Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, stir-fried goya (goya chanpuru). One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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Goya chanpuru (ゴーヤチャンプルー) is another representative Okinawan dish along with rafute and Okinawa soba. The word "chanpuru" sounds similar to the Indonesian word "campur" which means mix/stir and indeed, goya chanpuru is a bitter melon stir fry dish. "Goya" means bitter melon in Okinawa dialect. Great recipe for Stir-fried Goya (Goya Chanpuru).
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have stir-fried goya (goya chanpuru) using 14 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Stir-fried Goya (Goya Chanpuru):
- Make ready 1/2 (20 cm) goya (cut in half lengthwise, remove the seeds, cut into 3~5mm slices)
- Get 200 g firm tofu (drained and cut into bite sized pieces)
- Prepare 100~150 g pork or ham (cut into bite sized pieces)
- Prepare 1/2 sliced onion
- Prepare 1/4 carrot (cut into thin strips)
- Prepare 1~2 beaten eggs
- Prepare Seasonings:
- Make ready * 1 tbsp sake
- Make ready * 1 tbsp soy sauce
- Get * 1/2~1 tbsp oyster sauce
- Make ready 1 tbsp vegetables oil or olive oil for frying tofu
- Get 1 tbsp sesame oil
- Get dried bonito flakes for topping (optional)
- Take salt and pepper for seasoning
Okinawa has many chanpuru recipes but Goya chanpuru is the representative of the chanpuru dish. This recipe has originated in the Okinawa region and is now widely popular in Japanese homes. Goya or bitter melon, is a tropical fruit that's why there's plenty of it in the Okinawa region which is relatively hot. Most kids are not a fan of this tropical fruit when they first eat it.
Steps to make Stir-fried Goya (Goya Chanpuru):
- Sprinkle salt on goya and rub, leave it for about 10 mins. Wash with water and drain well.
- Heat the oil (vegetable or olive oil) in a pan over medium heat, stir fry tofu until browned. Remove tofu from the pan and set aside.
- Heat the sesame oil in the same pan, add pork, onion, carrot, goya and stir fry for 1~2 mins(softened). Put tofu back in the pan and then add seasonings and combine.
- Pour the beaten egg over and stir quickly to mix. Season with salt and pepper. Top with dried bonito flakes (optional).
Bitter melon, pork belly, tofu, and egg are the four key ingredients to making Goya Champuru. Why are we eating Okinawan food on a Hawaii blog? Because Hawaii food is a generous mix of food from all cultures. And like we did with Japanese, Chinese, and Filipino, etc. Okinawa's most iconic Goya Champuru is a stir fry dish with bitter melon, tofu, egg, and pork belly.
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