Caramelized Pork Kebabs with Chinese Eggplant

Name: Caramelized Pork Kebabs with Chinese Eggplant
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Chinese, Asian
Ingredients: 3 Chinese or Japanese eggplants (about 1/2 lb. each); 2 Tbsps Thai or Vietnamese fish sauce (nam pla or nuoc mam); 2 Tbsps minced garlic; 3 Tbsps reduced-sodium soy sauce; 2 Tbsps oyster sauce; 567 grams pork tenderloin; 1 Tbsp Sriracha chili sauce; 3 Tbsps sugar

The recipe Caramelized Pork Kebabs with Chinese Eggplant could satisfy your Chinese craving in roughly 40 minutes. This recipe serves 4. Watching your figure? This gluten free and dairy free recipe has 315 calories, 34g of protein, and 6g of fat per serving. A mixture of oyster sauce, japanese eggplants, soy sauce, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy.

Instructions

Trim pork of fat and silverskin and cut crosswise into 1/4-in. slices. Arrange slices between layers of plastic wrap and, with a meat mallet or heavy rolling pin, pound until paper thin.

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Meat

Pork

Wrap

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Meat Tenderizer

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Prepare grill for direct high heat (about 500; you can hold your hand 5 in. above cooking grate only 2 to 3 seconds). In a bowl, mix fish sauce, soy sauce, oyster sauce, garlic, sugar, and chili sauce. (If you like, double the marinade and save half to use as a sauce.)

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Oyster Sauce

Chili Sauce

Fish Sauce

Soy Sauce

Marinade

Garlic

Sauce

Sugar

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Grill

Bowl

Add pork and toss to coat.

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Pork

Let stand 10 minutes. Weave strips of meat onto eight 10-in. metal or soaked wooden skewers.

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Meat

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Wooden Skewers

Halve each eggplant crosswise, then lengthwise; score each piece on flesh side a few times with a sharp knife.

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Eggplant

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Knife

Add eggplant to pork marinade and turn to coat on all sides.

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Eggplant

Marinade

Pork

Put skewers on center of grill and surround with pieces of eggplant, skin side down. Cover and cook 2 minutes. Turn meat over, cover, and cook 2 minutes more.

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Eggplant

Meat

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Skewers

Grill

Remove meat from grill. Cook eggplant, covered, turning often, 4 to 6 minutes, or until eggplant is very soft but not burned.

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Eggplant

Meat

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Grill