Bitter Gourd Chicken

Ingredients

Half of big bitter gourd/1 whole medium bitter gourd, cut into small pieces

3 cloves of garlic, minced

1 btsp fermented soya beans, minced

1 tsp fermented black beans, minced

some small slices of carrots (optional)

light soya sauce/sugar (optional. depends on the taste)

1 whole chicken, cut into small pieces

4 tbsp of cooking oil

1/2 cup of water

Method

1. Heat up oil in a wok. Add in garlic to stir fry till fragrant. Add in fermented black beans and soya beans. Stir fry for a while

2. Add in bittergourd and carrots. Stir fry for a short while.

3. Add in chicken and stir fry till fragrant and almost cooked.

4. Add in water and cover with lid to simmer.

5. Once the sauce thickens or when chicken is cooked, try the sauce. If it is not salty, add in about 1 tbsp or less of light soy sauce. If it is too salty, add about 1/3 tsp of sugar.

6. Dish and serve hot.

Tips: How to choose bittergourd. If you do not like eating bitter ones like me, choose light color ones and wide between those lines on the skin. If the lines are very near to each other, then it is bitter.