Vietnamese
Muop Dang Xao Trung (Bitter Melon with Egg)
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Muop Dang Xao Trung (Bitter Melon with Egg) is Vietnamese home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the cooked vegetable and the dish at the centre. 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, scoop out the seeds and pith, and slice thinly.
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Salt the slices lightly and let sit 10 minutes, then rinse and pat dry to soften some of the bitterness.
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Beat the eggs with the fish sauce and black pepper.
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Heat the oil in a wok over high heat and fry the garlic until fragrant, about 20 seconds.
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Add the bitter melon and stir-fry until just tender, about 4 minutes.
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Pour in the eggs and let them set around the melon for a few seconds, then toss gently to scramble the eggs through.
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Serve hot, with rice served alongside. Bitter melon is an acquired taste, so introduce it to children alongside a milder dish rather than on its own.
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Serve it with
A Vietnamese dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Muop Dang Xao Trung (Bitter Melon with Egg), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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Something to sip
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What it is eaten with
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Something cool and fresh
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. Muop Dang Xao Trung (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 | Banh Xeo (Vietnamese Sizzling Crepes) |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | Yes | Banh Mi Op La (Baguette with Fried Eggs) |
| 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
- 140 kcal
- Protein
- 6 g
- Carbs
- 5 g
- Fat
- 11 g
- Fiber
- 3 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 330 mg
- Saturated fat
- 2 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Muop Dang Xao Trung (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. It is at its best in summer, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.
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