Stir Fried Eggplant With Snow Peas
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Recipe type: Main Dish
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Ingredients
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 t fresh ginger, minced
  • ½ c yellow onion, diced
  • 1 large purple eggplant, diced in 1 inch cubes (about 6 cups)
  • ½ t crushed red pepper flakes
  • pinch of salt
Sauce
  • 2 t canola oil
  • 3 T soy sauce
  • 1 T maple syrup
  • 1 T rice vinegar
  • 3 t lime juice
  • ½ t sesame oil
  • 2 T water
  • 1 t cornstarch
  • 1½ c snow peas, ends trimmed, strings removed
  • ¼ c scallions, cut in 1-inch slices
  • garnish: sesame seeds, fresh basil or cilantro, if you like
Instructions
  1. In a large saute pan, heat canola oil. Add garlic and ginger and cook over medium heat about two minutes, stirring occasionally. Add eggplant, crushed red pepper and a pinch of salt and stir to combine. Saute about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  2. Add ½ cup of water to the pan and cover, letting the eggplant steam an additional 10-12 minutes. While the eggplant continues to cook, combine soy sauce, maple syrup, rice vinegar, lime juice, sesame oil and water in a small bowl. Stir in cornstarch and set aside.
  3. Remove cover from the eggplant and check to see that eggplant cubes are soft and cooked through. Stir in soy sauce mixture and cook about 1minute. Add snow peas and scallions and cook another two minutes, or until snow peas are bright green and softened, but still crunchy. Remove from heat.
  4. Serve garnished with sesame seeds or chopped fresh basil or cilantro, if you like.
Recipe by Homemade Levity at http://www.homemadelevity.com/stir-fried-eggplant-with-snow-peas/