Healthy dish——Bitter Melon Braised Pork Ribs

Overview

It's so hot, 40 degrees, this is the sweltering heat in Chongqing. In such hot weather, let’s make braised pork ribs with bitter melon. This dish is a home-cooked dish by Mr. Yang Zengliang, a health expert. He often makes it for his family. The seasoning is very simple, just three kinds of tempeh, salt and sugar. Bitter melon clears away heat and dampness, promotes weight loss and beauty, and helps remove waste from the body. Bitter melon and ribs are together. Bitter melon absorbs the fat and nutrients of ribs, and the two can complement each other. Bitter melon is a gentleman's dish. No matter what dish it is paired with, it will not affect the taste of other dishes. What needs to be reminded is that when making this dish, the bitter melon must be put in later.

Tags

• hot dishes
• common dishes
• cantonese cuisine
• old man
• dinner with friends
• winter recipes
• lunch
• bitter melon
• cooking wine
• spare ribs
• spicy tempeh
• sugar
• salt

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Wash the ribs, put them into a pot after boiling water, add a spoonful of cooking wine and blanch them, remove the blood foam and set aside. (Tips: Professional chefs say that if you are making soup, put cold water into the pot when blanching the ribs. If you are eating the ribs, put boiling water in the pot when blanching.)

   

2. 2 Wash and remove the flesh from the bitter melon, cut into pieces and set aside.

   

3. 3 Heat the pan with cold oil, add a large spoonful of spicy tempeh after the oil is hot, stir-fry the tempeh over low heat until the red oil comes out.

   

4. 4 Add the pork ribs and stir-fry over high heat until the pork ribs are evenly colored.

   

5. 5 Add boiling water that covers the ribs, add a spoonful of cooking wine, a spoonful of sugar and a little salt. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer until the ribs are tender.

   

6. 6 Add the bitter gourd, cover and cook until raw, then reduce the juice over high heat.