"Garden Trout" - Eggplant

"Garden Trout" - Eggplant

Mix together an optional assortment of dry ingredients that can include the following and season as desired:

·      Flour – white or whole wheat

·      Pancake mix

·      Cornmeal

·      Matzo Meal

·      Panco

·      Nutritional yeast

·      McKay’s chicken seasoning

·      Garlic salt

·      Onion salt

·      Salt

·      Pepper

Prepare an egg dip using

·      Eggs or egg whites

·      Water, ~2 tsp. per egg

Prepare several Chinese Eggplants by cutting off their ends, peeling them and slicing them lengthwise. If they are very long cut them in half.

Dip the prepared pieces first in the egg dip and then in flour coating.

Place in a frying pan with plenty of hot oil. Fry until golden brown turning carefully several times with a fork or metal tongs. When golden brown remove from heat and place on plate lined with a paper towel.

My sister came up with this awesome dish. She brings in fresh Chinese eggplant from her garden and calls it "Garden Trout." It is really a fabulous way to prepare eggplant. When I was a kid I hated eggplant more than just about anything except okra. I still hate okra, but Garden Trout Eggplant is so yummy it is hard to stop eating it!