Ginisang Gulay sa Oyster Sauce

Ginisang Gulay sa Oyster Sauce

(Sautéed Vegetables in Oyster Sauce)

Ingredients:

300 g eggplant, sliced

300 g string beans, cut to pieces

¼ kg ground pork or beef

5 tablespoons cooking oil

1 tablespoon fish sauce

6 to 10 cloves garlic, minced

1 medium bulb onion, chopped

1 medium red bell pepper, cut to strips

60 g oyster sauce

2 tablespoons ground black pepper

Cooking Instructions:

On a heated frying pan, brown the sliced eggplants.  Do not put oil.  Remove eggplants from the pan.  Put oil in the pan and throw in the string beans.  Stir fry until slightly tender.  Remove the string beans while draining the oil back into the pan.  Put the ground pork or beef and fry until brown and crispy.  Put the meat on one side of the frying pan to make room for the spices.  Toss in the garlic and sauté until medium brown.  Add the onions and stir until slightly tender.  Add fish sauce and mix in the meat.  Stir for a few minutes.  Add the eggplant, string beans, red bell pepper, and ground black pepper.  Stir in the oyster sauce.  Mix well for not more than three minutes.

This recipe will serve up to three people.

Additional Notes:  Do not fry the eggplants in oil.  Eggplants absorb oil and you may end up adding more oil just to fry the eggplants properly.  Once the eggplants are cooked, the oil is released and you will end up with a very oily dish.  Do take note that you may add more oyster sauce than what was indicated here.  However, too much oyster sauce may make your dish very salty.