Photo: Mike Kenneally
Stir-fried bitter melon with black bean sauce
12 ingredients
30 min + 30 min
Serves 4
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This recipe is one of my favourites, partly because it brings back childhood memories of the fragrance of black bean sauce mixed with garlic that often greeted me at the door. So it was natural for me to cook this dish for my family in Kaiping, and I was thrilled that they loved it.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
848
Calories
44g
Protein
32g
Fat
90g
Carbs
Counts 10 of 11 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Rice | 1 cup cooked (158g) white | 206 |
| Chicken | 100g cooked | 165 |
| Sesame | 1 tbsp (14g) | 120 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Black Bean | 1/2 cup canned (120g) drained | 114 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Wine | 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) | 25 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Ginger | 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) | 2 |
| Melon | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 700g/1½lb bitter melon, halved lengthways and de-seeded
- 1 tbsp groundnut or vegetable oil
- 100g/4oz fresh mild red chillies
- 1 tbsp finely chopped fresh ginger
- 2 tbsp finely chopped garlic
- 2 tbsp finely chopped shallots
- 2 tbsp finely chopped spring onions
- 3 tbsp black beans, coarsely chopped
- 2 tsp sugar
- 2 tbsp Shaoxing rice wine (or dry sherry
- 150ml/5fl oz chicken stock
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
Directions
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