Chicken, Chicken Blood, and Winter Melon Soup
This is a non-spicy soup made with just 3 major ingredients. Excellent taste. Don't let the ingredients fool you. The chicken blood is congealed, not liquid form, and the vegetable, winter melon, is pronounced fuk.
Ingredients
- 1/2 chicken, chopped into small pieces
- 2-3 cups congealed chicken blood, cut into large cubes
- 2 winter melon, peeled and cubed
- 1 teaspoon powdered chicken stock
- 4-5 shallots, smashed
- 3-4 cloves garlic, smashed
- salt, to taste
Instructions
- Chop the half chicken and blood. If you do not have a half chicken, use thighs, legs, breasts, chopped into smaller pieces.
- Peel the winter melon, chop into large pieces, soak in some water for a few minutes then drain. If it has small seeds that is ok, if the seeds are large, remove them.
- Bring a medium pot of water to a boil and add the smashed scallions and garlic.
- After it is boiling, add chicken pieces and chicken stock powder.
- When cooked through, about 10-12 minutes, add the chicken blood. Continue to boil until the blood is cooked through about 5-10 minutes.
- When the blood is cooked, add the winter melon and reduce heat to a simmer to heat the melon through. When melon is tender, remove from heat and serve with a bowl of rice.
Notes
Chicken would run about 100 to 140 Baht for about 1 kilo of chicken. Blood and melon, very cheap. This is about 70 cents per meal for 6 people, even less for 8 people. Nutritious and healthy.
Provided courtesy of my wife, Rrayada Thayer.
Thailand.
Thailand.