Bitter Melon Twice-cooked Pork

Overview

How to cook Bitter Melon Twice-cooked Pork at home

Tags

• hot dishes
• common dishes
• meat dishes
• old man
• sichuan cuisine
• dinner with friends
• summer recipes
• lunch
• bitter melon
• cooking wine
• doubanjiang
• ginger and garlic
• green and red pepper
• oil and salt
• pork belly

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Put the pork belly into a pot of cold water, add a little cooking wine and a few slices of ginger, and cook over high heat;

   

2. 2 Bring to a boil over high heat and skim off the foam;

   

3. 3 Turn to low heat and cook until chopsticks can be inserted easily. Take the pork belly out and let it cool;

   

4. 4 Cool the pork belly and cut into slices;

   

5. 5 Cut the bitter melon into diamond-shaped pieces and blanch it in boiling water with some oil and salt;

   

6. 6 When cooked to about eight or nine minutes done, take it out and soak it in cold water to control the moisture;

   

7. 7 Heat a pan, add a little oil, add the cooked pork belly slices and stir-fry;

   

8. 8 Stir-fry the pork belly until the oil is released and the surface is slightly browned. Add the bean paste, onion, garlic and green and red pepper;

   

9. 9 Continue to stir-fry until the seasonings are fragrant, add the blanched bitter melon slices and stir-fry;

   

10. 10 Finally add a little salt and other seasonings and stir-fry evenly;

    

11. 11 Transfer to a plate.