Learn how to make super simple delicious stuffed Japanese melon

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3 people

Japanese melon stuffed with meat is a delicious and attractive dish loved by many people. Today, let’s go to the kitchen with Tnhelearning.edu.vn and learn how to make this unique dish with just a few simple steps.

Ingredients for stuffed Japanese melon with meat

• 250g minced pork
• 2 Japanese melons
• 100g fresh shiitake mushrooms
• Green onion, onion
• Spices: Seasoning, ground pepper, monosodium glutamate, fish sauce

Good tip :
To make minced pork fat lighter and more delicious, you should choose ground meat with a moderate lean-fat ratio, usually 9 – 1 or 8 – 2 .
If you don’t want to buy pre-ground pork, you can choose to take home whole pieces of pork, then mince or grind it yourself.
Delicious Japanese melon, you should choose melons with fresh stalks, dark green skin, glossy and less dark spots . Do not choose melons that are too young or too old. Young melons will not be fragrant and sweet, and old melons will be tough and fibrous.
For fresh shiitake mushrooms , you should choose mushrooms with bright colors, aroma, slightly yellow-brown color, moderate blooming wings and tight cups . Long, firm, uniform color mushrooms are delicious mushrooms.
If the mushroom has bloomed, the rays on the mushroom cap must be in a beautiful, even chain. Mushrooms must be dry, not crushed, smelly, viscous or dark in color.

Ingredients for stuffed Japanese melon with meat

How to make Japanese melon stuffed with meat

Step 1Process materials

After buying Japanese melon , you wash it, cut it into pieces about 1 finger long and then remove the intestines.

Shiitake mushrooms, red onions, scallions you peeled (if any), washed and then chopped .

Note :
If you can’t find fresh shiitake, you can choose to buy dried shiitake instead.
To cut onions without burning eyes, you should put the onions in the freezer for about 15 minutes before cutting.

Process materials

Step 2Mix meat

Mix the ground meat with ⅓ tbsp seasoning, ⅓ tbsp ground pepper, ¼ tbsp MSG, 1 tbsp fish sauce, shiitake mushrooms, chopped onion and scallions. Mix well with your hands and marinate for about 15 minutes so that the ground meat can absorb the spices.

Note : The ground meat should not be mixed too much and for too long to avoid the meat being hard and chewy, losing its flavor.

Mix meat

Step 3Stuff the meat into the melon

Stuff all the minced meat into the prepared loofah , if there’s leftover meat, you can roll it up and add it to the cooking pot.

Note : You remember to stuff the meat tightly so that when cooking the meat does not come off the loofah.

Stuff the meat into the melon

Step 4Cook stuffed Japanese melon with meat

Put in a pot of 1 liter of filtered water , add 1.5 tablespoons of seasoning, ¼ tablespoon of MSG , stir and cook until the water boils.

At this point, you add the stuffed melon , bring to a boil, and then add a little green onion. Continue cooking until the meat and melon are cooked, then turn off the heat.

Cook stuffed Japanese melon with meat

Finished product

With just a few simple steps, you’ve got yourself a delicious bowl of Japanese melon soup stuffed with meat. The Japanese melon part is soft and sweet combined with the fragrant minced meat inside, light fat without being sick, all creating an extremely delicious dish and serving rice.

Super delicious and simple stuffed Japanese melon

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