12 chinese cooked eggplant Recipes

chinese eggplants or 4 small japanese eggplants, the slender ones, are best, ground lean pork (optional) or 1/2 lb lean ground turkey (optional), garlic cloves, stalks scallions, chili bean paste, soy sauce, sugar, vinegar (if you ve got a mild like rice , use 1 tsp, otherwise 1/2), salt, cornstarch paste (cornstarch mixed with water), sesame oil, cooking oil

eggplant, zucchini or 2 large mexican squash, carrots, yellow onions, bell peppers of mixed colors, ripe tomatoes, fresh chinese celery (celery leaves), salt , pepper, all purpose flour, cooking oil

thai apple eggplants (see cooks note, below), vegetable oil, thai red curry paste, pork tenderloin , halved lengthwise, then sliced crosswise 1/4 inch thick, julienne strips peeled fresh or frozen grachai (lesser galangal or wild ginger; thawed if frozen) or drained bottled grachai, rinsed, or ginger, chinese long beans or green beans, cut into 1-inch pieces, canned baby corn, rinsed, drained , and halved lengthwise, thai chicken stock, nam pla (asian fish sauce; preferably thai), fresh or frozen kaffir lime leaves (sometimes called bai makroot), fresh chee fah chile or 2 red jalapeno chiles, thinly sliced crosswise and seeds discarded, salt, loosely packed bai grapao (holy basil leaves), thai pickled garlic (gratiam dong)

red bell pepper, yellow bell pepper, green bell pepper, onion, minced, celery ribs, minced, mushroom, sliced, chinese eggplant, sliced into small pieces, zucchini, sliced into small pieces, cooked chicken breasts, minced garlic, olive oil, divided, chopped tomatoes, salt and pepper, shredded cheddar cheese

cooking oil, butter, shrimp, peeled, deveined, tail on, salt and freshly ground pepper, thai spiced eggplant, heated , recipe follows, thai red curry sauce, heated , recipe follows, basil leaves , chiffonade, peanut oil, ginger skin on, sliced and smashed, lemon grass, white part only , about 4-inch piece, smashed, galangal, peeled and chopped, dried red thai chiles, cumin powder, sweet paprika, red thai curry paste, tomato concassee, unsweetened coconut milk, lime juice, fish sauce, kaffir lime leaves, thai basil leaves, salt and sugar, to taste, globe eggplant , or 4 chinese eggplants, peanut oil, divided, butter, minced jalapeno, minced garlic, minced ginger, minced white onion, tomato concasse, sugar, cumin powder, coriander powder, salt and ground black pepper, chiffonade cilantro, chiffonade thai basil

vegetable oil, sesame oil, onion, diced, garlic cloves, minced, gingerroot, grated, zucchini, sliced, button mushrooms, sliced, eggplants, cubed, vegetable stock or 3/4 cup water, tomato sauce, mirin (chinese cooking wine), bean sauce, hoisin sauce, tamari, rice vinegar, chinese chili sauce, chinese noodles, cooked, fresh cilantro, minced (optional)

cooking oil, curry paste, to taste (the more you use , the hotter the dish, can be found in chinese or ethnic food section, look for tast), coconut milk (you can use regular or lite ), chicken or 1/2 lb shrimp or 1/2 lb beef or 1/2 lb fish, thai fish sauce (also in ethnic section), lime , juice of, lemon , juice of, red pepper flakes, basil leaves, kaffir lime leaves , torn (optional), bamboo shoot, straw mushroom, red bell peppers or green bell pepper, potato, chinese eggplant, japanese eggplant (round, light green with darker stripes, range in size from a large bean up to a small orange and are), green beans, zucchini

olive oil to cook, basmati rice, minced large shallots, garlic, heaping tbsp minced ginger, salt and black pepper to taste, turmeric, vegetable stock, mixed grilled vegetables, 1/2-inch dice (1 zucchini, 1 eggplant, 1 red bell pepper, 1 large red onion, 1 fennel, 1/4-inch thick sliced and grilled with olive oil, salt and pepper), thai basil (2 cups picked leaves), heirloom tomatoes , julienned, different types and colors if possible, red onion, sliced, minced jalepeno, balsamic vinegar, chinese black vinegar, extra virgin olive oil, salt and black pepper to taste

zucchini , cut in half lengthwise and sliced, leek (white part only ), red bell pepper , cut into 1 inch pieces, yellow bell pepper , cut into 1 inch pieces, chinese eggplant , cut in-half lengthwise and sliced, balsamic vinegar, divided, olive oil, garlic cloves, finely chopped, salt and pepper, penne pasta, cooked, boneless skinless chicken, cook and cut into cubes, reduced-sodium fat-free chicken broth, avocado, seeded, peeled and cut into 16 slices (ripe ), fresh basil (optional)

fresh angel hair pasta, cooked, vegetable oil, onion, sliced thin, chinese eggplants, sliced thin, head napa cabbage, shredded, tomatoes, diced, herbes de provence