Eggplant with Chopped Pork

Name: Eggplant with Chopped Pork
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: ground pork; soy sauce, dark; sesame oil; scallions, spring or green onions; sugar; salt; garlic cloves; ginger; eggplant; thai chili paste; scallions, spring or green onions; water; vegetable oil

Submitted by Jessie Kampmeyer

Eggplant with Chopped Pork recipe

YIELD

4 servings

PREP

10 min

COOK

20 min

READY

30 min

Ingredients

Pork mixture

POUND GROUND PORK

TABLESPOONS SOY SAUCE, DARK

TABLESPOON SESAME OIL

EACH SCALLIONS, SPRING OR GREEN ONIONS
chopped

Can be together

TABLESPOON SUGAR

1 ½

TEASPOONS SALT

Can be together

EACH GARLIC CLOVES
diced

SLICE GINGER
diced *

Other ingredients

MEDIUM EGGPLANT
peeled, cut in 1" cubes *

1-2

TABLESPOONS THAI CHILI PASTE

EACH SCALLIONS, SPRING OR GREEN ONIONS
chopped

⅔

CUP WATER

TABLESPOONS VEGETABLE OIL
for stir frying

Directions

Preparation: Heat Wok. Add oil and let heat. Add garlic and ginger; stir fry [30] Sec.

Add chilli paste; stir fry [30] Sec. Add “pork mixture"; stir fry [2] Min.

Break up clumps of meat and insure all meat is exposed to oil. Add eggplant; stir fry [4] Min.

Gently scoop pieces of eggplant off sides of Wok and into middle. Sprinkle salt and sugar over ingredients; stir fry [2] Min.

Pour in water and add scallions. When water boils; Cover and cook over High flame [10] Min. until eggplant has become soft and absorbed meat flavor - Serve!