Hot & Crispy Bitter Melon Salad
Start every meal with a healthy serving of salad, such as my hot and crispy bitter melon salad. It is the perfect salad for a gluten-free, vegan, and low-carb meal. Pair this dish with more bitter melon dishes like bitter melon with pork stuffing. Whether you eat it with rice or as a main meal, you can enjoy it as is.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
- 200 g Bitter melon (thinly sliced)
- 500 ml Water
- 1 tbsp Salt
- 1 tbsp Cooking oil
- 20 g Minced garlic
- 20 g Small chili pepper (red or green)
- 10 g White sesame
- 80 g Hot oil
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1/2 tsp Chicken or vegetable bouillon powder
- 1 tbsp Light soy sauce
- 1 tbsp Vinegar
- 1 tbsp Sesame oil
- 30 g Onion shreds
- 20 g peanuts
Instructions
- 1
Cut the bitter melon in half in the middle lengthwise and scrape off the pulp.
- 2
Then, slice the bitter melon into thin slices, about half a centimeter.
- 3
Place the bitter melon slices in a bowl of water and sprinkle a little salt.
- 4
Let them soak for 10 minutes.
- 5
In a pan, bring water to a boil and add 1 tablespoon of salt and 1 tablespoon of cooking oil.
- 6
Once it boils, add the bitter melon slices and blanch for one minute.
- 7
After one minute, rinse the blanched bitter melon slices in cold water and drain.
- 8
In a heat-resistant bowl, toss together bitter melon slices, minced garlic, small chili pepper, and white sesame seeds.
- 9
Then, pour hot oil over the ingredients for added aroma. The hot oil should sizzle as it lightly cooks the ingredients.
- 10
Next, add salt, chicken or vegetable bouillon powder, light soy sauce, vinegar, sesame oil, onion shreds, and peanuts.
- 11
Mix all the ingredients well.
- 12
Enjoy it as a side dish for your main meal.