Asian Pork and Eggplant

Asian Pork and Eggplant
Shredded Cabbage and Carrots
Brown Rice

Ingredients:
1 lb eggplant, cut into slices or strips
1 ½ lb pork tenderloin or boneless ribs, cut into chunks
1 Tbsp cooking oil
1 tsp sesame oil
¼ cup shredded carrots
1 red bell pepper, diced
1 can of juice from mandarin oranges, reserved from the Asian Chicken Salad Twirls
1 Tbsp soy sauce
¼ cup chopped parsley
1 clove garlic, crushed
1/8 tsp red pepper
Salt
Remaining cabbage from this week’s head of cabbage, shredded (about 2 – 3 cups.)
1 cup sliced carrots
2 cups brown rice

Preparation:
Sprinkle salt to cover the sliced eggplant and let it sit in a colander for 30 minutes. This helps reduce the bitterness.
Boil 4 cups of water. Add the rice, cover and lower heat to low. Cook for 20 minutes.
Cook the pork in the cooking oil until browned.
Cook the shredded cabbage and carrots in a small amount of water until tender.
Add the shredded carrots, bell pepper, mandarin orange juice, soy sauce, sesame oil, garlic, and red pepper to the meat mixture. Cook until the meat is done.
Rinse the eggplant.
Stir the eggplant and parsley into the meat mixture and cook until it is tender.
Serve the stir fry with the rice and cabbage.