Microwave Steamed Sour Chicken And Eggplant Food

EASY ONE-PAN EGGPLANT CHICKEN DINNER [VIDEO]

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large sauté pan over medium heat. Add garlic, onion and eggplant and let cook for 5 minutes, stirring often until onions are translucent and eggplant is beginning to soften.
• Add chicken and let cook until no longer pink on the outside, about 5 minutes.
• Add tomatoes and spices and let simmer until chicken is cooked through and the sauce has slightly thickened, about 7-10 minutes.
• Add in fresh spinach, mix and let cook until spinach wilts.
• Garnish with fresh basil and season to taste.

GREEN CURRY WITH CHICKEN AND EGGPLANT

Steps:

• Combine chicken with sauce ingredients and bring to a boil. Continue to simmer until chicken is done (approx. 8 minutes).
• Add eggplant, bamboo shoots and lime leaves. Cook until eggplant is tender (approx. 3 minutes). Garnish with basil leaves and chili pepper before serving. Serve with rice.

MICROWAVED ITALIAN EGGPLANT

Steps:

• Cut eggplant into 3/4-in. slices. In a shallow bowl, combine the bread crumbs and oregano. Brush one side of each eggplant slice with mayonnaise. Dip mayonnaise side into crumb mixture; place crumb side up in a shallow 2-qt. microwave-safe dish. , Cover and microwave on high for 6-8 minutes or until tender. Drizzle with spaghetti sauce and sprinkle with cheeses. Cook, uncovered, 1 minute longer or until sauce is heated through.

ASIAN CHICKEN AND JAPANESE EGGPLANT STIR-FRY

Steps:

• Combine marinade ingredients and marinate chicken for a minimum of 2 hours in the refrigerator.
• In a large wok, heat 2 tablespoons oil for 20 seconds. Add chicken and stir quickly (separating chicken) for 30 seconds. Remove chicken and drain.
• Place 2 tablespoons garlic and red bell pepper in wok and cook for 5 seconds. Add cooking wine, soy sauce, oyster sauce and water to wok. Slice off eggplant stem and slice eggplant. Add eggplant and stir until the mixture boils. Turn heat to low, cover and cook 2-3 minutes (make sure mixture does not run dry). After 2 minutes check to see if eggplant is tender; then add cornstarch mixture slowly. Return chicken to wok; stir and fold until mixed well with sauce again. Add green onion and sesame oil and stir & fold until thoroughly mixed.
• Serve with steamed or fried rice.

SWEET & SOUR EGGPLANT

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine the water and sugar and stir over high heat until the sugar dissolves.
• Cook without stirring until a light amber caramel forms, about 2 minutes.
• Off the heat, add the vinegar.
• Cook the caramel over very low heat just until it softens, about 1 minute.
• Add the tomatoes, garlic and 1/4 cup of the oil and season with salt and white pepper.
• Simmer over moderately low heat until thickened, about 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 400°F
• Brush a large rimmed baking sheet with 2 tablespoons of the oil.
• Arrange the eggplant on the sheet and brush with the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil; season with salt and white pepper.
• Roast the eggplant for 10 minutes, then flip and roast for 10 minutes longer, until tender and lightly golden.
• Arrange the eggplant slices in an 8x11-inch baking dish in slightly overlapping rows.
• Spoon two-thirds of the tomato sauce on top and bake for 20 minutes, until bubbling and browned around the edges.
• Sprinkle the cheese and mint on top and serve warm or at room temperature, passing the remaining sauce on the side.
• *WINE: Try Cusumano's plush, fruity 2005.

ADOBO BISAYA

Steps:

• combine all ingredients in a pan, simmer until tender or the liquid will reduce to half.
• then add cooking oil.

BAKED SESAME MARMALADE CHICKEN

Steps:

• Mix the garlic, ginger, orange marmalade and soy sauce together in a large bowl.
• Add the chicken thighs, stir, cover and set aside for 15min.
• Put the chicken in a roasting tin and roast at 425°F for 35min, basting and moving the chicken around in the tin so that it cooks evenly and is cooked to the centre. Lift the chicken out of the tin and keep warm.
• Skim the fat off the juices in the roasting tin, discard the fat, bring the juices to the boil and bubble for 30sec. Spoon the juices over the chicken, sprinkle the sesame seeds over and serve with boiled white rice.