Eggplant

Overview

There are a lot of nuts left over from the Chinese New Year. Today I will use nuts and various ingredients to make a dish from the novel "A Dream of Red Mansions" - eggplant. It is said to be a popular dish in Jia's family.

Tags

• hot dishes
• home cooking
• bamboo shoots
• candied fruit
• chicken breast
• cooking wine
• cornstarch
• dried tofu
• egg white
• eggplant
• king oyster mushroom
• light soy sauce
• mushrooms
• oyster sauce
• pine nuts
• star anise
• cashew nuts
• salt

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Wash and soak the shiitake mushrooms, remove the stems and dice them, wash and dice the king oyster mushrooms.

   

2. 2 Wash the chicken breast, cut the grouse into cubes with the back of a knife, mix well with salt, cooking wine, egg white and starch and marinate for 15 minutes.

   

3. 3 Peel, stem and dice the eggplant, soak in salt water, remove and squeeze out the water.

   

4. 4 Peel and dice the bamboo shoots, dice the dried fragrant seeds, and set aside cooked pine nuts and candied fruits.

   

5. 5 Heat the oil in the pan, add the dried fragrant seeds and stir-fry until golden brown and take out.

   

6. 6 Leave oil in the pot, add cashew nuts and fry until cooked. Dish out.

   

7. 7 Heat oil in a pan, add chicken and stir-fry until meat turns white.

   

8. 8 Add the blanched bamboo shoots and chicken, stir-fry for a few times and remove.

   

9. 9 Heat oil in a pan, add king oyster mushrooms and shiitake mushrooms, stir-fry for a while and remove.

   

10. 10 Heat the oil in the pot, stir-fry the star anise until fragrant, then remove.

    

11. 11 Add chicken and bamboo shoots and stir-fry.

    

12. 12 Add king oyster mushrooms and shiitake mushrooms and stir-fry.

    

13. 13 Add oyster sauce and light soy sauce.

    

14. 14 Add chicken and bamboo shoots.

    

15. 15 Continue to stir-fry.

    

16. 16 Finally, turn off the heat, add nuts and candied fruits and stir-fry evenly.