Today, TasteVN will guide you to cook 2 delicious stir-fried dishes that are simple to enjoy on busy days. Let’s get cooking and immediately prepare this stir-fried bottle gourd with garlic and stir-fried beef!
1. Stir-fried Bottle Gourd with Garlic
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Preparation
10 minutes
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Cooking
10 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Stir-fried Bottle Gourd with Garlic Serves 2
Bottle gourd 400 gr Garlic 8 cloves Cooking oil 3 tablespoons Salt a little
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How to Cook Stir-fried Bottle Gourd with Garlic
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Prepare the Ingredients
Pick the bottle gourd from the stem to the tip, removing all the large leaves from the stem; crush them once and then strip the fibers while breaking them into pieces suitable for eating until finished.
After picking, rinse the bottle gourd and soak it in diluted salt water for about 10 minutes, then take it out and rinse again with clean water.
Peel and crush the garlic.
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Stir-frying bottle gourd
Add 3 tablespoons of cooking oil to the pan, wait until the oil is hot, then add the crushed garlic, sauté until the garlic turns golden, and then add the bottle gourd.
Stir-fry evenly over medium heat for about 3 minutes until the bottle gourd is cooked, then turn off the heat and transfer the vegetables to a plate.
Tip: To have beautifully green stir-fried bottle gourd, wait for the oil to be really hot before adding the bottle gourd to stir-fry!
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Final product
The stir-fried bottle gourd with garlic after completion will have an appealing aroma of garlic, the bottle gourd stems will be soft, delicious, and have a beautiful fresh green color. This is a delicious, attractive stir-fry but extremely easy to make, let’s get into the kitchen and try this dish!
2. Stir-fried bottle gourd with beef
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Preparation
15 minutes
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Cooking
10 minutes
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Difficulty level
Easy
Ingredients for Stir-fried Bottle Gourd with Beef Serves 4 people
Bottle gourd 400 gr Beef 200 gr Garlic 3 cloves Green onions 2 stalks Cooking oil 2 tablespoons Soy sauce 2 tablespoons Salt/seasoning a little
How to choose fresh and delicious beef
- Preferably choose pieces of beef that are bright red with white marbling and the fat is bright yellow.
- When touching the meat, it should have good firmness and elasticity, not feel sticky, and there should be no unpleasant or abnormal smell.
- Avoid buying pieces of beef that are pale green or dark red, have dark yellow fat, show white spots on the muscle, and feel mushy or slimy to the touch.
How to cook Stir-fried Bottle Gourd with Beef
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Prepare and Marinate the Beef
To eliminate the fishy smell, soak the beef in diluted salt water for about 5 minutes, then remove it, rinse it with clean water, and slice it into thin, bite-sized pieces.
Add the sliced beef, minced garlic, 2 tablespoons of soy sauce, and 1/3 teaspoon of seasoning powder into a bowl, mix well, and marinate for about 30 minutes to let the beef absorb the seasoning evenly.
Ways to Remove the Fishy Smell from Beef
- Method 1: Roast a small piece of ginger until cooked, then scrape off the outer skin, pound it finely, rub it evenly around the piece of beef, and rinse it well with water.
- Method 2: Soak the piece of beef in white wine for about 15 minutes, then rinse it clean under cold water.
- Method 3: Boil a pot of cold water, then blanch the beef for about 3 minutes, remove it, and rinse it with cold water.
- Method 4: Roast a red onion until dry, then peel it, pound it finely, and marinate it with the beef.
See details: Ways to remove the fishy smell from beef
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Prepare other ingredients
Pick fresh gourd in small sections while removing the fibers on the stem, then rinse briefly and soak in diluted salt water for about 5 minutes, then take it out and rinse again with water and let it drain.
Next, you heat 200ml of water in a pot, bring it to a boil and add the gourd, blanch for about 1 minute, then take it out to drain.
Peel the garlic, crush it and chop finely. Cut the green onion into small pieces.
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Stir-fry gourd
Add 2 tablespoons of cooking oil and chopped green onion into a pan, sauté until the onion is golden, then add the marinated beef.
Stir-fry over medium heat for about 4 minutes until the beef is 80% cooked, then add the gourd. Stir well for another 3 minutes until the gourd and beef are cooked, then season to taste and turn off the heat.
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Final Product
Stir-fried gourd with beef, when completed, will have an attractive aroma. The beef is tender, delicious, and just right, while the gourd has a fresh green color, is sweet, and extremely appetizing. Let’s get into the kitchen and try this stir-fry right away!
How to choose fresh and delicious bottle gourd
- You should choose bottle gourd that has a firm stem, many fine hairs, a short tip, short internodes, a long petiole, and leaves with a natural green color.
- Do not choose bottle gourd that has long tips, a light green color, very long internodes, is very soft and easily bruised, has few leaves and few fine hairs.
- Additionally, you should not choose bottle gourd that has a thin skin, is waterlogged, and has a long, plump stem as these are bottle gourds that have been sprayed with growth hormones.
How to properly pick bottle gourd
- Step 1: Use your hands or a knife to peel the fibers around the bottle gourd stem from the bottom to the leaves.
- Step 2: Break off each piece suitable for eating while pulling out any remaining fibers on the bottle gourd stem. Continue this process up to the leaves.
- Step 3: Continue using your fingers starting from the stem internodes and leaves, to peel off the fibers from the leaf veins.
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Finally, we have completed 2 dishes of stir-fried bottle gourd with garlic and stir-fried beef that are super delicious. TasteVN wishes you success and to cook many delicious dishes for your family!
*Refer to images and recipes from 2 YouTube channels null and Tom Foods
