How to Prepare Award-winning 'Ponzu' Marinated Eggplant & Chicken

Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, 'ponzu' marinated eggplant & chicken. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

'Ponzu' Marinated Eggplant & Chicken is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. 'Ponzu' Marinated Eggplant & Chicken is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook 'ponzu' marinated eggplant & chicken using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make 'Ponzu' Marinated Eggplant & Chicken:

1. Get 1-2 (*about 300g) Eggplants
2. Get 1 Sweet Green Chilli *cut into a size that is easy to eat
3. Make ready 1 tablespoon Canola Oil OR Vegetable Oil
4. Make ready 1/4 cup Ponzu *OR 2 tablespoons Soy Sauce & 2 tablespoons Rice Vinegar
5. Make ready 1 small piece Ginger *grated
6. Make ready 1 tablespoon Mirin
7. Get 1 teaspoon Sugar
8. Make ready 400 g Chicken Tenderloins / Breast Fillets
9. Prepare 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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