Cantonese Bitter Melon Soup with Pork Bones by: Judy 0 Comments Jump to Recipe Posted:9/13/2021Updated:9/08/2021 Cantonese Bitter Melon Soup with Pork Bones is a great way to eat end-of-summer bitter melon.Bitter Melon is a superfood—one of the healthiest vegetables (fruits?) you can eat! Pork mellows out its strong flavor, and as we head into fall, this is the perfect transitional soup.  This is our second bitter melon recipe this summer.The fact Sarah had two bowls of this soup in one sitting is a true testament to how delicious it really is.  Cooking With What We Have on Hand With all the food we’ve been making for the cookbook photoshoots lately, I had some leftover rib bones trimmed from a few large slabs of pork belly.

(You can bet that my Shanghai Braised Pork Belly recipe is going into the book!) They are decidedly un-photogenic, which means they were destined for the stock pot.We’ve also had a good streak of hot summer days, and my three bitter melon plants are producing at a good pace.So I thought it would be the perfect time to put together this Cantonese Bitter Melon Soup with Pork Bones! The Beauty of Bitter Melon  Bitter melon doesn’t do much to sell itself with that name alone.

I know it’s no crowd pleaser, but it’s one of our favorite summer produce items!  This time of year, the bitter melons are popping out of the garden and turning up in the Chinese markets in big numbers.It’s probably unimag

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