Eggplant Stir-fry with Ground Pork

Eggplant stir-fry with ground pork is made by cooking eggplant and ground pork in a caramelised savoury sauce made by string beans, garlic, onion, tomato, ginger, soy sauce, oyster sauce, bell pepper, pepper. Eggplant stir-fry with ground pork is a Chinese recipe popular in Philippines and very tasty, nutritious and very easy to make recipe. This dish has both glow and grow foods in one. Best eaten as an appetizer, side dish, or with rice. Ika nga nila, kanin nalang ang kulang! Make sure to prepare a lot!

EGGPLANT STIR FRY WITH GROUND PORK RECIPE

Ingredients:

• 3 pieces eggplant
• 300 grams ground pork
• 1 bunch of string beans
• 4 cloves of garlic
• 1 medium onion
• 1 medium tomato
• 1 teaspoon ginger (minced)
• 3 tablespoons of soy sauce
• 3 tablespoons of oyster sauce
• 1 small red bell pepper
• ½ cup of water
• Pepper to taste
• Oil for frying

Directions:

1. Prepare the eggplant and chop them into bite sized pieces. Then, set aside.
2. Chop the string beans into shorter sticks. Set aside.
3. Slice the bell pepper into medium thick strips. Set aside.
4. Heat some oil in a pan. Fry the eggplants until half cooked. Flip to cook the other side. Transfer them to a strainer or paper towel to drain excess oil. Set aside.
5. Using the same pan, add the ground pork and saute for a few minutes until it changes color and oil starts to render. Add the garlic, onions, tomatoes and ginger. Saute them all together for a few minutes. Season with some pepper and soy sauce.
6. Add some water to help the meat cook.  Let this simmer for 10 minutes using medium heat.
7. Add the string beans, oyster sauce and sugar. Stir gently to mix. Cook for 3 to 5 minutes until the beans are tender.
8. Add the bell peppers and the fried eggplant. Toss them gently to fully coat with the meat mixture. Let it simmer for a few more minutes until all the veggies are cooked.
9. Transfer the stir fry eggplant with ground pork to a serving plate. Enjoy this together with some hot steaming rice. Yum!

EGGPLANT STIR FRY WITH GROUND PORK

It’s harvest time again and I have got a few eggplants I could cook for the whole day. Based on the wheel of fortune in my mind, the eggplant will be cooked as a stir fry today. I just had some binagoongan lately so I excluded that from the choices. Then, I was left with a simple stir fry, but make it meatier. It’s super sakto that I still have an abundance of ground pork in the fridge.

I really love this dish as it is, since it made me feel less guilty of eating meat, as I am eating them with some veggies. You can also use this recipe if you want to teach your kids on eating veggies, particularly the string beans. The meatiness of the ground pork will mask any negative taste from the veggie so the kid will only taste the meat, without thinking that they are also eating veggies at the same time.

If you wanna know how to  make some eggplant stir fry with ground pork, read and follow the simple steps below. Happy cooking!

HOW TO MAKE EGGPLANT STIR FRY WITH GROUND PORK

Making some eggplant stir fry with ground pork is literally just stir frying the ingredients until they become one truly lovely dish.

Before you start cooking, prepare all the ingredients. The main veggie for this dish is the string beans, but feel free to add any veggie you like. After chopping the eggplants, soak them in water to prevent darkening.

Start the cooking process with cooking the eggplants until half cooked. Eggplants are very very soft and soggy when cooked, so just let them be half cooked for now.

Sauteing the ground pork. No need to add oil in this since we will be using the natural oil rendered from the pork. You will be surprised on how much oils are in there! But at least, the oil we will use to saute the aromatics is already meaty. The ground pork may take time to cook so don’t just settle when they become brown. Always to a taste test to know if they are cooked enough.

Saute the aromatics using the rendered oil, and then saute them altogether. You might be needing to add some water to boost the cooking of the ground pork.

The next thing is adding the veggies one by one. Add the string beans since they are fibrous veggies, which means that they need extra time to cook and soften. Add the other veggies and the half cooked eggplant prepared earlier. Simply toss them to mix them better.

I really love my stir fry eggplant with ground pork with a big bowl of hot steaming rice. Yum!

Eggplant Stir-fry with Ground Pork Recipe (TAGALOG)

Mga Sangkap:

• 3 piraso ng talong
• 300 grams ng giniling na baboy
• 1 bugkos ng sitaw
• 4 butil ng bawang
• 1 sibuyas
• 1 kamatis
• 1 kutsarita ng luya (hiniwa ng maliliit)
• 3 kutsara ng toyo
• 3 kutsara ng oyster sauce
• 1 maliit na red bell pepper
• ½ tasa ng tubig
• paminta
• Mantika (pang prito)

Directions:

1. Ihanda ang mga talong at hiwain ito ng maliliit na bite sized. Isantabi.
2. Hiwain ang mga sitaw nang mas maliit na sticks. Isantabi.
3. Hiwain ang bell peppers ng strips. Isantabi.
4. Magpainit ng mantika. Iprito ang mga talong hanggang malapit nang maluto. Baliktarin ang mga ito para maluto ang kabilang side. Ilipat ang mga ito sa strainer o paper towel para tumulo ang sobrang mantika. Isantabi.
5. Gamit ang parehong kawali, ilagay ang giniling na baboy at igisa ng ilang minuto hanggang mag iba ng kulay at lumabas ang mantika. Saka ilagay ang sibuyas, bawang, kamatis at luya. Igisa ang mga ito ng ilang minuto. Timplahan ito ng paminta at toyo.
6. Maglagay ng konting tubig para mas mabilis maluto ang baboy. Hayaan itong maluto ng 10 minuto gamit ang katamtamang apoy.
7. Ilagay ang sitaw, oyster sauce at asukal. Haluin ito at lutuin ng 3 – 5 minuto hanggang lumambot na ang sitaw.
8. Ilagay ang mga bell peppers at talong. Haluin ito ng mabuti para malagyan lahat ng sauce. Lutuin pa ito hanggang lumambot ang mga veggies.
9. Ilipat ang stir fry eggplant with ground pork sa serving plate. Enjoyin ito kasama ng mainit na kanin. Yum!