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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Chinese and Mongolian >> Chinese

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Brine chicken for 1-3 hours in solution of 2 cups water, 1/4 cup kosher salt and 1/4 cup sugar. | 2. Soak dried shrimp in sherry for 1-3 hours. | 3. Meanwhile, halve eggplant then slice halves radially into 4 slices per half. | 4. and then into smaller pieces. | 5. Spread on cooling racks over the sink or cookie sheets. | 6. Sprinkle with salt and weight down with heavy cutting board. | 7. Let drain for one hour or more. | 8. Quarter and slice onion, set aside. | 9. Mince garlic, set aside. | 10. Drain chicken and pat dry. | 11. Strain shrimp out of sherry and discard shrimp (reserve sherry). | 12. Combine sherry, hot sauce, dark soy sauce,light soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, splenda and tomato paste and whisk together. | 13. Add half of oil to wok and heat over high heat. | 14. Add chicken and cook about 1/2 way (but browned on all sides). | 15. Remove to a plate. | 16. Add remaining oil and allow to come to temperature. | 17. Add onions, stir fry for about 1 minute. | 18. Add Eggplant, stir fry for about 5 minutes. | 19. Replace chicken in wok. | 20. Add Sauce and Stir fry until done. | 21. Serve with brown rice. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
chicken breast	1/2	lb	boneless skinless sliced cut	390.0899	0.0	47.2871	20.9787
shrimp	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
sherry wine	2	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
garlic clove	3		minced	13.41	2.9754	0.5724	0.045
onion	1			60.0	14.01	1.65	0.15
eggplant	2			-	-	-	-
sauce	1	teaspoon		9.85	0.27399999999999997	0.5165	0.746
dark soy sauce	1/2	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
soy sauce	1/2	tablespoon		4.24	0.3944	0.6512	0.0456
rice wine vinegar	1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
artificial sweetener	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
tomato paste	1	tablespoon		13.12	3.0256	0.6912	0.0752
olive oil	4	teaspoons	divided	159.12	0.0	0.0	18.0
chicken stock	1/2	cup		43.2	4.236000000000001	3.0239999999999996	1.44

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.