Chinese Stir Fry Pumpkin 中式炒金瓜
This easy Chinese Stir Fry Pumpkin recipe is sweet, savory, and packed with flavor. A nutritious home-cooked dish ready in just minutes—perfect with rice.
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Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 500 grams pumpkin , without skin
- 15 grams dried shrimp, soaked and chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, peeled and diced
- 2 tbsp cooking oil
- ½ cup water
Seasoning;
- 1 tbsp oyster sauce
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp ground white pepper
Prepare all ingredients needed to cook the dish.
First prepare the pumpkin. First chop the pumpkin into thick slices. Spoon out the seeds and cut to remove the skin. Lastly cut into thick cubes.
Soak dried shrimp till soft, drained, coarsely chop and set aside.
Also chop garlic and dice spring onion.
Also have ready the simple seasonings for the dish.
First, heat oil in wok. Add garlic and sauté till fragrant. Then add in chopped dried shrimp and continue to fry till dry and fragrant.
Add in the pumpkin cubes followed by oyster sauce, salt and ground white pepper. Stir fry till the seasonings is well mixed into the pumpkin.
Add in water. Cover the wok and simmer on low heat for 5 to 8 minutes or till the pumpkin turn fork tender but not mushy. Finish uncovered to reduce any excess liquid and intensify the flavor. Adjust seasonings to taste. And we are done!
Transfer the cooked pumpkin onto a serving plate and serve immediately.
Goes so well with steamed white rice. Enjoy!
Instructions
Prepare Ingredients:
Cooking Chinese Stir Fry Pumpkin:
Enjoy!
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Notes
- Make sure you use a sharpened knife to chop and cut the pumpkin into cubes.
- Choose the right pumpkin. The best types are Chinese Pumpkin, Kabocha Squash or Butternut Squash. These pumpkin have a natural sweetness and firm texture that holds well. Avoid watery types pumpkin as they can turn mushy quickly.
- Do not use traditional American pumpkins because they would fall apart and taste weird.
- Cut the pumpkin evenly. Slice or cube the pumpkin evenly so it cooks at the same rate.
- Make sure to cook the pumpkin till they are fork tender. Over cooking will turn the pumpkin mushy.
NUTRITION
Calories: 136kcal · Carbohydrates: 16g · Protein: 4g · Fat: 7g · Saturated Fat: 1g · Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g · Monounsaturated Fat: 4g · Trans Fat: 0.03g · Cholesterol: 43mg · Sodium: 552mg · Potassium: 452mg · Fiber: 3g · Sugar: 3g · Vitamin A: 13288IU · Vitamin C: 27mg · Calcium: 82mg · Iron: 1mg