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|title=Stuffed Bitter Melon (苦瓜酿) - Chinese Food Wiki
|keywords=Stuffed Bitter Melon,苦瓜酿,苦瓜釀,Yong Tau Foo,Hakka,Cantonese
|description=Stuffed Bitter Melon (苦瓜酿) is southern Chinese bitter melon rings filled with minced meat, related to the Hakka Yong Tau Foo stuffed-vegetable family.
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{{Infobox chinese food
| alternate_name = Stuffed balsam pear; niang kugua; bitter melon with meat filling
| pinyin = Kǔguā niàng
| type = Stuffed vegetable (bitter melon rings with meat paste)
| course = Main / home and banquet vegetable-meat dish
| country = China
| region = Southern Chinese home cooking (Cantonese, Hakka, Fujian, and related); Southeast Asian Chinese stuffed-vegetable repertoires
| other = Bitter melon rings stuffed with minced meat — related to Yong Tau Foo stuffed veg family
}}

'''Stuffed Bitter Melon''' (Simplified Chinese: 苦瓜酿; Traditional Chinese: 苦瓜釀; Pinyin: ''Kǔguā niàng'') is a southern Chinese dish of bitter melon (balsam pear) cut into thick rings, seeded, filled with seasoned minced pork or fish-meat paste, then steamed, braised, or lightly fried. It sits in the same stuffed-vegetable family as Hakka [[Yong Tau Foo]], but this page names the bitter-melon preparation as a standalone home and restaurant dish. Soft claims that every stuffed gourd is "yong tau foo" blur restaurant-category vs home-dish naming.<ref name="wp">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yong_tau_fu English Wikipedia]</ref>

== Characteristics ==

Green bitter-melon rings with a pale meat filling; bitterness of the melon balances savory stuffing. Sauce may be clear braising juices, black bean, or mild fermented-soy gravy.

== Ingredients (overview) ==

Bitter melon, minced pork or fish paste, salt, scallion, ginger; optional fermented black bean or soy braising sauce. Related technique to [[Yong Tau Foo]].

== History and culture ==

Common in Cantonese, Hakka, and Fujian home cooking; also appears in Southeast Asian Chinese menus. English menus say "stuffed bitter melon" or "stuffed bitter gourd." Soft exclusive-origin claims for one province are disputed. See [[Guangdong Food]] and [[Yong Tau Foo]].

== Serving and variations ==

Main with rice; banquet vegetable-meat course. See [[Yong Tau Foo]], [[Guangdong Food]], and [[Fujian Food]].

== See also ==

* [[Yong Tau Foo]]
* [[Guangdong Food]]
* [[Fujian Food]]
* [[List of dishes (A-Z)]]

== References ==
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