Bitter Melon and Black Bean Sauce Beef recipe
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Ingredients
- ice cubes 1 bitter melon, seeded and sliced 2 teaspoons soy sauce, divided 2 teaspoons cornstarch, divided ¼ teaspoon baking soda 6 ounces beef, sliced 1 tablespoon oil 1 teaspoon oil ½ onion, sliced 2 cloves garlic 1 tablespoon chopped fresh ginger 1 tablespoon black bean sauce 1 tablespoon oyster sauce 1 pinch white sugar, or to taste ¾ cup water 1 teaspoon water salt to taste
Nutrition Info
- 141.3 caloriescarbohydrate: 7.6 gcholesterol: 22.5 mgfat: 8.6 gfiber: 2 gprotein: 8.3 gsaturatedFat: 2.3 gservingSize: -sodium: 340.2 mgsugar: 1.5 gtransFat: : -unsaturatedFat: : -
Directions Bitter Melon and Black Bean Sauce Beef
Directions
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Fill a bowl with ice, add enough salted water to make an ice bath. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook the bitter melon in the boiling water until tender yet firm, about 2 minutes, strain the melon. Place the melon into the ice bath, allow to sit until bitterness is extracted, about 1 hour. Drain melon.
Whisk 1 teaspoon soy sauce, 1 teaspoon cornstarch, and baking soda together in a bowl. Add beef and toss to evenly coat. Marinate in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
Heat wok, or a large skillet, on high until smoking. Add 1 tablespoon oil. Lay beef evenly across the bottom of the wok, cook until browned, about 2 minutes per side. Remove beef. Pour in 1 teaspoon of oil, allow to heat. Add onion, garlic, and ginger, cook and stir until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Stir in bitter melon, cook until combined, about 1 minute.
Stir black bean sauce into melon mixture. Stir in remaining soy sauce, oyster sauce, and sugar. Pour in 3/4 cup water, cover and let simmer until flavors combine, 2 to 3 minutes. Uncover and mix in remaining cornstarch and 1 teaspoon water and stir until thickened.