Stuffed bitter melon with minced pork (Chinese style bitter melon / bitter gourd recipe)
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- This bitter melon (bitter gourd) recipe with stuffed minced pork is a popular Cantonese dish. You will not regret it once you have tasted it. Its taste is paired perfectly with minced meat and served with the savory black bean taste.
Let‘s get into the details.
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Recipe:
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Ingredients A (For the stuffing)
450g minced pork
1 tbsp light soy sauce
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tsp minced ginger
2 tsp minced garlic
1 tbsp Shaoxing wine
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground white pepper
3 medium-sized dried shitake mushrooms, soak and diced
1 small onion, finely diced
1 tbsp finely diced carrot
Ingredients B (bitter gourd)
2 medium-sized bitter gourd
1tsp salt
Ingredients C (Black bean sauce - optional)
2 clove garlic
2 tbsp store-bought black bean paste
1 tbsp Shaoxing wine
2 tsp oil
1 tsp cornstarch (mixed with 4 tbsp of cold water)
Method:
- Remove both ends of the bitter melon, then cut into rings of about 3/4 inch (2cm) height.
- Remove the seeds and scrape the inner surface with the spoon until it is clean.
- Sprinkle a large teaspoon of salt on them and mix well. Let it rest for fifteen minutes.
- Remove the bitter melon from the salt solution. Rinse away the salt with water.
- Mix all the ingredients A in a large mixing bowl. Leave up the meat paste and repeatedly smash it back to the bowl until it is well combined, sticky, and pasty.
- Divide the stuffing into one oz portions. Press the stuffing to fill up all the space in the ring. The amount should be slightly more than it can contain to form a small dome on the top.
- Place the stuffed bitter melon rings in a steaming tray.
- Steam over medium heat for fifteen minutes.
- Remove the stuffed bitter melons and place them on a serving plate. Drizzle the gravy on top and serve.
Black bean sauce (optional):
- Grind 2 tbsp of black bean paste and garlic with a mortar and pestle.
- Place it in a small pan, add 1 tbsp of Shaoxing wine, and 2 tsp of oil.
- Thicken the sauce with the cornstarch slurry until it reaches the desired consistency you want.
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