Bitter Melon and Black Bean Sauce Beef recipe

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Ingredients

ice cubes
1 bitter melon, seeded and sliced
2 teaspoons soy sauce, divided
2 teaspoons cornstarch, divided
¼ teaspoon baking soda
6 ounces beef, sliced
1 tablespoon oil
1 teaspoon oil
½ onion, sliced
2 cloves garlic
1 tablespoon chopped fresh ginger
1 tablespoon black bean sauce
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
1 pinch white sugar, or to taste
¾ cup water
1 teaspoon water
salt to taste

Nutrition Info

141.3 calories
carbohydrate: 7.6 g
cholesterol: 22.5 mg
fat: 8.6 g
fiber: 2 g
protein: 8.3 g
saturatedFat: 2.3 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 340.2 mg
sugar: 1.5 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Fill a bowl with ice, add enough salted water to make an ice bath. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook the bitter melon in the boiling water until tender yet firm, about 2 minutes, strain the melon. Place the melon into the ice bath, allow to sit until bitterness is extracted, about 1 hour. Drain melon.

  2. Whisk 1 teaspoon soy sauce, 1 teaspoon cornstarch, and baking soda together in a bowl. Add beef and toss to evenly coat. Marinate in the refrigerator for 1 hour.

  3. Heat wok, or a large skillet, on high until smoking. Add 1 tablespoon oil. Lay beef evenly across the bottom of the wok, cook until browned, about 2 minutes per side. Remove beef. Pour in 1 teaspoon of oil, allow to heat. Add onion, garlic, and ginger, cook and stir until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Stir in bitter melon, cook until combined, about 1 minute.

  4. Stir black bean sauce into melon mixture. Stir in remaining soy sauce, oyster sauce, and sugar. Pour in 3/4 cup water, cover and let simmer until flavors combine, 2 to 3 minutes. Uncover and mix in remaining cornstarch and 1 teaspoon water and stir until thickened.

Recipe Yield

4 servings

Recipe Note

A classic Chinese dish that can be made with chicken instead of beef. If chicken is used, cooking time will be more depending on the thickness of the chicken pieces.

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