SPICY SAUTéED FUZZY MELON

Spicy Sautéed Fuzzy Melon image

Resembling a mottled green zucchini with sparse, bristly hair, fuzzy melon is a type of gourd popular in Chinese cooking. Often stuffed with ground pork, it absorbs flavors easily and also shines in simpler recipes, like this one from Joanne Chang of Flour Bakery in Boston.

Provided by Merrill Stubbs

Time 15m

Yield Serves 6 as a side dish

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

3 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 cloves garlic, peeled and smashed
1 2-inch piece ginger, peeled and thinly sliced
2 medium fuzzy melons, peeled, halved lengthwise and sliced 1/8 inch thick (6 cups)
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 teaspoons rice-wine vinegar
1 teaspoon red-pepper flakes
Salt and ground black pepper

Steps:

Heat the oil in a large, deep skillet over high heat until smoking. Add the garlic, ginger and melon and sauté for 2 minutes, until the melon has absorbed the oil. Add 1/4 cup water and sauté, stirring occasionally, until it evaporates. Repeat this process, adding water in 1/4-cup increments, until the melon is tender, 6 to 8 minutes. Stir in the soy sauce, vinegar and red-pepper flakes and sauté for another minute. Add salt and pepper to taste and serve immediately.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 107, UnsaturatedFat 6 grams, Carbohydrate 10 grams, Fat 7 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 2 grams, SaturatedFat 1 gram, Sodium 471 milligrams, Sugar 7 grams, TransFat 0 grams