Yellow Cucumber Soup

Name: Yellow Cucumber Soup
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 yellow cucumber, scrubbed and chopped (about 3 pound); 1 pound pork bones or ½ pound lean pork; 1 pound pork bones or ½ pound lean pork; 2 Peking dates (mut jo); 2 Peking dates (mut jo); ¼ dried tangerine peel (gwoh pei); 1 tablespoon Chinese almonds/apricot kernels (naam but hung); 1 tablespoon Chinese almonds/apricot kernels (naam but hung); 1 tablespoon Chinese almonds/apricot kernels (naam but hung)

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A Cook’s Guide to Chinese Vegetables

By Martha Dahlen

Published 1992

About

Ingredients

1 yellow cucumber, scrubbed and chopped (about 3 pound)
1 pound pork bones or

Asia
China
Soup
Gluten-free

Method

Combine all ingredients in large pot with 2 to 3 times as much water. Boil for at least two hours, reducing liquid by one third to one half. Season with salt and serve.