Bitter Gourd with Minced Meat

Ingredients

• Ingredients A

• 225 g minced chicken

• 1 medium -sized dried shiitake mushrooms, soak

• 1 small onion

• 1/2 tsp minced ginger

• 1 tsp minced garlic

• 1/2 carrot, roughly chopped

• Ingredients B

• 1/2 tbsp light soy sauce

• 1/2 tbsp oyster sauce

• 1/2 tsp salt

• 1 tsp caster sugar

• 1/2 tsp ground white pepper

• Ingredients C

• 1 medium sized bitter gourd

• 1 tsp salt

• Ingredients D

• 1 tbsp black bean paste (optional)

• 1/2 cup chicken stock

• 1 tbsp cornstarch + 2 tbsp water

• 1 tbsp oyster sauce

• 1 tsp soy sauce

• 1 tsp sesame oil