simmer · braising sauce
★ STARRED KITCHENPrep 5 minCook 15 minSlateworks Bitter-Melon Braise
Independent adaptation of a publicly published Ming Court Kitchen recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Ming Court Kitchen.
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Ratio
Ingredients
- Red Pepper — 5 g red pepper
- Onion — 5 g onion
- Garlic — 5 g garlic
- Dried Tangerin — 2 g dried tangerine peel
- Black Beans — 3 g fermented black bean
- Oyster Sauce — 2 茶匙 oyster sauce (12 ml)
- Chicken Bouill — 1 茶匙 chicken powder (6 g)
- Sugar — 1 茶匙 sugar (6 g)
- Dark Soy — 1 茶匙 dark soy (5 ml)
Method
- Pour to the lines in order (bottom → top): Oyster Sauce, Dark Soy.
- Add: Red Pepper, Onion, Garlic, Dried Tangerin, Black Beans, Chicken Bouill.
- Cap the jar and shake until combined.
- Pour into a cold pan and bring to a gentle simmer. The jar stays off the stove — cool leftovers to warm-to-touch before they go back in the glass.
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Provenance
Ming Court kitchen (明阁, Cordis Hongqiao). Cantonese. Cited awards include: Michelin 1* (Ming Court, Shanghai — continuous multi-year).
Originally published as Bitter-Melon Braise Sauce.
More from this kitchenFAQ
Can this go in a shake jar?
Yes — with one pan. Its liquids pour to the printed fill-lines and shake cold; the mix then goes into a pan to simmer. The jar itself never touches heat.
What do the quantities mean?
Amounts follow the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, every sauce scales to the same fill height.
Where did this recipe come from?
Adapted from Ming Court kitchen / The Paper 淘最厨房 (2020 card) (published as “Bitter-Melon Braise Sauce”). Full citation lives in Provenance.