Ground Pork and Eggplant in Oyster Sauce

My daughters are vegetable loving kids...and I may say that they enjoy their veggies as much as they enjoy desserts. Both of them love most of the vegetables I use at home on regular basis like spinach, lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, green beans and squash...but when it comes to eggplant, their attitude towards it really differs! The eldest says she hates eggplant while the youngest will eat it anyway I cook it...but whenever this Ground Pork and Eggplant in Oyster Sauce is on the table, both of them just couldn't resist. This is one of the two eggplant dishes they really love and enjoy eating...the other one is Eggplant Parmesan which I will share with you one of these days. ^.^

I remember Ground Pork and Eggplant in Oyster Sauce to be a favorite eggplant dish of mine back in the Philippines. My late mom loved cooking it because it's a very easy-to-prepare dish which requires very few ingredients. With just ground pork, eggplant, garlic and oyster sauce, you can already have a yummy and healthy "ulam"(viand) ready in about 30 minutes. The other ingredients in the recipe below are my addition which makes this dish even yummier and appealing to my family's taste buds. 

Hope you'll try and like it as much as we do. My daughter who says she hates eggplant loves this a lot...so I suggest you really give it a try! 

Pork With Tofu and Black Beans in Oyster Sauce

Since I started cooking, oyster sauce has become so handy for me. It is one condiment that I find so ideal in creating flavorful dishes. I just love how well it works with anything! Whether it be beef, pork, poultry, seafood or vegetables, the savory flavor of oyster sauce will definitely create an amazing dish out of it.

Whenever I run out of ideas of what to prepare for dinner, oyster sauce always saves the day! I just combine whatever ingredients I have and cook it in oyster sauce...and VOILA, we have a yummy dish like this...

This Pork With Tofu and Black Beans in Oyster Sauce is another one of those many dishes that I came up with using oyster sauce. It's a combination of lean pork cubes, fried tofu and freshly cooked black beans and bell pepper for added flavor. For the steps in cooking beans, go here. 

Before going to the recipe, I would like to take this chance to thank my new blog friend, Balvinder of Gluten Free Food for giving me The Liebster Blog Award. Liebster is a German word meaning "dearest" or "beloved".  I am truly thankful to Balvinder for considering my blog dear to her. :) If you haven't been to her blog yet, do check it out and be amazed with Balvinder's tested gluten free recipes!

I want to pass on The Liebster Blog Award to five bloggers that I recently came across and are becoming dear to me as days go by. They are:

Alaiyo of Pescetarian Journal

Elpiniki of Tomato Sauce

Gurshiba of Exquisite Niche

Juliana of Simple Recipes

Reena of Achu's Amma's Kitchen

♥♥♥Please take the time to visit and give them some blog love!♥♥♥

Now, let me bring you today's recipe: Pork With Tofu and Black Beans in Oyster Sauce. This is very simple and versatile! You can add whatever you think will please your taste buds. You can also omit the pork and it will be perfect for a meatless meal. :)

Happy Leap Day everyone!

Seafood and Vegetable Medley in Oyster Sauce

It's the first Friday of Lent! As promised, I'm bringing back Meatless Fridays wherein I'll be sharing meat-free recipes every Friday during the 40-day period of Lent. This is my way of helping those who are trying to abstain from eating meat (beef, pork & poultry) as a form of sacrifice during the Lenten Season.

Today, I'm sharing with you a very easy and flexible recipe which I call Seafood and Vegetable Medley in Oyster Sauce. For this, I just made use of some veggies and seafood that I have in the refrigerator which I simply sauteed in garlic and seasoned with oyster sauce.

For the vegetables, I used Napa cabbage, bottle gourd and carrots...but regular cabbage, celery, chayote and green beans will also work well. For the seafood, you can use clams, mussels, scallops, as well as fish and shrimp balls in addition or as replacement for the shrimps, squid, crab sticks and squid balls that I used.


This is a very simple and quick recipe but really healthy and delicious! You should try it!