When you buy bitter melon, you wash it, cut it in half, use a spoon to clean the intestines inside. To reduce bitterness, you soak bitter melon in cold water for 10-15 minutes, then take it out to dry.  Soaked black fungus, washed, removed the leg and cut into small pieces.  For garlic and red onion, peel off the skin and chop finely.  Coriander root removed, washed. Finely chop scallions for garnish.

Mix meat with black fungus, red onion, minced garlic, and spices including 1 teaspoon sugar, 1 teaspoon pepper, 1 teaspoon seasoning.  Let stand for 10-15 minutes for the meat to absorb the spices.  Take a sufficient amount of filling, use a spoon to slowly insert the bitter melon into the intestines, gently press the filling tightly.

Put the pot on the stove, add 800ml of broth and 1 teaspoon of salt, when the water boils, add the bitter melon and add 2 teaspoons of seasoning. You can increase or decrease according to your family's taste.  Cook for about 30 minutes, then the bitter melon is soft, turn off the heat. You put the soup in a bowl, sprinkle with cilantro and a little pepper. You can wait for the soup to cool down a bit before enjoying, at this time the soup will not be bitter anymore.

So we have a bowl of bitter melon soup stuffed with delicious, beautiful and less bitter meat for the whole family to enjoy this Tet. This dish is very nutritious and also means to ignore bad luck and wait for new good fortune to come. So hurry up and go to the kitchen to make it for your family!

Vietnamese stuffed bitter melon soup

Learn how to make Stuffed bitter melon soup, Canh kho qua nhoi thit.

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