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How to make stir-fried pork with bitter melon?
Stir-fried pork with bitter melon is a common dish in daily life, the main ingredients are bitter melon and pork. Bitter melon is also known as bitter gourd, which contains a variety of vitamins. Eating bitter melon can clear heat and detoxify, which is very good for the body. Regular consumption of bitter melon can also help to reduce fire and is very beneficial to health. Bitter melon has many cooking methods, each showing the unique flavor of bitter melon.
【Ingredients】
150g pork belly, 1 root of bitter melon, 2g ginger, 1 teaspoon of high-quality oyster sauce, 1 teaspoon of soy sauce, appropriate amount of oil, and salt
【Method】
1. After cutting the bitter melon, remove the core, cut into thin slices, marinate with salt for 20 minutes, and then rinse with clean water 3 to 4 times.
2. After washing the pork belly, cut it into thin slices, and cut the ginger into strips. Heat a small amount of oil in the pot, heat to 180°C, add the pork slices and stir-fry until slightly browned and the oil comes out, then add the ginger strips and stir-fry for about half a minute, followed by the marinated bitter melon, and continue to stir-fry over medium heat.
3. When the bitter melon is 80% cooked, add oyster sauce, soy sauce, and appropriate amount of salt, stir-fry well.
Method two
Stir-fried shredded pork
Ingredients: Main ingredient: 150g lean pork
Ingredients: 100g bitter melon
Seasonings: 10g cooking wine, 10g soy sauce, one egg white, 0.5g monosodium glutamate, 3g fine salt, 5g dry starch, 20g sugar, 5g cornstarch, 5g sesame oil, 10g ginger, 400g peanut oil (actual consumption 50g)
1. Wash the pork and cut into 6cm long strips, remove the stem and core of the bitter melon, and cut into 6cm long strips, peel the ginger and cut into thin strips.
2. Add 5g of cooking wine, 2g of fine salt, and one egg white to the shredded pork, mix well with dry starch to make it sticky.
3. Heat the wok over high heat, add peanut oil to heat to 150°C, add the shredded pork and stir with a spoon until cooked, then pour into a colander to drain the oil. Leave 30g of oil in the pot, add ginger strips and bitter melon strips, stir-fry for a few times, then add cooking wine, salt, soy sauce, sugar, and monosodium glutamate to boil, thicken with cornstarch, add the shredded pork, and pour in sesame oil, then stir-fry and serve.