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Eggplant with Garlic Sauce Recipe

Chinese Eggplant with Garlic Sauce

Eggplant with Garlic Sauce or Yuxiang Eggplant is a Sichuan staple and it has a signature sweet and sour taste combined with Doubanjiang (broad bean chili paste), making it irresistible! It is also a dish that most westerners enjoy because of its flavor. Although it is made with eggplant, it is not a vegetarian dish. Minced pork is added to this dish.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Servings: 2
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients Equipment Method Video

Ingredients
  

  • 2 count Long Asian Eggplant
  • 1/4 cup Minced Pork
  • 1 tbsp Pickled Peppers Chopped
  • 1 tbsp Broad Bean Chili Paste (DouBanJiang)
  • 2 cloves Garlic Chopped
  • 1 tbsp Ginger Chopped
  • 2 Green Onion white part and green part separately chopped
  • 2 Vegetable Cooking Oil
  • 1 starch for coating
Yu Xiang Sauce
  • 2 tsp light soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp Chinese black vinegar
  • 7 tbsp water
  • 1 tbsp corn starch
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 1/4 tsp salt

Equipment

  • 1 Non-stick pan

Method
 

  1. Wash eggplant and cut it using a rolling knife style. If you aren’t sure, watch my video for the tutorial.
  2. Cover eggplant with a thin layer of corn starch, mix well.
  3. Finely chop garlic, ginger, green onion, Doubanjiang, and pickled peppers.
  4. Mix ingredients for YuXiang Sauce.
  5. Fry eggplant on a non-stick pan until slightly brown. Turn the eggplant occasionally to fry the other sides. Remove from the pan and set aside. 
  6. Add in some oil and cook minced pork. Add in garlic, ginger, green onion (white part), doubanjiang (fermented broad bean chili paste), and pickled pepper. Stir fry.
  7. Mix up the YuXiang Sauce before pouring it in the pan. Let the sauce boil over medium low heat. Reduce heat if it is too hot, this can thicken the sauce too quickly.
  8. Add in the eggplants. Stir well. Top with green onion and serve.

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