Recipe - Eggplant With Garlicky Brown Sauce

1 One half cup Cooked white rice
1 tablespoon Light sesame oil
1 md Eggplant
2 Scallion
8 lg Mushrooms; halved
6 Cloves garlic; smashed, or
more
One half Inchpiece fresh ginger
root, peel and chop
2 tablespoon Dry white wine; or less
2 tablespoon Soy sauce; low sodium
1/8 teaspoon Red pepper flakes
1 pack Mushroom gravy; vegetarian
1 One fourth cup Water; or more as needed
1 teaspoon Kung Pao Sauce; or other
chili sauce

eam the rice (See note). While rice
: is cooking, cut or sliced up eggplant
: in 1/2" eces; th hen roughcut into 11/2"
: squares. Cut the onions
: into 1" long eces. Pl lace eggplant and onion into
: collander; salt; allow to
: drain about minutes s Rinse and towel dry.

HOT WOK! Heat oil in wok. Add the eggplant and onion and brown. Using a
scoop or large spoon, rotate the browned eggplant to the top. Let brown.
Repeat until well browned and beginning to carmelize. Make a well in center
of wok and add the garlic. and the ginger. Add wine to center and when the
wine has evaported (less than 30 secs) add the mushroom pieces and red
pepper flakes; stir to toss. Pour half the soy over the eggplant and cover.
Let stew about 4 to 5 mins. It will burn a little. Lift cover and toss. Add
the rest of the soy and cover. Cook for about 2 to 3 minutes.

Mix the mushroom gravy with water and the chili sauce (Kung Pao). Make a
well in the wok and add the gravy, stirring and adding water to thicken to
a medium consistency. Correct seasoning with black pepper and soy sauce.
Serve with the rice.

290 cals, 8 g fat, 24.7% cff.

8/97Pat's Notes: Eggplants are remarkable things the way they absorb
flavors! We wanted more garlic. It could have stewed a little longer to
carmelize. Next time salt the eggplant first, then start the rice.

Pantry: We used the mushroom gravy that does not have beef bouillon
flavoring. Rice: half white and half jasmine. Fume blanc. 1 tablespoon of
Tamari, first, then 1 tablespoon of soy, low sodium.

Recipe by: Pat Hanneman (Riverside, 1997) Posted to Digest eatlf.v097.n214
by KitPATh phannema@wizard.ucr.edu on Aug 24, 1997