Braised Stuffed Bitter Melon Recipes

BRAISED STUFFED BITTER MELON

Steps:

• 1. Soak fermented black beans. 2. Mince pork, together with parsley, scallions and garlic. Then blend well with soy sauce, oil, cornstarch, sugar, salt and pepper. 3. Cut each bitter melon in 1 1/2-inch slices. With a sharp knife, scoop out the spongy white pulp and seeds at the center of each slice. 4. Stuff pork mixture into centers, letting meat bulge out slightly (it will shrink during cooking). 5. Heat remaining oil. Brown bitter melon slices lightly on both sides then remove from pan. 6. Mash soaked black beans crush remaining garlic. Add to pan add water, and bring to a boil, stirring. 7. Return stuffed bitter melon and bring to a boil again. Then simmer, covered, over medium heat, until done (about 20 minutes). The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook. ©1994 by Gloria Bley Miller.

STUFFED BITTER MELON

Steps:

• Mince pork and combine with remainder of ingredients. Mix well.
• Cut bitter melon in half, scoop out and discard seeds and white pulp in center, parboil for 3 minutes and drain.
• Heap meat mixture into each melon half.
• Arrange melon on a trivet in a heatproof baking dish which has 2 inches of boiling water at bottom.
• Cover tightly and bake for 30 -45 minutes.

PORK STUFFED BITTER MELON

Steps:

• Place shrimp in a bowl and pour in enough water to cover; set aside until shrimp are rehydrated, about 10 minutes. Drain.
• 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.
• 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.
• Sprinkle salt over bitter melon and let sit for 5 minutes.
• Bring a pot of water to a boil; add bitter melon and cook for 3 minutes. Drain well.
• Stuff each bitter melon slice with pork mixture and sprinkle cornstarch evenly over each.
• 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.
• Mix 1/2 cup water, oyster sauce, and 1 teaspoon sugar together in a bowl until oyster sauce mixture is smooth.
• 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.
• 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.

STEAMED STUFFED BITTER MELON

Steps:

• PREP:.
• Finely mince the water chestnuts.
• Trim the ends off the bitter melons ans slice into 1 inch slices.
• Using a small paring knife, carefully cut out the pulp and seeds in the center of each slive, leaving onlu the melon wall.
• Rub the inside of each slice with coating of cornstarch.
• METHOD:.
• the slices:.
• Combine all of the stuffing ingredients in a large bowl.
• Mix them thoroughly using freshly washed hands.
• Rub more starch into the inner surfce of each slice of bitter melon, then stuff the cavity of each slive with a generous spoonful of stuffing, enough to completely fill the cavity.
• As the slices are stuffed, arrange them on a plate and set the plate in a steamer with water coming within an inch of the plate Cover and steam for 20 minutes.
• Arrange hte coked slices on a serving plats, reserving the juices on the plate for the sauce.
• the sauce:.
• In a separate wok or pan, heat 2 T.
• peanut oil, add the garlic and black beans, then stir fry for a minute or two, then add the Shaoxing wine, chicken stock and salt.
• Add the reserved juices from the steaming of the melon slices.
• Bring the mixture to a boil.
• Thicken with the dissolved cornstarch and flavor eith sesame oil.
• Pur sauce over bitter melon and serve with white rice.

BRAISED STUFFED BITTER MELON

Steps:

• 1. Soak fermented black beans. 2. Mince pork, together with parsley, scallions and garlic. Then blend well with soy sauce, oil, cornstarch, sugar, salt and pepper. 3. Cut each bitter melon in 1 1/2-inch slices. With a sharp knife, scoop out the spongy white pulp and seeds at the center of each slice. 4. Stuff pork mixture into centers, letting meat bulge out slightly (it will shrink during cooking). 5. Heat remaining oil. Brown bitter melon slices lightly on both sides then remove from pan. 6. Mash soaked black beans crush remaining garlic. Add to pan add water, and bring to a boil, stirring. 7. Return stuffed bitter melon and bring to a boil again. Then simmer, covered, over medium heat, until done (about 20 minutes). The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook. ©1994 by Gloria Bley Miller.