STUFFING
1/2 lb pork, ground [i minced it with clea, vers. s.c.]
4 fresh water chestnuts, peeled and f, inely minced
1 tsp minced fresh ginger root
2 tbsp minced scallion
1 1/2 tbsp shaoxing wine or dry sherry
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp sugar
1 tbsp thin soy sauce
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 tsp cornstarch
2 large bitter melons, about 3/4 to 1 lb.
SAUCE
2 tbsp peanut oil
2 tsp minced garlic
1 1/2 tbsp fermented black beans
1 tbsp shaoxing wine or dry sherry
3/4 cup chicken broth
1 salt to taste
1/2 tsp cornstarch mixed with 1 teaspoon co, ld chicken bro
1 tbsp sesame oil
1 from ken hom's book, chinese techni, que.
A Recipe for
Steamed Stuffed Bitter Melon
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Combine the stuffing ingredients in a large bowl. Mix them
thoroughly. The hands are the best tool for this job.
Cut the bitter melon into 1-inch slices; discard the end pieces. With
a paring knife, trim out the insides. Lift them out. Stuff the cavity
of each slice with a generous spoonful of stuffing.
Arrange the stuffed pieces of vegetable on a plate and set the plate
on a trivet in a wok over enough hot water to come within 1 inch of
the plate. Cover the wok and steam the food for 20 minutes. Remove
the platter and trivet.
In a separate wok or pan, prepare the sauce. First heat 2 tablespoons
peanut oil. Add the garlic and fermented black beans, stir for a
minute, then add the Shaoxing wine, chicken stock and salt. Add the
liquid that results from the steaming of the melon. Bring the
mixture to a boil. Thicken with the dissolved cornstarch and flavor
with sesame oil.
Pour the sauce over the bitter melons and serve.
Serves 2 as a main course.
NOTE: Hom makes no mention of blanching although another bitter melon
recipe in another book *does* say that it will cut the bitterness.
Posted by Stephen Ceideburg; February 25 1991.
Serves: 2
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