Serves: 8
Total Calories: 306

2 teaspoons black beans fermented
1 pound shrimp
1 pound frozen fish filet
1 egg white
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 pounds bitter melon
1/2 clove garlic
3 tablespoons oils
1 1/2 cups Stock, Chicken or favorite stock
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
2 tablespoons water

1. Soak fermented black beans.

2. Shell and devein shrimp. Mince or grind together with fish. Add egg white and salt and knead well to blend thoroughly.

3. Slice each bitter melon crosswise in 4 thick sections. Scoop out pulp and discard. Stuff fish mixture into pulp cavity, making a mound at the top.

4. Mince garlic and mash together with soaked black beans.

5. Heat oil. Add bitter melon sections, mound-side down, and brown fish lightly. Remove from pan.

6. Add garlic-black bean mixture and stir-fry about 1 minute. Then stir in stock, salt and sugar. Return bitter melon sections and bring to a boil. Then simmer, covered, 20 minutes.

7. Remove bitter melon to a warm serving platter, leaving liquids in pan. Blend cornstarch and cold water to a paste then stir in to thicken. Pour sauce over bitter melon and serve.

The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook. ©1994 by Gloria Bley Miller.

Nutritional Facts:

Serves: 8
Total Calories: 306
Calories from Fat: 96

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