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Ingredients

• ✓ bitter melon
• milkfish
• eggplant
• onion
• ginger
• green chile pepper
• salt
• water
• vinegar
• green bell pepper

Instructions

1. 1 Remove scales, gills, and guts from the fish. Rinse and cut crosswise into 3 steak pieces. Pat dry.
2. 2 Arrange eggplant, onion, and ginger in the bottom of a 1 1/2-quart pot. Place fish on top. Add green chiles and sprinkle with salt.
3. 3 Pour water and vinegar into the pot with the fish. Bring to a boil. Boil for 5 minutes; reduce heat and simmer until fish flakes easily with a fork, about 20 minutes. Add green bell pepper and bitter melon. Cook until bitter melon is soft to the touch, about 10 minutes more.

By lola

Ingredients

• ✓ bitter melon
• olive oil
• onion
• garlic
• pork loin
• prawn
• salt
• pepper
• tomato
• zucchini
• okra
• green bean
• eggplant

Instructions

1. 1 Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat; stir in onion and garlic and cook until tender, about 5 minutes.
2. 2 Add pork; cook and stir until browned, 5 to 7 minutes.
3. 3 Add prawns; cook and stir until they turn pink, about 5 minutes.
4. 4 Stir in tomato; season with salt and pepper, cover and simmer for 5 minutes.
5. 5 Stir in zucchini, okra, green beans, eggplant, and bitter melon; cover and cook until the vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes.

By lola

Ingredients

• ✓ bitter melon
• salt
• water
• water
• white sugar
• oyster sauce
• black bean sauce
• ginger
• garlic
• onion
• oil
• oil
• beef
• baking soda
• cornstarch
• soy sauce
• ice cube

Instructions

1. 1 Fill a large bowl with ice; add enough salted water to make an ice bath. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add bitter melon and cook uncovered until tender yet firm, about 2 minutes. Drain in a colander and immediately immerse in ice bath; allow to sit until bitterness is extracted, about 1 hour. Drain.
2. 2 Whisk 1 teaspoon soy sauce, 1 teaspoon cornstarch, and baking soda together in a large glass or ceramic bowl. Add beef and toss to evenly coat. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and marinate in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
3. 3 Heat wok or a large skillet on high until smoking. Add 1 tablespoon oil. Add beef to wok in a single layer; cook until browned, about 2 minutes per side. Transfer beef to a plate. Heat 1 teaspoon oil in wok. Add onion, garlic, and ginger; cook and stir until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Stir in bitter melon; cook until combined, about 1 minute.
4. 4 Stir black bean sauce into melon mixture, then stir in oyster sauce, remaining 1 teaspoon soy sauce, and sugar. Pour in 3/4 cup water; cover and let simmer until flavors combine, 2 to 3 minutes. Meanwhile, whisk remaining 1 teaspoon cornstarch and 1 teaspoon water together; stir in until sauce thickened.

By Doug Wah