When cooking bitter gourd, you need to dig out the middle rice, then simmer it with salt, then soak it in water, and then use it for stir-frying or making soup. The dish made in this way not only retains the nutrients of bitter melon but also eliminates the bitter taste. you can try.

1》Stir-fried bitter melon

Ingredients:

3 bitter melons, 2 green onions

Seasonings:

< p>1/2 spoon of salt, 1/2 spoon of MSG, 3 spoons of sugar, 1/3 spoon of sesame oil

Method:

1. Wash the bitter melon first and cut it lengthwise is two, forming two semi-cylindrical shapes.

2. Turn the half-cut bitter melon upside down on the chopping board. Note: When cutting it into pieces with a knife, be sure to cut it diagonally. The more diagonally the better, so that the skin of the bitter melon and the The meat is basically on a flat surface.

3. Cut the green onion into sections, put it into the oil pan and sauté until fragrant. Add the bitter melon and stir-fry quickly. At the same time, add salt and sugar, stir-fry for about 1 minute, then add MSG and stir-fry. Turn off the heat after half a minute, drizzle with a small amount of sesame oil, and serve on a plate.

Tips:

1. When frying green vegetables, you need more oil and a strong fire, so that the fried vegetables will be delicious.

2. Cut the bitter melon diagonally to expose the flesh, so that the sugar flavor can fully penetrate into the bitter melon flesh and neutralize the bitter taste.

3. When frying this dish, you need to add more sugar, so that the bitter melon is not bitter and the salt has a sweet taste.

4. When stir-frying bitter melon, the heat must be well controlled. Generally, the time from putting it in the pot to taking it out of the pot should not exceed 4-5 minutes. Bitter melon tastes better if it is a little raw. Generally, the greenish color is the best if it is medium cooked. good. If it is too stuffy, it will not have the crisp feeling and the taste will be a little bitter.

2》Bitter melon with meat

Ingredients:

1 bitter melon, 300 grams of minced meat, 50 grams of carrots, 1 piece of green onion, 1 piece of ginger, and coriander A little;

Seasoning:

1 tablespoon each of soy sauce and starch, a little each of salt and sesame oil.

Preparation method:

1. Wash the bitter melon, cut into 2 cm rings, and remove the seeds; peel and mince the carrots and ginger; wash and mince the green onions; put them into a bowl together In the middle, add ground pork and seasonings, mix well, fill in bitter melon, and serve on a plate.

2. Pour an appropriate amount of sesame oil into the pot and heat it up, sauté the minced ginger until fragrant, add an appropriate amount of water and bring to a boil, pour it on the bitter melon, put it into the steamer and steam it for 15 minutes, then take it out and sprinkle with the minced coriander. That’s it.

Features: bright color, better taste

3》Bitter Melon and Sea Bass Pot

Ingredients:

150 grams of bitter melon, 150 grams of sea bass , 25 grams of carrots

Seasoning:

An appropriate amount of salt, monosodium glutamate, cooking wine, stock, pepper, cornstarch, and one egg white.

Method:

1. Wash the seabass, remove the bones, and cut into slices; wash the bitter melon, remove the seeds, cut into oblique blades, and set aside; wash the carrots, cut into pieces Set aside a large blade; sizing the seabass fillet with cornstarch, egg white, salt, cooking wine, MSG, and mix well with a little raw oil.

2. Heat the oil pan, put the fish fillets, bitter melon, and carrots into the pan and coat with oil, then remove and drain the oil.

3. Add an appropriate amount of stock to the original pot and season with the above seasonings. Add fish fillets, bitter melon, and carrot slices, stir well, thicken with water cornstarch, pour in an appropriate amount of oil, and put it into a heated pot. Ready to serve.

4》Bitter melon with wolfberry

Wash the bitter melon and cut it in half, remove the seeds and white membrane, blanch it in boiling water; wash the wolfberry and set aside. Heat the oil in a pan, add the bitter melon, soy sauce, and water to the pan and simmer over low heat until the flavors are absorbed. Before serving, add wolfberry and stir-fry.

5》Bitter Melon Scrambled Eggs

1. Core the bitter melon and cut into thin slices, add a little salt and rub, marinate for 15 minutes, then put it in boiling water for a while;

2. Beat 3-4 eggs evenly and add a little salt;

3. Put oil in the pot, first add the bitter melon and stir-fry briefly, then pour in the egg liquid and fry on both sides.

6》Five-flavor cold bitter melon

Slice the bitter melon, blanch it briefly with boiling water, take it out, and mix with a little each of salt, vinegar, sugar, monosodium glutamate, chili oil, and Sichuan pepper oil, or a small amount Add fresh soy sauce ("Maggi" has the best taste) and serve. Sweet, sour, spicy and numb, with all five flavors, it is one of my favorites as it can be eaten in summer to quench the heat and quench thirst.

7》Bitter Melon Stir-fried Bacon

I don’t need to tell you, the key is to use green onion slices, ginger slices and garlic slices to stir-fry the pan after the oil is hot, and the bacon must be fresh The Sichuan bacon is the most fragrant.

8》Garlic bitter melon:

Add minced garlic to the stir-fried bitter melon. The finer the minced garlic is, the better. Also, put the minced garlic separately in oil, stir-fry until fragrant, and then mix well with the bitter melon.

9》Bitter Melon Cup

Cut the bitter melon into sections, hollow out the seeds in the middle, fill it with the mixed meat filling, then steam it in a pot and it is ready to eat. After cooking, you can sprinkle some crushed peanuts on top to make it more fragrant. If you are fancy, you can decorate the side of the plate with radish flowers, etc.

10》Bitter melon milk

Squeeze and filter the bitter melon juice, mix it with fresh milk, add a small amount of honey, chill it before eating, the color is pink and green, fresh, beautifying the skin, eliminating fire and detoxifying , is a summer drink for ladies. This way of eating was introduced to me by the boss Mr. Li Bingchang when I was having a meal in Lichang. At that time, I thought it was delicious. Now I write it down from memory, but I don’t know if it is correct.