Fried Eggplant And Ground Pork

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats, Vegetables, Eggs, Grains, Seafood	Thai	Ethnic, Pork & ham, Thai, Vegetables	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

225	g	Ground pork
2	c	Eggplant, cut 1/2 inch thick
1	t	Minced garlic
1	T	Chiles, shredded
1	t	Soybean condiment, * see
		note
1	T	Fish sauce
1	T	Soy sauce
1	t	Sugar
1/2	t	Sweet soy sauce
20		Basil leaves
3	T	Vegetable stock
2	T	Olive oil

INSTRUCTIONS

Blanch eggplant in boiling water for 30sec. Remove. Heat oil and
stir-fry garlic, chili and soy condiment until fragrent. Add pork and
stir-fry until colour changes. Add eggplant, then sauces and suger.
Stir to mix. Finally, add basil and stock and bring to boil. Serve
immediately.    black-bean paste may also  be used. Recipe By     : Joe
Sweeney  (sweeney@asiaonline.net)  Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #264
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 21:25:59 +0800 (HKT)  From: Sweeney
<sweeney@asiaonline.net>  NOTES : This is a favorite dish in my family,
where eggplant is eaten  in some form almost every day. The eggplant in
this dish tends to be  a bit "crunchy." If you wish to have a softer
feel (as in Chinese  dishes) then simmer for a little longer - 5min
max! Also, for  fire-lovers, you can double the chili content without
upsetting the  flavor of this dish. (Just make sure you serve it with
lots of rice  and iced water!)

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