| Eggplant with Chinese Roast pork in hot bean paste - August 7, 2000 | ||||||||
| Ingredient | Cal/unit | Calories | ||||||
| 2.4 | lbs. | Chinese Eggplant | 117.94 | 283.06 | ||||
| 8 | oz | Chinese Roast Pork | 60.00 | 480.00 | ||||
| 1 | Large | Wala Wala Onion | 150.00 | 150.00 | ||||
| 1 | lbs. | Cherry Tomatoes | 96.00 | 96.00 | ||||
| 3 | Pieces | Fresh Water Chestnuts | 15.00 | 45.00 | ||||
| 3 | Tbsp. | Chinese style Hot Bean paste | 30.00 | 90.00 | ||||
| 1 | Tin | No fat chicken stock | 30.00 | 30.00 | ||||
| 1 | Tbsp. | Corn starch | 50.00 | 50.00 | ||||
| 1 | Bunch | Cilantro | 15.00 | 15.00 | ||||
| 1 | tsp | Sichuan Pepper Corn | 5.00 | 5.00 | ||||
| Total for 4 large servings | 1239.06 | |||||||
| Each serving | 309.76 | |||||||
| Method: | ||||||||
| Roll cut eggplant into bite sized pieces | ||||||||
| Chop the cilantro moderately fine. | ||||||||
| Peel and dice water chestnuts | ||||||||
| Cut the onion into bite sized pieces. | ||||||||
| Dissolve the corn starch in about 3 T of the chicken stock. | ||||||||
| Pan brown and crush the Sichuan pepper corn. | ||||||||
| Spray a wok with cooking spray. Heat until hot. Add onion. Stir-fry until slightly translucent over high | ||||||||
| heat. Add eggplant. Continue stir-frying until heated through. Add the chicken stock and half the cilantro. | ||||||||
| Bring to a hard boil while stir-frying. Reduce heat to a light boil. Cook until eggplant is just getting done. | ||||||||
| Add diced water chestnut, the rest of the cilantro, and the hot bean paste. Raise the heat. | ||||||||
| Add the roast pork. Heat through. Slowly drizzle the corn starch mix while stirring. | ||||||||
| Add the Sichuan pepper corn. | ||||||||
| Serve and devour! | ||||||||