Pork Stuffed Bitter Melon recipe

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Ingredients

2 tablespoons chopped dried shrimp
1 tablespoon cornstarch, or more as needed
1 tablespoon water
1 ½ teaspoons white sugar
1 ½ teaspoons light soy sauce
1 teaspoon salt
12 ounces ground pork
1 teaspoon peanut oil (groundnut oil)
salt as needed
2 bitter melon, cut into thick rings and cores removed
cornstarch as needed
1 tablespoon peanut oil (groundnut oil)
½ cup water
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
1 teaspoon white sugar
1 tablespoon peanut oil (groundnut oil)
3 tablespoons black bean-garlic sauce
1 tablespoon chopped red pepper
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon water

Nutrition Info

309.6 calories
carbohydrate: 12.6 g
cholesterol: 60.2 mg
fat: 20.8 g
fiber: 2.9 g
protein: 17.5 g
saturatedFat: 6 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 890.2 mg
sugar: 2.7 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Place shrimp in a bowl and pour in enough water to cover, set aside until shrimp are rehydrated, about 10 minutes. Drain.

  2. Mix 1 tablespoon cornstarch and 1 tablespoon water together in a bowl until a smooth paste forms. Mix sugar, soy sauce, and 1 teaspoon salt into cornstarch paste until marinade is well combined. Stir pork into marinade moving the spoon in one direction.

  3. Heat 1 tablespoon peanut oil in a large skillet over high heat, fry shrimp until fragrant, 2 to 3 minutes. Add shrimp to pork mixture, stirring in 1 direction until it reaches a paste-like consistency.

  4. Sprinkle salt over bitter melon and let sit for 5 minutes.

  5. Bring a pot of water to a boil, add bitter melon and cook for 3 minutes. Drain well.

  6. Stuff each bitter melon slice with pork mixture and sprinkle cornstarch evenly over each.

  7. Heat peanut oil in a large skillet over high heat. Reduce heat to medium and fry stuffed bitter melon until brown, 3 to 5 minutes per side. Transfer bitter melon to a serving plate.

  8. Mix 1/2 cup water, oyster sauce, and 1 teaspoon sugar together in a bowl until oyster sauce mixture is smooth.

  9. Heat 1 tablespoon peanut oil in the same skillet over high heat. Cook and stir black bean-garlic sauce, red pepper, and garlic until fragrant, 3 to 4 minutes. Add oyster sauce mixture and stir until heated through, 1 to 2 minutes. Reduce heat to medium, add stuffed bitter melons and simmer, 5 to 6 minutes.

  10. Mix 1 tablespoon cornstarch and 1 tablespoon water together in a small bowl until a smooth paste forms, stir into skillet until sauce is thickened, 1 to 2 minutes.

Recipe Yield

4 servings

Recipe Note

This is a classic Chinese dish. Bitter melon is stuffed with a delicious mixture of minced pork, then pan-fried and simmered with a garlic and black bean sauce. Serve with freshly cooked rice.

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