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Official cooking video · 얌얌튜브_YamYamTube · YOUTUBEStir-Fried Edible Bottle Gourd Baknamul (4)
Tender edible bottle gourd gently cooked with perilla oil and Korean soup soy sauce; distinct from zucchini.
Ingredients
servings: 4 · Check ingredients
Steps
- 01
Wash food-grade young gourd, remove peel and seeds and slice 5 mm thick. Never cook or eat bitter gourd.
- 02
Heat perilla oil gently, add chopped green onion and garlic, and stir without browning.
- 03
Add gourd and stir-fry for 2–3 minutes to coat in oil.
- 04
Add 80 mL water, cover and simmer until translucent and easily pierced with chopsticks.
- 05
Add soup soy sauce, uncover to reduce moisture slightly, and finish with sesame seeds.
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Before you cook
Only use edible young gourd; discard bitter gourd. Cook thoroughly and refrigerate within two hours. Check soy, possible wheat and sesame allergens.
Allergens: 대두/soy/大豆, 간장의 밀 가능성/possible wheat in soy sauce/醤油の小麦, 참깨/sesame/ごま
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