Miso Chicken with Eggplant

All these years I’ve been blogging I met the most wonderful people. Through this hobby of mine, I got to know so many people around the globe, enter their kitchens and learn things about their lives and countries. Thanks to them I have cooked so many wonderful recipes and learned not only new dishes and ways of cooking but also many interesting things about local cultures.

One of these fellow bloggers whom I follow regularly is Sissi. Sissi lives in the French-speaking part of Switzerland.

Miso Chicken with Eggplant

As she mentions in her blog: “I am an avowed chilli addict and a very eclectic cook, with a distinct penchant for Asian cuisines (Japanese, Korean, Thai and Indian meals appear most frequently on my table). I love filling up my pantry with pickles, sauces, savoury jellies, liquors…. I have a big passion for wine and am particularly fond of Burgundy wines and German rieslings. Like most home cooks, I have always tried to keep my recipes on paper. Putting them online is a great way to share my culinary passion with you. I hope it will push me to become more disciplined and organized, improve my cooking skills, my English, not to mention learning to properly use my camera!”

Miso Chicken with Eggplant

Sissi has a very thorough knowledge regarding the Japanese kitchen and generally the Asian way of cooking. I love her recipes and although most of them are quite hot for my stomach to bare, with some alterations that are necessary I find her recipes to be one of the most delicious ones.

When my family asks for Asian, I know exactly where to look up to find a delicious, tried and true recipe to cook. I have tried this recipe a long time ago but somehow it pilled up at the bottom of others and I totally forgot about it. As I was arranging my photo files I saw this delicious Chicken with Miso and Garlic Sauce and I thought I should share it with you. It is really, really good, restaurant style Asian dish only homemade which makes it even better. I made some small alterations to the original recipe but other than those I followed it as it was. If you want to check this and other delicious recipes I suggest you visit Sissi’s site here: http://www.withaglass.com/?p=10547. I am sure you will find something appealing to you.

Miso Chicken with Eggplant

 

5.0 from 2 reviews
Miso Chicken with Eggplant
 
Author/ Συγγραφέας:
Recipe type/ Τύπος Πιάτου: Main Course
Cuisine/ Κουζίνα: Asian
Ingredients/ Συστατικά
  • 3 chicken breasts cut in small cubes
  • 2 medium eggplants
  • 2 green peppers, julienned
  • salt, pepper
For the Sauce
  • 4 tbsp white miso
  • 4 tbsp mirin
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • 4 tbsp low sodium soy sauce
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
Instructions/ Εκτέλεση
  1. Cut the eggplants in cubes and sprinkle on them some salt.
  2. In a drainer leave them for 20 minutes to let go all their waters.
  3. In the meantime, in a small bowl combine all the sauce ingredients and put it aside.
  4. Heat two tbsp of sesame oil in a wok.
  5. Add the peppers and sauté until they start to soften.
  6. Add the chicken, salt it and pepper it and sauté until is half done about 2 minutes.
  7. Following, add the eggplant and stir-fry until they are fully cooked about 2 minutes.
  8. At the end add the sauce lower heat to medium/low and let cook for 2 to 3 minutes.
  9. Serve with rice or noodles.
Notes/ Σημειώσεις
Recipe adapted from Sissi and her site withaglass.com

 
5.0 from 2 reviews
Κοτόπουλο Ασιατικό με Μίζο και Μελιτζάνα
 
Author/ Συγγραφέας:
Recipe type/ Τύπος Πιάτου: Κυρίως Πιάτο
Cuisine/ Κουζίνα: Ασιατική
Ingredients/ Συστατικά
  • 3 στήθη κοτόπουλου, 700 γρ., κομμένο σε μικρούς κύβους
  • 2 μεσαίου μεγέθους μελιτζάνες
  • 2 πιπεριές πράσινες, κομμένες σε μπαστουνάκια
Για τη Σάλτσα
  • 4 κ.σ. λευκό μίζο
  • 4 κ.σ. κρασί μίριν
  • 2 κ.σ. μέλι
  • 4 κ.σ. σόγια σως με λιγότερο αλάτι
  • 2 σκελίδες σκόρδο, λιωμένες
  • Σησαμέλαιο για το σωτάρισμα
Instructions/ Εκτέλεση
  1. Κόψτε τις μελιτζάνες σε μικρούς κύβους και πασπαλίστε τις με αλάτι.
  2. Αφήστε τις 20 λεπτά να στραγγίσουν.
  3. Ανακατέψτε σε ένα μπολ όλα τα υλικά της σάλτσας και βάλτε το στην άκρη.
  4. Σε ένα γουόκ ή μεγάλο τηγάνι ρίξτε μερικές κουταλιές σησαμέλαιο και σε μέτρια/υψηλή φωτιά και σωτάρετε τις πιπεριές για δύο λεπτά.
  5. Ρίξτε το κοτόπουλο και σωτάρετε για άλλα δυο λεπτά.
  6. Προσθέστε τις μελιτζάνες και σωτάρετε για άλλα δύο λεπτά.
  7. Ρίξτε τη σάλτσα, χαμηλώστε τη φωτιά στο χαμηλό και αφήστε να βράσουν για δύο με τρία λεπτά.
  8. Σερβίρετε με ρύζι μπασματι ή noodles.
Notes/ Σημειώσεις
Συνταγή προσαρμογή από τη Σίσσυ και το site της withaglass.com