All about food

All about food

Saturday, July 11, 2015

Stir-fried savory bitter gourd

As usual, cooking lunch for only one person (myself) has always been a simple dish which favor myself and not much or even not at all for my family members.  Bitter gourd is one vegetable which I love to eat and  I am always trying to think of cooking it with different styles, incorporating other seasonings and ingredients to come up with a new dish altogether, to enjoy and share.

This dish is new in my recipe list, and for those bitter gourd lovers, I trust that you too will enjoy it with a plate of freshly cooked fluffy white rice.  It's SIMPLE YET YUMMYLICIOUS ~ smile ~


Ingredients: (serves 1)
1/2 bitter gourd (washed, cored and sliced to 1/2cm thickness)
Few pieces chicken (cut into small chunks, to ease cooking time)
1 medium red chilli (washed, deseeded and sliced)
Few slices ginger (thinly sliced)
1/2 tbsp. kei chi (washed and drained)
1 1/2 tbsp. cooking oil
Water

Marinade: (for the chicken)
1/2 tbsp. oyster sauce
1 tsp. shaoxing wine
1/2 tsp. minced ginger 
dash of sugar

Seasoning:
Salt (to taste)

Methods:

  1. In a wok of medium heat drizzle in cooking oil, add in ginger slices and fry till fragrant.
  2. Add in the bitter gourd slices, give it a quick stir, then move the bitter gourd to the sides of the wok, put the marinated chicken pieces into the center of the wok (leave the marinating juice for later use), turn to let the chicken sear with the oil in the wok.
  3. Stir and mix the bitter gourd and chicken pieces together, add in the marinating juice, sliced chilli, kei chi and some water.
  4. Continue to stir-fry, taste for correct seasoning and add salt and more water if necessary.
  5. Once cooked, off the heat, dish and it is time for LUNCH!


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