Wineshark Cooking Class - Pan-fried Chicken Wings with Bitter Gourd Greens and Fermented Black Beans 苦瓜青豉汁炒雞翅

Ingredients (for 4):

• Bitter gourd - 2 (around 800 g)
• Salt - 1/2 tsp
• Oil - 1 tbsp + 1 tsp
• Chicken stock - 1/2 cup
• Fermented black beans - 1 tbsp full
• Chinese yellow wine - 2 tsp
• Sugar - 1 tsp
• Ginger - 2 slices
• Shallot - 4
• Spring onion white - 4 sprigs
• Red chili - 1
• Chicken wings - 8
• Soy sauce - 1 tbsp
• Sesame oil - 1 tsp
• White pepper powder - 1/8 tsp
• Corn starch - 1 tsp full + 1 tsp
• Water - 1 tbsp

Procedures:

1. Cut the greens of the bitter gourd, removing any white part that is attached. Marinate the bitter gourd greens with salt for 15 minutes. Then wash away the salt and drip dry.

2. Clean the fermented black beans and then mix with Chinese yellow wine and ginger. 

3. Steam the fermented black beans for 15 minutes.

4. Cut the chicken wings in halves. Marinate with soy sauce, sesame oil, white pepper powder and corn starch. 

5. Smash the shallots. Cut the spring onion white in sections, and cut the red chili into thin strips.

6. Heat the wok with medium heat, add 1 tbsp of oil and stir-fry the shallots until transparent. Remove.

7. Add 1 tsp of oil to the wok, then pan-fry the chicken wings until golden, before flipping over to pan-fry the other side. 

8. Add the fermented black beans. 

9. Add the chicken stock and cook until the sauce is boiling, then add back the shallots and cover with lid to cook for 10 minutes. 

10. Add the bitter gourd greens and continue to cook for 4 minutes.

11. Add the corn starch and water mixture to thicken the sauce, then sprinkle with the spring onion white and chili before serving.