Vietnamese
Canh Bi Dao (Winter Melon Soup with Ground Pork)
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Canh Bi Dao (Winter Melon Soup with Ground Pork) is Vietnamese home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre and the soup. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Peel the winter melon, scoop out the seeds, and cut the flesh into thin bite-size slices.
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Mix the ground pork with half the minced garlic, half the shallots, a pinch of salt, and the white pepper, and let it sit while you prep the rest.
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Heat the oil in a pot over medium heat and fry the remaining garlic and shallots until fragrant, about 1 minute.
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Pour in the water and bring to a boil.
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Pinch off small bits of the seasoned pork directly into the boiling broth so they cook into loose meatballs, skimming any foam that rises.
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Add the sliced winter melon and simmer until translucent and tender, about 10 minutes.
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Season with the fish sauce and remaining salt, tasting and adjusting.
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Ladle into bowls, scatter with scallions and cilantro, and serve hot.
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Serve it with
A Vietnamese dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Canh Bi Dao (Winter Melon Soup with Ground Pork), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Canh Bi Dao (Winter Melon Soup with Ground Pork) carries fish. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | Yes | Banh Mi Op La (Baguette with Fried Eggs) |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 160 kcal
- Protein
- 9 g
- Carbs
- 4 g
- Fat
- 12 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 750 mg
- Saturated fat
- 4 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Canh Bi Dao (Winter Melon Soup with Ground Pork) takes about 30 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. It is at its best in summer, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.
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