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Easy Ampalaya Con Carne Recipe
This easy Ampalaya Con Carne recipe is a basic stir-fry dish using beef and ampalaya (bitter melon, bitter gourd) as the main ingredients. This dish is quick and easy to make.
This is a good starter dish for beginner cooks as it only takes 30 minutes to come up with a delicious and tasty meal.
Cooking this easy ampalaya con carne recipe is as easy as marinating the beef and stir-frying it later followed by adding the ampalaya.
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Recipe for Ampalaya Con Carne:
Easy Ampalaya Con Carne Recipe
Course: MainCuisine: FilipinoDifficulty: Easy4
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minutesThis easy Ampalaya Con Carne recipe is a basic stir-fry dish using beef and ampalaya (bitter melon, bitter gourd) as the main ingredients.
Ingredients
1 large ampalaya, cleaned and sliced
250 g beef sirloin, thinly sliced
1 tbsp cornstarch
1/2 cup soy sauce
1 tbsp sesame oil
1 medium onion, thinly sliced (lengthwise)
1 small thumb ginger, julienned
6 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
1 cup water (more if necessary)
5 tbsp cooking oil
Directions
- In a bowl, combine the beef strips, soy sauce, salt, ground black pepper, cornstarch, and sesame oil.
- Mix all the ingredients until evenly distributed and marinade for at least 1 hour.
- Heat a frying pan or wok and pour 3 tbsp of the cooking oil.
- When the oil is hot enough, stir fry the marinated beef, in medium heat, for about 3 to 5 minutes per side or until the outer part turns medium to dark brown.
- Add water and simmer until the beef is tender.
- Heat a separate pan or cooking pot then pour in the remaining 2 tbsp of cooking oil.
- When the oil is hot enough, sauté the garlic, onion, and ginger.
- Add- in the sliced ampalaya then stir fry for about 5 to 8 minutes.
- Turn off the heat and transfer to the pan with the beef.
- Stir and cook for another 2 to 3 minutes.
- Remove from heat and transfer to a serving plate. Enjoy!
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