We've been trying to eat a little lighter lately, so I've been making a lot of Paleo diet type of dishes. This was eggplant slices I dipped in a simple marinade and roasted on a rack over a sheet pan until they were nice and brown, then topped with slices of cod that I had sauteed in olive oil and some butter.
I finished it off with a sauce I made from fresh ginger, soy, sherry, sesame oil, chili garlic paste and some scallions that I let come together while I cooked off the other stuff.
Really good, and good for you! Where's the ice cream?
WOW !!!
That looks yummy.
I love eggplant but only cook it 2 or 3 times a year because the wife thinks its "yucky"
Im going to try yours on her.
I usually cook eggplant in the "Yu Xiang" Chinese style.
1 whole eggplant (skin on) cut into 1" wheels then cut again into 1" X 1" strips.
1/4 lb lean pork chopped into tiny bits.
2" or 3" of fresh ginger chopped fine.
4 or 5 Tbsp chopped garlic...more is better.
2 or 3 Tbsp chili paste...again, more is better.
2 Tbsp cornstarch mixed into 2 Tbsp water.
1 Tbsp sesame oil.
2 green onions chopped.
Sauce...mix and set aside:
3 Tbsp soy
3 Tbsp chinese cooking wine or real cheap sherry.
1 tsp salt
2 tsp sugar
1/2 cup of chicken, pork, or veggie stock.
I prefer cooking this dish in a woc but i suspect roasting the eggplant will have the same effect.
Roast,(drizzle with olive oil),or stirfry,(1/3 cup peanut oil,the eggplant untill its cooked through,(it will loose its white color and become translucent).
Set aside.
Reheat the wok or a saute pan with a little oil and add chile paste, garlic,and ginger.
When this starts cooking add the chopped pork and cook till the pork changes color and looks done.
Give the sauce a stir and add it to the cooked pork mixture, heat till boiling.
Use some or all of the cornstarch mixture to thicken the sauce to a gravy texture.
Now add your cooked eggplant and toss to cover with the pork/sauce mixture and heat through.
Add the sesame oil and chopped green onion toss once again and serve.
Steve-0
Thanks, Steve-O! Coming from a Chinese cooking monster like you that's high praise, indeed. Now that we're in IL with JB, we'll have to get you out here and we'll cook Chinese food until we can't see out the windows from all the grease!
Ya know thats one of the things i look for when im checking out a new chinese place.
If the windows are squeeky clean, i walk on by.
If the windows are coated with a greasy haze i ALWAYS go in.
I remember that well, my friend. The other Steve-O tip: always ask a waitress if she feels like making a milkshake before you order one. If she's really enthusiastic about it, prepare to drink 3 to 5 of them!
all right , I'm waiting for you 2 grease balls > lao Szechuan awaits
You gotta make shrimp toast, JB. Your shrimp toast changed my life.