Lazy Champuru
- 4 strips bacon, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 large bitter melon, seeds removed and sliced
- 1/8 cup dashi (Japanese soup base)
- Cooked shredded pork
- 1 block tofu
- Black pepper (to taste)
Lazy Champuru
Featured in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser on January 10, 2018.
Ingredients:
Directions:
- Place bacon in a large saute pan and render the bacon fat.
- Remove bacon; set aside.
- Save oil for another recipe.
- Pan will be flavored with the bacon.
- Add sesame oil, then the bitter melon.
- Fry for about one minute on medium high.
- Keep pan as hot as possible without burning the oil.
- Add dashi, then the bacon and pork.
- Break block of tofu into pan by hand.
- Add black pepper to taste.
- Remove champuru from heat as soon as bitter melon turns bright green.
- The bitter melon cooking time should be no more than 2-3 minutes.
Serves 4.
Alternative: For dry champuru, substitute 2 teaspoons dashi granules in place of the 1/8 cup dashi.
Approximate Nutrient Analysis per serving:
210 calories, 13 g fat, 3 g saturated fat, 30 mg cholesterol, 300 mg sodium, 4 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 1 g sugar, 20 g protein
