Chinese Eggplant Fries

This is a great side dish that I learned about while teaching English in China. It goes well as a side dish with seafood, burgers, barbecued meats or almost anything!

Step: 1

In a shallow bowl, stir together the flour, cornmeal, cayenne pepper, salt, and black pepper. Place the eggs in a separate bowl.

Step: 2

Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. A few at a time, dip the eggplant pieces into the egg, then into the flour mixture, then back into the egg, and back into the flour mixture. Fry the eggplant in the hot oil until golden brown. Drain on paper towels, and serve immediately.

Per Serving: 357 calories; protein 9.6g; carbohydrates 58.8g; fat 9.6g; cholesterol 62mg; sodium 28.8mg.

One of most clear way to choose a side dish is to look at your main dish (pasta, chicken, seared tofu) and pick more different. If you’re cooking pasta, make sure for a simple healthy dish . Made steak? Go for something light. If you’re want to cooking stir-fry with rice, it must not a best idea to also make a rice salad.

One make sure is also can apply to cooking process . You don’t want to push more often your oven by making to do list three dishes at once in there, or be juggling four pans on the cooking items . But often you can make a dish do double-duty .