Lucy's Best Bitter Melon Stir Fry
1/2 pound of ground pork
2 medium size bitter melon
3 cloves garlic
1 pc ginger, dime size
3/4 t sugar
2 heaping T of fermented black bean
5 T of shoyu
1 T oyster sauce
1/2 t sesame oil
Soak the beans until soft. Drain water and smash the beans. To it, add diced up garlic and ginger.
Season the pork with sugar, shoyu, oyster sauce, sesame oil.
Then add the black bean sauce to pork.
Mix well.
Keep all the ingredients at room temperature. Heat frying pan or wok with oil. Pan fry the seasoned pork at high heat. Brown well and turn quickly.
Add sliced bitter melon and continue to stir fry on high or medium high. Place lid on to help soften bitter melon for a minute. Add more shoyu and / or oyster for desired taste.
Make a cornstarch water mixture, add and stir to cook quickly, adding more water as necessary for gravy.
Serve with hot rice.
1/2 pound of ground pork
2 medium size bitter melon
3 cloves garlic
1 pc ginger, dime size
3/4 t sugar
2 heaping T of fermented black bean
5 T of shoyu
1 T oyster sauce
1/2 t sesame oil
Soak the beans until soft. Drain water and smash the beans. To it, add diced up garlic and ginger.
Season the pork with sugar, shoyu, oyster sauce, sesame oil.
Then add the black bean sauce to pork.
Mix well.
Keep all the ingredients at room temperature. Heat frying pan or wok with oil. Pan fry the seasoned pork at high heat. Brown well and turn quickly.
Add sliced bitter melon and continue to stir fry on high or medium high. Place lid on to help soften bitter melon for a minute. Add more shoyu and / or oyster for desired taste.
Make a cornstarch water mixture, add and stir to cook quickly, adding more water as necessary for gravy.
Serve with hot rice.
