Chicken With Chinese Eggplant

This is a combination of a number of different recipes along with my own personal preference changes. the sauce has a slight kick, so if you have people who are squeamish about spicy heat, you may want to cut down on the hot sauce.

Steps

Brine chicken for 1-3 hours in solution of 2 cups water , 1 / 4 cup kosher salt and 1 / 4 cup sugar.

Soak dried shrimp in sherry for 1-3 hours.

Meanwhile , halve eggplant then slice halves radially into 4 slices per half.

And then into smaller pieces.

Spread on cooling racks over the sink or cookie sheets.

Sprinkle with salt and weight down with heavy cutting board.

Let drain for one hour or more.

Quarter and slice onion , set aside.

Mince garlic , set aside.

Drain chicken and pat dry.

Strain shrimp out of sherry and discard shrimp.

Combine sherry , hot sauce , dark soy sauce , light soy sauce , rice wine vinegar , splenda and tomato paste and whisk together.

Add half of oil to wok and heat over high heat.

Add chicken and cook about 1 / 2 way.

Remove to a plate.

Add remaining oil and allow to come to temperature.

Add onions , stir fry for about 1 minute.

Add eggplant , stir fry for about 5 minutes.

Replace chicken in wok.

Add sauce and stir fry until done.

Serve w.

Ingredients

boneless skinless chicken breast, dried shrimp, sherry wine, garlic cloves, onion, eggplants, hot sauce, dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, artificial sweetener, tomato paste, light olive oil, chicken stock