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How to cook a chinese winter melon dish

Cook a Chinese Winter Melon Dish

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Chinese winter melon (\u51ac\u74dc)

Chinese winter melon (冬瓜)

Cut into rectangular pieces

Cut into rectangular pieces

Pepper, unseed them and dice

Pepper, unseed them and dice

Pork

Pork

I like mine fatty for tenderness and to add extra flavor to whatever dish I'm cooking

I like mine fatty for tenderness and to add extra flavor to whatever dish I'm cooking

Slice into pieces

Slice into pieces

Add salt

Add salt

Add corn starch

Add corn starch

Add some wine

Add some wine

Mix all together and let marinate for five minutes

Mix all together and let marinate for five minutes

Garlic

Garlic

Dice!

Dice!

Heat oil in wok

Heat oil in wok

Throw in garlic and stirfry for a couple seconds

Throw in garlic and stirfry for a couple seconds

Add marinated pork and stir fry until almost cooked on medium heat

Add marinated pork and stir fry until almost cooked on medium heat

Add in pepper

Add in pepper

Add winter melon

Add winter melon

Some soy sauce, about a tablespoon, taste to test saltiness

Some soy sauce, about a tablespoon, taste to test saltiness

Some sugar to smooth out the soy sauce

Some sugar to smooth out the soy sauce

Stirfry!

Stirfry!

Here you can add some black pepper or some cayenne pepper for a little heat

Done!

Done!

Eat atop a bed of white rice for a delicious meal!

Eat atop a bed of white rice for a delicious meal!

  • Winter melon
  • Pepper
  • Oil
  • Pork
  • Garlic
  • Salt
  • Sugar
  • Corn starch
  • Cooking wine
  • Cayenne pepper (optional)
  • Soy sauce