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Winter melon soup, simplified (doong gwah tong)

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Ingredients:
10 ozChicken thighs
1/2 lbsWinter melon or watermelon
7 cupWater
6 Fresh water chestnuts, peel
And slice
1/2 cupSliced mushrooms, canned
1/2 tspChicken base (or ?chicken
Bouillon cube)
MARINADE
1 tspSalt
1/2 tspSugar
1/2 tspThin soy sauce
1 tspCornstarch
Procedures:
1Remove the meat from the chicken thighs; save the bones for soup.
2Dice the chicken into small cubes (approximately ?).
3Sprinkle chicken with each of the ingredients listen under "marinade," mix well and marinate for ?hour.
4Remove skin and dice melon (? cubes).
5Measure the water into a large pot, add the chicken bones and boil for 25 minutes.
6Remove bones from pot, add the chicken and the diced winter melon, cover and cook over medium heat for 10 minutes.
7Now, add diced water chestnuts, sliced mushrooms and the chicken base or bouillon cube.
8Bring to a boil, and serve.