Heart Healthy Recipe-Chicken Stir Fry With Eggplant and Basil Recipe

Heart Healthy Recipe-Chicken Stir Fry With Eggplant and Basil Recipe is a quick recipe, once you get the vegetables cut up.

Eating the Heart Healthy way doesn’t mean giving up your favorite foods, it just means finding healthier ways to prepare them so you can live longer and healthier.

INGREDIENTS:

1/4 cup coarsely chopped fresh basil
2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint
3/4 cup chicken stock or broth
3 green (spring) onions, including tender green tops: 2 coarsely chopped and 1 thinly sliced
2 cloves garlic
1 tablespoon peeled and chopped fresh ginger
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 small eggplant, with peel, diced (about 4 cups)
1 white onion, coarsely chopped
1 red bell pepper, seeded and cut into julienne
1 yellow bell pepper, seeded and cut into julienne
1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into strips 1/2 inch wide and 2 inches long
2 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce

DIRECTIONS:

* In a blender or food processor, combine the basil, mint, 1/4 cup of the stock, the chopped green onions, garlic and ginger. Pulse until the mixture is minced but not pureed…Set aside.
* In a large, nonstick frying pan, heat 1 tablespoon of the olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the eggplant, yellow onion and bell peppers and saute until the vegetables are just tender, about 8 minutes.
* Transfer to a bowl and cover with a kitchen towel to keep warm.
* Add the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil to the pan and heat over medium-high heat.
* Add the basil mixture and saute for about 1 minute, stirring constantly.
* Add the chicken strips and soy sauce and saute until the chicken is almost opaque throughout, about 2 minutes.
* Add the remaining 1/2 cup stock and bring to a boil.
* Return the eggplant mixture to the pan and stir until heated through, about 3 minutes.
* Transfer to a warmed serving dish and garnish with the sliced green onion.
* Serve immediately.

COOKING TIPS:
This colorful, tasty, heart healthy, main dish requires a fair amount of chopping, slicing and dicing, but the cooking takes only minutes. Wait to cut up the eggplant until just before cooking to prevent discoloration (or soaking in salt), which occurs when the flesh is exposed to air.

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