chicken & eggplant

- 1lb chicken meat, cut into thin strips
- 1 lb eggplant, cleaned and cut into thin strips
- 4 tbspoons oil
- 2 tbspoons soy sauce
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger root
- 1 pouch (4 oz) black beans sauce

- sauté garlic, ginger root in oil
- add soy sauce and stir for a min
- add chicken, stir and toss for 4-5min
- add eggplant, stir and toss for 4-5 min
- add black beans sauce, stir for 1-2 min and remove from heat

- serve with rice, or
- you may add, before removing from heat, cooked noodles, mix well and then remove from heat