Bitter Melon

Ingredients

  • 2 bitter melons, preferable yellow or whiter in color
  • for the ground pork mixture:
  • 1/2 teaspoon ginger, minced
  • 3 ounces ground pork
  • 1 teaspoon rice wine
  • 1/2 teaspoon sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • for the sauce:
  • 2 cloves garlic, grated with a microplane grater
  • 3 tablespoons black beans, smashed
  • 3 dried red chilies, or to taste
  • 2 tablespoons fish sauce
  • 1 tablespoon rice wine
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt, or to taste
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • for the cornstarch slurry:
  • 1/4 cup water mixed with 2 teaspoons cornstarch
  • 5 tablespoons oil, for stir-frying

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