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PORK STUFFED BITTER MELON IN CARAMELIZED SAUCE

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Servings: 4
Course: Main Course
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 2 bitter melons  (hollowed and cut ends off)
  • 2 tsp  Cooking oil
  • 1 clove  Garlic
  • 2 tsp  Soy Sauce
  • 2 tsp  Oyster Sauce
  • ½ tsp  Grated ginger
  • Spring onions
  • ½ tsp  Black Pepper
Filling
  • 1 ½  lbs Ground Pork
  • 1 Small onion
  • 1 clove Garlic Chopped
  • mung bean noodles Soaked, cut to shorten the length
  • 2 tsp  Garlic Powder
  • 1 tsp  White Pepper
  • 1 tsp  Salt
  • 1 tsp  Chicken powder
  • 1 tsp  Onion powder
  • 2 tsp  Fish sauce

Method
 

Prep
  1. Cut bittermelons into thirds (Optional: rub it in salt and let it sit for an hour before rinsing to reduce bitterness)
  2. Mix all the ingredients for the pork filling
  3. Stuff melon: get the meat tightly packed in with a small spoon. You can cover the other end with the palm of you hand to keep the filling from spilling out on the other side.
  4. Optional: Bring a big pot of water to a boil and carefully place each stuffed melon into the pot. Reduce heat to medium and cover the pot. Let it simmer for about 30-40 minutes
  5. Take the stuffed melon out and let it cool. Once it’s done cooling, slice each melon into 1 ½ inch pieces and set aside to saute later.
Directions
  1. With an oiled pan on medium high heat, lightly stirfry garlic and ginger until slightly golden and fragrant.
  2. Place bittermelon into the pan and brown each side (about 1-2 minutes each side). Take out of pan and set aside.
  3. Mix in soy sauce, oyster sauce, sugar and simmer for a few minutes until sauce slightly thickens. If it’s too thick, add a tsp of water 
  4. Reduce heat to low and mix in the spring onions. Gently mix the stuffed melons into the sauce for a minute and turn off heat and garnish with black pepper and a few final sprinkles of soy sauce on top. This can be eaten with rice or on its own.