Pork with eggplant in a frying pan

Juicy, incomparably delicious meat in a thick vegetable gravy! Pork with eggplant in a frying pan is a great option for a family everyday menu. A hearty, fragrant dish can be served as it is with a fresh salad or offered as an addition to boiled buckwheat, rice, pasta, potatoes.
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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 31 % 8 g
Fats 58 % 15 g
Carbohydrates 12 % 3 g
171 kcal
GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 1 h 20 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How to put out pork with eggplant in a frying pan? Prepare all the necessary products that are specified in the recipe. Which part of the carcass is better to use? The neck is perfect for the recipe, but you can cook any part of the animal. I used a loin without a bone. Rinse a piece of meat in clean water and dry it with paper napkins.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Peel the carrots, onions and garlic. Wash all the vegetables. Cut the bell peppers in half and remove the core with the seeds. Cut off the tails from the eggplant.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Cut the eggplant into large pieces. If you have a variety of blue ones that are bitter, then fill the eggplants with a small amount of salt, mix and leave this way for 15-20 minutes. Next, rinse the pieces in water and dry them. I missed this step. Cut the bell peppers into large cubes. If you take peppers of different colors, then the finished dish will look bright and appetizing.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Cut onion into cubes, carrot into thin circles, and chop garlic arbitrarily.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Cut pork into pieces of approximately the same size. Too small pieces should not be made, then the meat will turn out juicy and tender.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Heat the vegetable oil well in a frying pan with a thick bottom. Send the meat to fry. Stirring, cook over high heat until the pieces are browned.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Send the onion, carrot and garlic to the meat. Stirring occasionally, fry everything together for about five minutes. The onion should become slightly transparent.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    Add eggplant and bell pepper to the pan.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9.

    Stir the tomato paste in the water until smooth. The amount of water may differ from that indicated in the recipe, depending on how much liquid you want to get in the finished dish. Add salt and pepper to taste. At this stage of cooking, you can add your favorite seasonings and spices. Mix everything thoroughly, after boiling, reduce the flame of the stove to moderate and simmer the pork under a closed lid until cooked.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10.

    Sometimes open the lid and mix everything. It took me about 50 minutes for the dish to cook. Sprinkle the meat with chopped herbs and remove the pan from the heat.

  11. Step 11:

    Step 11.

    Done! Serve hot.

Stewed pork can be served as an independent dish or offered with potatoes and boiled cereals.

Bon appetit!

Important! An incorrectly selected frying pan can spoil even the best recipe. All the details on how to choose the perfect frying pan for different dishes read here .

In addition to pork, any other meat can be used in this dish. Keep in mind that the cooking time, as well as the taste and calorie content of the dish will change. For example, beef is cooked longer than pork, and chicken fillet or turkey is less.

If you use ready-made spice mixes, be sure to read the composition on the package. Often, salt is already present in such mixtures, take this into account, otherwise you risk over-salting the dish.

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Onion - 41   kcal/100g
  • Pork fat - 333   kcal/100g
  • Pork meat - 357   kcal/100g
  • Pork - low-fat roast - 184   kcal/100g
  • Pork chop on a bone - 537   kcal/100g
  • Pork - schnitzel - 352   kcal/100g
  • Pork Shoulder - 593   kcal/100g
  • Boar's leg - 113   kcal/100g
  • Pork - 259   kcal/100g
  • Sweet pepper - 27   kcal/100g
  • Carrots - 33   kcal/100g
  • Dried carrots - 275   kcal/100g
  • Boiled carrots - 25   kcal/100g
  • Eggplant - 24   kcal/100g
  • Garlic - 143   kcal/100g
  • Ground black pepper - 255   kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873   kcal/100g
  • Tomato paste - 28   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Water - 0   kcal/100g

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