Recipe - Braised Bitter Melon Stuff Wminced Fish

2 teaspoon Fermented black beans
1 pound Shrimp
1 pound Fish fillets
1 Egg white
One half teaspoon Salt
2 pound Bitter melon
One half Clove garlic
3 tablespoon Oil
1 One half cup Stock
One half teaspoon Salt
One half teaspoon Sugar
1 tablespoon Cornstarch
2 tablespoon Water

1. Soak fermented black beans.

2. Shell and devein shrimp. Mince or grind together with fish. Add egg
white and salt and knead well to blend thoroughly.

3. Slice each bitter melon crosswise in 4 thick sections. Scoop out pulp
and discard. Stuff fish mixture into pulp cavity, making a mound at the
top.

4. Mince garlic and mash together with soaked black beans.

5. Heat oil. Add bitter melon sections, moundside down, and brown fish
lightly. Remove from pan.

6. Add garlicblack bean mixture and stirfry about 1 minute. Then stir in
stock, salt and sugar. Return bitter melon sections and bring to a boil.
Then simmer, covered, 20 minutes.

7. Remove bitter melon to a warm serving platter, leaving liquids in pan.
Blend cornstarch and cold water to a paste; then stir in to thicken. Pour
sauce over bitter melon and serve.

From The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook, ISBN 0517658704. Downloaded
from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.