Free Recipe Deep-Fried Simmered Winter Melon

Recipe Type: Free Vegetable Recipes
Recipe Preparation: boil
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Recipe Serves: 4

Ingredients for Deep-Fried Simmered Winter Melon Recipe

5 Dried black mushrooms
1 lb Wedge of winter melon
2 tb Smoked ham
Oil for deep-frying
1/2 c Stock
2 tb Oyster sauce
2 ts Cornstarch
2 ts Water
1/2 ts Salt
1/2 ts Sugar
1 ds Pepper

Deep-Fried Simmered Winter Melon Preparation

1. Soak dried mushrooms. 2. Peel and seed winter melon wedge; then cut crosswise in half. Cut soaked mushrooms in half. Shred ham. 3. Heat oil and separately deep-fry each winter melon section until golden. Drain on paper toweling: Let cool; then cut in 3/4-inch sections. 4. Bring stock to a boil. Add winter melon and soaked mushrooms; simmer, covered, 10 minutes. Then stir in oyster sauce to blend. 5. Transfer melon and mushrooms to a serving platter, leaving liquids in pan. Blend cornstarch, cold water, salt, sugar and pepper to a paste; then stir in to thicken liquids. Pour sauce over melon and mushrooms. Garnish with shredded ham and serve. From <The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook>, ISBN 0-517-65870-4. Downloaded from Glen’s MM Recipe Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.

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