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Bitter Melon, Salted Vegetable, and Soybean Stew with Pork Belly

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Ingredients:
  • 400g pork belly
  • 1 small cup of soybeans
  • 80g salted vegetables
  • 1 medium spoonful of cooking wine
  • 5 shiitake mushrooms
  • 5 slices of ginger
  • 8 cloves of garlic
  • 15g vegetable oil
  • 500g water
Instructions:
  1. Prepare all ingredients.
  2. Wash and soak shiitake mushrooms in water.
  3. Rinse soybeans and salted vegetables in a strainer.
  4. Slice soaked mushrooms, pork belly into 0.5cm slices, deseed and chop bitter melon, and slice salted vegetables, ginger, and garlic.
  5. Heat oil in a pot and sauté ginger and garlic until fragrant.
  6. Add mushroom slices and stir-fry until fragrant.
  7. Add pork belly slices and fry until they release fat.
  8. Stir in a spoonful of cooking wine and mix well.
  9. Add salted vegetables and stir-fry until fragrant.
  10. Pour 500ml of water into the pot.
  11. Add all stir-fried ingredients into the pot, along with soybeans and bitter melon.
  12. Cook on high heat then reduce to medium and stew for 30 minutes.
  13. Dish is ready to serve.
Nutrition:
  • High in protein and fiber.
  • Contains vitamins and minerals from bitter melon and vegetables.
  • Moderate in fat due to pork belly.