Five Amazing Recipes to Cook Bitter Melon

Bitter Melon and Egg Stir-fry (苦瓜炒鸡蛋)
227g / 8 oz bitter melon
1/2 tsp salt
2.5 Tbsp oil to cook the bitter melon
5 cloves garlic, minced
3 medium size eggs

Stir-fry Beef with Bitter Melon and Zha Cai (苦瓜榨菜炒牛肉丝)
227g / 8 oz beef, julienned
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking soda
1 tbsp cooking oil to coat the beef
227g / 8 oz bitter melon
1 tbsp of cooking oil to blanch the bitter melon
2 tbsp cooking oil to stir fry
3 cloves of garlic
1 red chili pepper, julienned
2 Tbsps of cooking oil to stir fry
1 scallion, cut into stalks

Stuffed Bitter Melon with Ground Pork (苦瓜酿肉)
150g / ⅓ pound pork
1/4 tsp salt
2 tsps minced garlic
1/4 cup diced scallion
227g / 8 oz bitter melon
2 Tbsps cornstarch to coat the bitter melon
1/4 cup water
2.5 Tbsps oil to pan-fry

Bitter Melon Salad (凉拌苦瓜)
227g / 1 bitter melon
1.5 tbsp of oil to blanch the bitter melon
3 Tbsps diced cilantro
3 Tbsps diced scallion
1/2 Tbsp minced garlic
1/2 Tbsp minced thai bird eye chilies
1.5 Tbsps of hot chili oil

Bitter Melon Chicken Soup (苦瓜鸡汤)
227g / 1 chicken breast
1 Tbsp minced garlic
1 tsp minced ginger
1.5 tsp salt
1 tbsp cornstarch
2 Tbsps cooking oil
3.5 cups chicken stock or water
1 bitter melon
1 tomato
2 Tbsps diced scallions

[billboy]

I'm from sacramento calif.
Thank you so much.
I'm diabetic and heard that bitter could lower my blood sugar.
It really does.
Thanks to you for showing me and her how to use it.

[MommyLuz]

I’m a Filipina and we call it AMPALAYA. Some cooked the way you did, squeezing or removed the juice with the salt but not for me because I didn’t want to throw the nutrients (from the juice). Tho’ we cooked in same way. Gardening is my favorite hobby and planting this Bitter Melon/Gourd is abundant in my backyard garden tru the bamboo stick trellis during Summer Season in Chicago, USA 🇺🇸 Thank you also for sharing.

[xafronicajones]

My favorite veg ever! Beef with bitter melon with black beans is my fave

[gracerajaram]

Thank you for sharing your recipes watching from the beautiful tropical islands of Trinidad and Tobago

[jess.e]

My Filipino ampalaya recipe for a salad: Slice the ampalaya, add sliced onion, chopped tomato, bits of fresh ginger, vinegar, pepper. Perfect with fried fish or as topping for a handful of baby spinach.

[tranism]

Bitter melon with scrambled egg and shrimp and a bit of fish sauce and sugar. SOOOO GOOD.

[rszatmari]

I cooked your recipe for bitter melon with canned dace & black beans, SO delicious! You keep me fed & happy, thank you 🥰

[katarinaz]

Today I tried your recipe with an eggs. It was very tasty. I am planning to try other ones.
Greetings from Florida.

[susieangelo]

Thank you Mandy for re-introducing Bitter Melon. I enjoy and appreciate all these Bitter Melon Recipes because they a versatile vegetable. Happy Lunar New Year in Advance.

[JenniferKan-ty]

I love all of your bitter melon recipes! Very nutritious n tasty dishes! TQ so much for sharing!

[milkchclatt]

beef stir fry with bitter melon is one of my favourites 😍

[Celleslie]

Thank you for sharing these recipes. I can’t wait to try them out. ❤

[alburyeel]

Thanks again Mandi, I'm addicted to your food and your voice is soothing.

[bikezonly]

Greetings from Malaysia. Bitter gourd is great for reducing pressure. I usually cook it everytime I don't feel so well, usually stir fry with eggs. Thanks for the other recipes, Mandy.

[billzerkeley]

Here are some other ways you can cook with bitter melon:

1) At 1:06, you can simply lay the half-cut melons into a small shallow dish and fill the dish with scrambled eggs until the egg reaches the top of the melons, both inside and out. Drizzle some oil on top, scatter some scallions and steam it.

2) At 9:05, you can use the stuffed bitter melons to make a stuffed bitter melon chicken soup. My mother-in-law does this. The stuffing she uses tastes more like the stuffing for wontons. Add a scoop of rice into a bowl of soup and stuffed bitter melons and you'll have yourself a nice meal.

3) At 4:38, you can use the melons cut that way, add some sliced green and red bell peppers and stir-fry it in a black bean sauce that consists mostly of oyster sauce. Top the dish with scallions.

Love your channel, Mandy. You are a GEM!

[colleensantos]

We call it a Ampalaya in the Philippines, has many good health benefits and one reason why I started eating it. I cook it with egg, ground pork and tomatoes together. Sometimes, I add to stir fry shrimp. We also add it to mung beans soup and Pinakbet, a vegetable dish with Squash, eggplant, green beans and stir fried with pork and shrimp.( very popular dish in the Philippines).

[andrewgofficial]

Yesss bitter melon it's my fave 😁 thanks for sharing

[JubeiKibagamiFez]

11:07 You can also add vinegar or a citrus juice to the water to further reduce the bitterness. Italians do this a lot with large eggplant or bitter greens before sauteing.

[brigidaortiz]

I love this vegetable.plus the way she cooked it, is to die for.

[jtmac]

Love all 5 recipes and have tried them with modifications over the years. Yummy 😋😋😋