Filipino
Ginisang Ampalaya (Sauteed Bitter Melon with Egg)
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Ginisang Ampalaya (Sauteed Bitter Melon with Egg) is Filipino home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the cooked vegetable. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Halve the bitter melon, scrape out the seeds, and thinly slice.
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Toss the slices with the salt, let sit 10 minutes to draw out some bitterness, then rinse and pat dry.
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Heat the oil in a pan and saute the garlic and onion until soft, about 2 minutes.
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Add the tomato and cook until it breaks down, about 2 minutes.
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Add the bitter melon and fish sauce and stir-fry until just tender, about 4 minutes.
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Push the vegetables aside, crack in the eggs, scramble briefly, then fold everything together and serve.
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Serve it with
A Filipino dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Ginisang Ampalaya (Sauteed Bitter Melon with Egg), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The dish at the centre
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Ginisang Ampalaya (Sauteed Bitter Melon with Egg) carries eggs and fish. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | Yes | Adobong Kangkong (Water Spinach in Vinegar and Soy) |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | Yes | Adobong Kangkong (Water Spinach in Vinegar and Soy) |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 120 kcal
- Protein
- 4 g
- Carbs
- 4 g
- Fat
- 10 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 420 mg
- Saturated fat
- 2 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Ginisang Ampalaya (Sauteed Bitter Melon with Egg) takes about 15 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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