260215 Sezjuana Lunch

This is my Pinoy version of the Szechuan eggplant dish... a touch of sweet instead of spicy.

Ingredients (serves two to three): 

1 eggplant
1 carrot
ginger
garlic
2 tbsp oyster sauce
3 tbsp mushroom soy sauce
sweet chili sauce
chicken broth
ground beef
corn starch
water

 Chop up the veggies. I like cutting notches on the side of carrots for a flowery look.

Mince the garlic and the ginger.

 

Mix the oyster sauce, the mushroom soy sauce,
and a dollop of sweet chili sauce.

  

Saute the garlic and the ginger in a bit of hot oil. Then saute the carrots. 

   

I kept the garlic and ginger on one side and the carrots on the other. Added a few scoops of ground beef to the garlic-ginger side; eventually, took the carrots out and set them aside to preserve their sweetness and a bit of crunch.

  

Add the eggplant. Then add the sauce mix. Adjust to taste by adding the chicken broth a bit at a time. It's okay to have it slightly saltier than one might like because of the next step. Optional: For this dish, added the leftover chicken from the broth to add more flavor.

As a final touch, add the carrots and the cornstarch mixed in water.
Allow sauce to boil then take off heat.

Voila! Lunch is served.

080115 Lunch

This is the sibling of yesterday's lunch because the only difference is instead of chorizo, I used tuna. Sauteed tuna and onions; put about two-thirds on a plate. Used one-third in the pan with the leftover eggplant & beef dish to mix with rice. 

070115 Lunch

Place half a Chinese chorizo, sliced, into a frying pan and let it cook in its own fat. Take off the heat. Saute minced garlic in chorizo fat. Add ground beef. Add garlic soy sauce leftover from Wingers package (commercial chicken nuggets); adjust to taste [I find it too sweet so added a tsp. of mushroom soy sauce]. Add eggplant. Add a bit of water to dilute sauce. 

When everything is cooked, take out half of eggplant-beef dish and put on a plate (below).

Place cooked rice in pan with remaining eggplant and beef. Stir until rice is evenly covered by sauce. Add chorizo. Voila! Lunch is served.