Beef with Bitter Melon (苦瓜炒牛肉)

Ingredients

• 8 ounces flank steak sliced thinly against the grain
• 2 teaspoons dark soy sauce or regular soy sauce, *Footnote 1
• 2 teaspoons peanut oil
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch
• 12 ounces bitter melon seeded and cut into 1 cm, 1/4” slices
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons oyster sauce
• 1 1/2 teaspoons light soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon dark soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 tablespoon peanut oil separated
• 1 clove garlic chopped
• 1 tablespoon black bean sauce or fermented black beans, soaked in hot water for 1 minute, then drained and mashed
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 1 ginger ”, 2.5 cm, chopped
• 2 teaspoons Shaoxing wine or dry sherry

Nutrition

• Calories : 400 calories
• Carbohydrate : 26 grams
• Cholesterol : 40 milligrams
• Fat : 20 grams
• Fiber : 3 grams
• Protein : 26 grams
• SaturatedFat : 5 grams
• Sodium : 2230 milligrams
• Sugar : 7 grams