'Ponzu' Marinated Eggplant & Chicken
'Ponzu' Marinated Eggplant & Chicken

Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, 'ponzu' marinated eggplant & chicken. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

'Ponzu' Marinated Eggplant & Chicken is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They are fine and they look wonderful. 'Ponzu' Marinated Eggplant & Chicken is something which I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have 'ponzu' marinated eggplant & chicken using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make 'Ponzu' Marinated Eggplant & Chicken:
  1. Make ready 1-2 (*about 300g) Eggplants
  2. Get 1 Sweet Green Chilli *cut into a size that is easy to eat
  3. Take 1 tablespoon Canola Oil OR Vegetable Oil
  4. Get 1/4 cup Ponzu *OR 2 tablespoons Soy Sauce & 2 tablespoons Rice Vinegar
  5. Take 1 small piece Ginger *grated
  6. Make ready 1 tablespoon Mirin
  7. Make ready 1 teaspoon Sugar
  8. Take 400 g Chicken Tenderloins / Breast Fillets
  9. Take Salt & Pepper
  10. Take 2 tablespoons Potato Starch / Corn Starch Flour
  11. Make ready Oil for cooking
  12. Take 1 Spring Onion *finely chopped
Steps to make 'Ponzu' Marinated Eggplant & Chicken:
  1. Place Ponzu (Soy Sauce & Vinegar), Mirin and Ginger (and Sugar if you like) in a bowl and mix well to make the sauce.
  2. Cut off the green bit of Eggplants and cut in half or quarter lengthways, then make many shallow cuts on the skin, scoring it. Then cut into smaller pieces.
  3. Heat Oil in a frying pan over medium heat, cook Eggplants on the skin side down for a few minutes. Then cook other sides as well until they are slightly coloured.
  4. Add Green Sweet Chilli, cover with the lid and cook until all eggplant pieces are soft. Adding 1-2 tablespoons Water would help steam-cook the vegetables.
  5. Transfer the cooked vegetables into a deep dish or bowl, pour over the ponzu sauce and set aside.
  6. Cut Chicken Tenderloins or Breast Fillets into 3 to 4cm size, lightly season with Salt & Pepper, then coat with Potato Starch Flour. This layer of flour will turn to jelly-like when combined with sauce.
  7. Heat Oil in a frying pan and cook Chicken. Tenderloins won’t take long to cook. You don’t need to brown the Chicken.
  8. Place marinated vegetables in a serving bowl, place chicken on top, then pour over the marinade. Sprinkle chopped Spring Onion over and serve.

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