A Chinese dish. Good serve with rice or porridge. The blanched bitter gourd pieces are crunchy with a bite and not bitter at all. The marinated pork strips are tasty and tender.
It is so easy to prepare this dish yet awesome.
Ingredients
[serves 3-4]
200 gm bittergourd – washed, halved and scrape off the white pith with a metal spoon and cut slantwise
150 gm tender pork meat – cut strips and marinate with 1 tbsp each of light soy sauce, wine and cornstarch, mix well
1 red chilli – seeded and sliced
1 stalk spring onions – cut 1 inch length
50 ml water
Seasoning
1 tbsp preserved soy bean paste
1 tbsp each of light soy sauce and wine
Dash of msg [optional] or sugar
- Bring some water to boil. Blanch bittergourd for awhile until it turns bright green. Drain.
- Heat 1 tbsp oil in a non-stick wok, stir fry marinated pork strips until cooked through [best to use a pair cooking chopsticks], push aside add in red chilli and some spring onions. Stir fry until aromatic. Add in blanched bittergourd and seasoning ingredients.
- Stir fry to mix ingredients and add in water. Let it boil and dish up to serve.
Kimmy, I like bittergourd and I find that I enjoy dishes such as these. It's convenient to have meat and vegetables in one dish.
ReplyDeleteHi Phong Hong, I like this kind of dishes too. It is more suitable for small families like mine and we love to have a variety of ingredients in one meal. More nutritious and not that boring.
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