Bittermelon Stirfried with Egg and Bacon

Bittermelon I have written about it in my post called "Bittermelon Salad" but just real brief. It is a very bitter vegetable, with lots of health benefits, and I actually enjoy the bitterness and have acquired a taste for it. You can find it at some Asian grocery stores and especially at Filipino stores.

Bittermelon was 1 dollar for 2 pounds so I bought plenty bittermelons, two to make into "Bittermelon Salad" which I enjoyed with Jasmine rice and fried rockhead cod with soy sauce vinegar dip.

So anyways, I remember often times having Bittermelon stirfried with egg and bacon at my Filipino friends house (Shantall) and I really enjoy it, so I gave her a call and asked her how they make it. It is EXTREMELY EASY, I had this for breakfast this morning with Jasmine white rice. (Yes I am aware of the high glycemic index of 109 of Jasmine white Rice, but I hate brown rice in all it's forms I tried it for 2 years and tossed it out the window, I'm sorry I like white rice!)

Ingredients:
-2 bittermelons (cut in half, pith and seeds removed, sliced thinly but not like paper thin)
-1 onion minced
-1/2 head garlic (finely minced)
-4 -6 strips bacon chopped
-6-8 eggs (beaten with a dash of milk, and a couple pinches of salt) -salt to taste
-ground black pepper to taste
-1 pinch of monosodium glutamine/ msg (optional)



Directions:
(1)Heat a wok (if you don't have one a skillet or any pan is fine) on very high heat, add chopped bacon and stirfry until it renders all it's fat, add onions and stirfry for about 3-4 minutes until fragrant and caramelized a bit add garlic and cook until fragrant.

(2)Add bittermelon, mix well, add salt, black pepper, and msg. Stir every 1 minute for about 4 minutes to cook bittermelon.

(3)Add eggs, fold in well and slide, until eggs are cooked and scrambled in well. Taste for salt and add more to taste if neseccary.

(4)Enjoy with some white rice.