Winter Melon Braised with Minced Pork
Winter Melon Braised with Minced Pork
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 20 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 500 g winter melon
- 100 g minced pork
- 2 tbsp. vegetable cooking oil
- 2 fresh chili peppers
- 2 garlic cloves
- 2 green onion or scallion (, cut into sections)
- 1/2 thumb ginger
- 1 tbsp. light soy sauce
- 1/2 tbsp. dark soy sauce
- white pepper
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. sesame oil
Instructions
- 1
Remove the hard skin but keep some tender green parts. Then further cut into 5cm wide chunks.
- 2
Heat the wok and add oil 1 tablespoon of oil, and place the winter melon chunks in. Cook for 5 to 6 minutes until the winter melon chunks are slightly seared on the surface. Transfer out.
- 3
Add another 1 tablespoon of cooking oil, and fry minced pork until crispy. Move them to one side of the wok, and continue fry garlic, ginger and scallion until aromatic.
- 4
Return the winter melon and then pour in 2 cups of warm water. Cover to simmer for 5 minutes.
- 5
Take the lid, add light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, white pepper, salt. Mix 1 tablespoon of cornstarch with 1 tablespoon of water. And pour the water starch in. Mix to thicken the sauce.
- 6
Add scallion and fresh chili peppers. Add sesame oil. Serve hot!