Bitter melon fried with bacon recipe and nutritional value

I prefer to eat bacon sold in supermarkets and often buy it and stir-fry it with bitter melon. So today I will tell you how to make bitter melon stir-fried bacon:

Production process of bitter melon fried with bacon

1. Slice the bacon and soak it in warm water for 15 minutes. Wash and slice the bitter gourd and cut the red pepper into sections.

2. Heat cooking oil in a wok over high heat. First, put the shredded ginger, minced garlic and chili segments into the wok. After the aroma comes out, add the bacon and stir-fry for a while. Add cooking wine. At this time, add bitter melon slices, 30 grams of broth, pepper, salt and MSG. Stir-fry until only a little soup is left. Add a little cornstarch and serve.

Tips: The bacon sold in the market is quite salty, so people with high blood pressure should reduce the saltiness. But it doesn't mean you can't eat it. The bacon should be fried until fragrant before adding bitter melon. After the bitter melon is fried, it should still be a little crispy.

Materials

300 grams of bitter gourd, 150 grams of bacon, 15 grams of shredded ginger, 10 grams of minced garlic, 10 grams of red pepper, 30 grams of broth, 10 grams of cooking wine, a little pepper, 10 grams of cornstarch, salt and MSG to suit your taste.

Nutritional value of bitter melon fried with bacon

Bitter melon is the fruit of the bitter melon plant of the Cucurbitaceae family. It is native to tropical Asia and widely distributed in tropical, subtropical and temperate regions. It has a long history of cultivation in India, Japan and Southeast Asia, and about 600 years in China. Bitter melon has a special bitter taste, but it is still loved by the public. This is not only because of its special taste, but also because it has magical effects that ordinary vegetables cannot match. Although bitter melon is bitter, it will never pass the bitterness to "others". For example, when cooking fish with bitter melon, the fish will never be stained with bitterness, so bitter melon is also known as "gentleman's dish".

Bacon refers to meat that has been cured and then baked (or exposed to sunlight). Bacon has a strong antiseptic ability, can extend the shelf life, and add a unique flavor, which is the main difference from salted meat. In the past, bacon was processed in the twelfth month of the lunar calendar (December), so it was called bacon.

Dishes

This is a Hunan home-cooked dish. Hunan dishes often use cured meat, which is because Hunan cured meat has its own unique flavor. Although there are restaurants in the local area that claim to sell "Mao's cuisine", when it comes to the ingredients used, not to mention white cured pepper and cured fish, even Hunan cured meat is not available. Although Hunan cured meat is not available on the market, Guangdong cured meat is available. Guangdong cured meat is greasy, and those who are afraid of fat can remove the fat layer. Cured meat can be stored in the refrigerator for a long time, and if you encounter high-quality cured meat with good flavor, it can make people linger.

Related groups

Bitter melon can be eaten by the general population.

1. Suitable for patients with diabetes, cancer and prickly heat;

2. Bitter melon is cold in nature and should not be eaten by people with weak spleen and stomach.

Most people can eat bacon, but the elderly should avoid it; patients with gastric and duodenal ulcers are forbidden to eat it.

Production Guidance

1. Don't eat too much at one time.

2. Boil bitter melon in water and scrub the skin to clear away heat, relieve itching and eliminate prickly heat.

3. Eating bitter melon and eggs together can protect bones, teeth and blood vessels, make iron better absorbed, have the effect of strengthening the stomach, and can treat stomach pain, eye pain, colds, typhoid fever, diarrhea and vomiting in children.

4. Bacon can be eaten directly after steaming or boiling, or stir-fried with other dried or fresh vegetables. It is generally used as an ingredient in a variety of dishes in Western cuisine.

Bacon

When stir-frying bitter melon with bacon, the bacon must be fresh Sichuan bacon to be fragrant.

Sichuan bacon has a long history and is well-known both at home and abroad. As the name suggests, bacon is smoked meat pickled in the twelfth lunar month. As winter approaches, pigs are fat, and villagers slaughter pigs for the New Year and use pickling and smoking to ensure the supply of meat before the beginning of spring. In an era without refrigeration, pickling, smoking and air drying are the best ways to store meat. Winter is coming, and it is a good season for pickling bacon.

Every household in Sichuan makes bacon, and they make a lot at a time, which can be eaten until the next year. The best time to make bacon is ten days before and after the Winter Solstice. There are five methods of making Sichuan bacon, among which the old bacon from Qingcheng Mountain is the most famous. Sichuan people generally use traditional folk methods to make bacon. According to different tastes, they marinate the fresh pork with salt, white wine, five-spice powder, chili and other things. In the past, the villagers and mountain people in Sichuan all burned wood stoves in their homes, and there were hanging racks on the stoves. They used the residual heat from the stove mouth to warm water. After entering the twelfth lunar month, they hung the marinated meat on the hanging rack at the stove mouth and used the green smoke in the stove to smoke it, which was twice the result with half the effort. Some villagers also added cypress branches, orange peels, grapefruit shells and other things to the stove to smoke it with a special flavor. When urban residents make their own bacon, they need to prepare a large earthenware wide-mouthed jar. When smoking, they also need to make a homemade smoking cage. It is very cumbersome to roast and smoke with fire. There were people who mistakenly thought that there was a fire and called the police, but they often laughed.

Dietary effects

Bitter melon is bitter, non-toxic, cold in nature, and enters the heart, liver, spleen, and lung meridians;

It has the effects of clearing away heat and summer heat, improving eyesight and detoxifying, promoting diuresis and cooling blood, relieving fatigue and clearing the mind, and invigorating qi and strengthening yang;

It is mainly used to treat heatstroke, summer heat and thirst, summer boils, excessive prickly heat, red and swollen eyes, carbuncles and erysipelas, burns and scalds, oliguria and other diseases.

Bacon is salty, sweet and flat in nature, and it strengthens the spleen and stimulates appetite.

Nutritional analysis

1. Promote diet, reduce inflammation and reduce fever:

The bitter glycosides and bitter substances in bitter melon can increase appetite, strengthen the spleen and stimulate the appetite; the alkaloid substance quinine contained in bitter melon has the effects of diuresis, blood circulation, anti-inflammatory and fever-reducing, and clearing the mind and improving eyesight;

2. Anti-cancer and anti-cancer:

The protein components and a large amount of vitamin C in bitter melon can enhance the body's immune function and enable immune cells to kill cancer cells; bitter melon juice contains a certain protein component that can enhance macrophage ability and is clinically effective against lymphosarcoma and leukemia; the trypsin inhibitor extracted from bitter melon seeds can inhibit the protease secreted by cancer cells and prevent the growth of malignant tumors;

3. Lowers Blood Sugar:

The fresh juice of bitter melon contains momordica glycosides and insulin-like substances, which has a good effect in lowering blood sugar and is an ideal food for diabetic patients.

4. Bacon is rich in phosphorus, potassium, and sodium, and also contains fat, protein, carbohydrates and other elements;

5. Make bacon from fresh pork belly with skin, cut it into pieces, marinate it with salt and a small amount of sodium nitrite or sodium nitrate, black pepper, cloves, bay leaves, fennel and other spices, then air-dry or smoke it. It has the effects of stimulating the appetite, dispelling cold, and helping digestion.