Stir-Fried Bitter Melon and Shrimp with Fermented Black Beans

Ingredients

• 2 medium bitter melons
• 6 tbsp. peanut oil
• 1 lb. medium shrimp, peeled, deveined, and butterflied
• 8 medium garlic cloves, peeled and minced
• 3 tbsp. fermented black beans, coarsely chopped
• ¹⁄₄ cup shaoxing (Chinese rice wine)
• 1 tbsp. soy sauce
• 2 tsp. sugar
• 1 small dried red chile, stemmed and crushed
• Freshly ground white pepper
• 4 cups steamed jasmine rice