5 bitter shrimp Recipes

pork, sliced, vegetable oil, garlic cloves, minced, onion, chopped, tomatoes, chopped, calabaza squash, cubed, okra, sliced, chinese long beans, chopped, japanese eggplants, sliced, bitter melon, sliced (optional), water, bagoong , alamang (salted shrimp paste)

chicken breast, shelled shrimps (get the big ones), white onions, watercress, rose petals (don tsp go overboard, have a strong taste especially when fresh), lettuce leaves (just about, it s really up to you), cucumber (small, medium or large, you choose), unsalted roasted peanuts, garlic, salt (or 4 tbsp fish sauce... eeeeuuw!), lemon juice, brown sugar, red chili pepper, few sprigs of mint and coriander leaves, few sprigs of shallot, olive or sesame oil for frying (avoid mustard oil, too bitter; canola s too bland)

shrimp (fresh if you want to do all the work or precooked and peeled), juice to taste (i don tsp like it real soupy), cucumbers, cut and diced into medium. cubes. if not bitter, leave skin on., fresh tomatoes, cut and diced (i peel and seed the maters), avacados, cut and diced into 1 inch cubes (do this just before serving), celery, sliced, sweet onion , diced into small tidbits, fresh cilantro, chopped (half or more in cocktail and rest for garnish), ketchuip, fresh lime juice, limes cut for garnish, tapatio hot sauce (add to taste), saltine crackers, kosher salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

vegetable oil, young ginger root, peeled and crushed, garlic cloves, peeled and crushed, fresh tomato, chopped, roast pork, eggplants, green beans, bitter melon, fish sauce, tomato paste, shrimp, peeled and deveined, salt