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Pork Soup with Loofah (连皮猪肉丝瓜汤)

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连皮猪肉丝瓜汤( Lian Pi Zhu Rou Si Gua Tang) Loofah is a very popular Chinese vegetable abundant in summer time, it is typically cooked with egg, for example, egg drop soup with loofah , or stir fried egg with loofah . I love the sponge type of texture, yet very soft. Well, the fun part of cooking is that nothing can stop us from breaking the rules, and having new adventures. This soup is so easy to make and so healthy and soothing for a cold winter night. For more fun cooking ideas, see Recipes by Category . Ingredients 1 lb. Pork meat with skin on 1/2 lb. Loofah 1 teaspoon salt A few slices of ginger 1 green onion (why buy from store? grow your own green onion ) Preparation Time:  10 minutes Cooking Time:  45 minutes Servings: 4 Cooking Steps 1. Get 1 lb. Pork meat with skin on. If you do not like the skin, simply use pork cut without skin. 2. Add 6 cups of water to a medium size cooking pot, boil. 3. Rinse clean the pork meat, cut into 1 or 2 inch size chunks, add to the boiling w...