Hakka Stuffed Bitter Gourd Recipe

Ingredients

  • 2 bitter gourd (about 400 grams)

  • 150 grams fish paste (unseasoned)

  • 60 grams minced pork,

  • 8 grams salted fish

  • 400 grams salted vegetable

  • 1 cup chicken broth

  • Seasoning (sugar, salt and pepper to taste)

 

 

Method

  • Cut the bitter gourd into three sections, clean the rind and seeds.

  • Use only the leaves and soft part of salted vegetable, chop, rinse, blanch and squeeze dry when vegetable is cooled.

  • Steam salted fish for 3 minutes, de-bone and mash into paste.

  • Put fish paste into a large bowl, add 1 tablespoon of water and seasoning to taste, stir paste with a chop stick in one direction until paste become gluey.

  • Mix the minced pork, salted fish paste and salted vegetable into the fish paste to form the bitter gourd stuffing.

  • Fill each section of the bitter gourd with stuffing and place it into a large sauce pot.

  • Add chicken broth into the pot and cover the bitter gourd completely, bring to a boil then simmer with low heat for 30 minutes.

  • Serve hot together with the soup.

Cooking tip: If you do not want the bitter gourd taste too bitter, blanch it for 1 minutes in boiling water before use.

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