Hello everyone, this is Wang Gang
In this video, I'll share with you an everyday dish
Bitter Gourd Stuffed with Meat
First, prepare two green bitter gourds
Remove the two ends
Since the ends are too narrow to stuff the meat in, we need to remove them
Then cut the bitter gourd to chunks of 1 cm thick
After cutting, remove the seeds by hand
The white part is bitter
If you're not a fan of bitterness, use a knife to remove it all
Then we start processing the bitter gourd
First add some water to the wok
Then add a large spoon of salt (around 3g)
Adding salt keeps the nutrition
Add some oil after the water boils
Then add the cut bitter gourd and parboil for a minute
Parboiling with oil keeps the glaze of the bitter gourd
And prevents it from turning yellow
After one minute, take the bitter gourd out and place it in cold water
When it's completely cooled down, remove it from the water and set aside
Next, start preparing the pork
Prepare a small piece of 50% lean 50% fat pork
Remove the skin and slice it
Then cut it to grounded meat
Then start marinating the meat
Add a teaspoon of salt to the bowl
Add a little ground pepper
Add 3g of soy sauce
Add some dark soy sauce for the color
Then mix the meat with the sauce
This is to enhance the texture of the meat
Then add an egg and mix properly
Finally add some corn starch to mix and set aside
Then start cooking
First, apply some starch to the inner side of the ring-shaped bitter gourds
This is to allow the ground meat to stay in the ring
Then stuff the marinated meat to the bitter gourds
The more, the better
Because it makes the final product richer
Then apply starch on the two sides of the meat
Starch prevents the two sides from sticking together when it's fried
Next, we start to prepare the sauce
Add 5g of soy sauce to the bowl
Add 3g of oyster sauce
Add a little sugar
Add a teaspoon of salt
Add 40g of clear broth
Finally add some potato starch and mix it properly
Next, start pan-frying
First we heat up the wok
When the wok is heated, add some oil to the wok
Then pour the oil out
Now add some base oil
When it's 40% heated, add the bitter gourds one by one
Then turn to low heat for 8 minutes
Keep in mind we need low heat
Because high heat easily burns the bitter gourds
Patience is the best practice
Midway, flip the bitter gourds to pan-fry the other side
When both sides are ready, turn to mid heat and slowly pour in the prepared sauce
Then turn to mid-low heat
When the sauce becomes condensed, it's ready to be served
Now a delicious everyday dish, Bitter Gourd Stuffed with Meat, is ready
Now let's summarize the techniques Firstly, we need to choose green and ripe bitter gourds so that the product looks bright-colored Secondly, we need to add oil and salt while parboiling to keep the bitter gourds green and reduce its bitterness Thirdly, we need to turn to low heat while pan-frying or the middle part would stay rare Fourthly, don't boil the sauce for more than 3 minutes, or the bitter gourds would turn yellow Above are all the techniques