Fried Eggplant and Ground Pork

225 g ground pork

2 c eggplant -- cut 1/2 inch

: thick 1 ts minced garlic

1 TB chiles -- shredded

1 ts soybean condiment -- * see

: note 1 TB fish sauce

1 TB soy sauce

1 ts sugar

1/2 ts sweet soy sauce

20 basil leaves

3 TB vegetable stock

2 TB olive oil

1. Blanch eggplant in boiling water for 30sec. Remove.

2. Heat oil and stir-fry garlic, chili and soy

condiment until fragrent. 3. Add pork and stir-fry until colour changes. 4. Add eggplant, then sauces and suger. Stir to mix. 5. Finally, add basil and stock and bring to boil. Serve immediately. * black-bean paste may also be used. Recipe By : Joe Sweeney ([email protected]) From: Sweeney <[email protected]>date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 21:25:59 +0800 ( -----