How to Make Delicious Stuffed Eggplant with shrimp

Stuffed Eggplant with shrimp. Basil and shrimp stuffed eggplant is out of this world! Serve as a filling main dish accompanied by orzo and a green salad. Reviews for: Photos of Stuffed Eggplant with Shrimp and Basil.

This shrimp stuffed eggplant is another dim sum dish that I love. It is no surprise to me because I grew up eating a lot of eggplant since a young age. Add the eggplant pulp and cook until done. You can have Stuffed Eggplant with shrimp using 11 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Stuffed Eggplant with shrimp

1. Prepare 1 of Large Organic Eggplant.
2. It's 8 of Medium Shrimp.
3. Prepare 1 of organic egg.
4. It's 1/2 tsp of Himalayan pink salt.
5. You need 1 tbsp of Organic all purpose flour.
6. It's 1/4 tsp of white pepper.
7. It's 2 tbsp of corn starch.
8. Prepare 4 tbsp of water.
9. You need 2 tbsp of oyster sauce.
10. It's 1 tbsp of cooking wine.
11. Prepare 4 tbsp of cooking olive oil.

Add basil and enough breadcrumbs until mix is firm but not dry. Stuff shells and put in oven proof dish. Serve with a salad and good French or Italian bread. Chinese stuffed eggplant is a popular dim sum dish that also makes a great lunch or dinner meal when served with rice.

Stuffed Eggplant with shrimp instructions

1. In a food processor combine chopped shrimp, salt, all purpose flour, white pepper and egg white. Process until a coarse paste forms..
2. Slice eggplant on the diagonal, about 1-inch thick, then slice through the middle, about 90% deep but not all the way, to create a pocket for the shrimp..
3. Fill each eggplant slice to the top with about a teaspoonful of the shrimp mixture. Repeat until all the eggplant slices are filled..
4. Pan Fry the stuffed eggplants until brown on all sides. Around 3 to 4 minutes of each side. You need plenty of olive oil to pan fry eggplants, set aside..
5. Use the same skillet, add olive oil, Shallot and garlic.
6. Add Oyster, water and cooking wine. Mix well and bring it to boil.
7. Put Stuffed eggplants back into the pan, cover and let it cook for 5 minutes.
8. Remove eggplants from the pan.
9. Add water to corn starch and add to the sauce.
10. Top each eggplant with the sauce.

It can be substituted with more shrimp or any other ground meat. You can also leave the stuffing out all together. If you just steam the eggplant slices and use a vegetable stock to. This recipe is part of our collection of Fried & Baked Dim Sum Dishes. Sign up for our newsletter to get recipes, dining tips and restaurant reviews throughout the year!