Ampalaya con carne

How to make Ampalaya con carne Recipe - Many new varieties especially the Chinese bitter gourd are milder in bitterness levels. These may not need to be blanched. Try the gourd raw first to know your next step. By Gene Gonzales

Ingredients:
1 cup beef, cut into strips
2 tbsp soda water
1 tsp. garlic, minced
3 tbsp. oil
2 tbsp. onion, sliced
2 tbsp. tomato, sliced
1 cup ampalaya, blanched for 30 seconds
1/2 tbsp. fish sauce
1 tbsp. oyster sauce
2 tsp. cornstarch diluted in 6 tsp. water
salt and pepper

Method:
1. Marinate beef in soda water for a few minutes.

2. Sauté garlic in oil then add onion.

3. Add the beef strips and the tomato.

4. Add the ampalaya. Season with fish sauce and oyster sauce.

5. Thicken with cornstarch slurry.

6. Season with salt and pepper.