Delicious Stir Fried Eggplant with Garlic Sauce | Easy Chinese Recipe

Ever since I learned how to cook eggplant, I am a lot happier about eating more veggie-centric meals involving eggplant. Eggplant is so filling and satisfying yet they are so healthy. In Western cooking, eggplant parmesan is another great recipe that involves eggplant. In Asia, stir fried eggplant is the most prominent way of cooking them. Different countries have somewhat different stir fry recipes although they are similar with respect to soy sauce-based flavors. Today's recipe is specifically Chinese. This recipe is also called eggplant with garlic sauce but garlic is less of a significant component especially in the sauce. However, this eggplant dish has a perfect balance of tangy, savory, and juicy flavors and texture it's wonderful. The recipe is super easy for any home cooks too. For vegans, just replace the oyster sauce with mushroom sauce as it's very close to tasting like oyster sauce with all the umami flavors you can still get from it. This eggplant dish is seriously the best.

Ingredients:
2 Chinese eggplant
1 tbsp salt
1 ½ tbsp cornstarch
5 chopped garlic cloves
1 tsp finely chopped ginger
1 red chili pepper
1 green onion
2 tbsp vegetable oil

Sauce
2 tbsp light soy sauce
1 tbsp dark soy sauce
1 tbsp oyster sauce (for vegan recipes, use mushroom sauce instead of oyster sauce)
2 tbsp black vinegar
2 tbsp brown sugar
2 tsp dobanjang
2 tbsp shaoxing wine
4 tbsp water

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[RaymondCore]

1. Some eggplant are a little bit bitter. The salt draws ALL bitterness out. I lay the cut eggplant on a tray and salt generously. After they have 'sweated' for a half hour, I rinse them thoroughly, squeeze, and then pat them dry before adding the cornstarch. 2. It's really easy to peel ginger with a spoon; the skin is not tough. I love eggplant and your recipe looks delicious. Thank you.

[dianes]

I've ordered this many times at Chinese restaurant. I love it. Thank for sharing and I can now make at home and chose something else when I go to restaurant ❤

[janetsimpkins]

Made this today. Excellent instruction. Love this spatula and all!

[josiem]

Thank you for your delicious recipe! I just made your recipe and boy it’s delicious. The flavors brought me back to growing up in New York and eating the best Chinese food NYC offers in China Town!🤤😋

[eddieandaya]

In the Philippines we call that adobong Talong...Try Binagoongang Talong promise you will not regret it.Its a combination of eggplant 🍆 pork and shrimp 🦐 paste(bagoong).

[Hakuna-yqei]

2 Chinese eggplants cut 4 inch long and half inch fat

Keep in salt water for half
hrs[ 1 or 2 tbl spoon salt and fill up the bowl with water and keep there ]

After half hrs over no need to wash just drain in and add following components

1 and half teaspoon of corn starch and mix evenly

Afterwards heat up wok in high heat with whatever oil you like with eggplant

When wok is heated turn heat to medium and put eggplants

The goal here is mostly to get that caramelised ish texture so we gotta cook it like 90 percent

Fry on High Mid heat for a min and after min get a lid and take down heat to low medium and keep covered

And make sure to take off the lid every 20-30 secs to stir the Veggie to make sure they not sticking as you know eggplants love to stick to the bottom

Anyhow after 4 mins you should find your eggplants skin nicely charred and overall 90% cooked

And set it to a bowl or dish to let it rest and use later


And now the aromatics

Chop 5-7 or more cloves of standard sized garlic cloves, depending on your interest of garlic you may reduce or increase the clove amount

Get like a Ginger that's like 3 inch tall and 2 inch thick and finely chop it

Now Pepper, Get 4 inch fresh red chillies and cut it in stringlike fashion, red is important

And chop up some green onions for garnish, garnish comes at last so just keep it prepped



Now the important part, yhe stir fry sauce

2 tbsp of sodium Soy sauce

1 tbsp of Dark Soy sauce

1 or 2 tbsp of oyster sauce

2 tbsp of black vinegar

2 tbsp of brown sugar

And try to find spicy bean paste it's an unusual thing but you nay find it. If you can't find any it's fine

3 tbsp water

And now stir it in the bowl real good


Now the finale

Heat up wok to medium heat and add finely chopped ginger and garlic and proceed to give it all a nice stir for about 30 secs

And after 39 secs add red chillies and after stirring for 10 secs get the previously almost cooked EGGPLANT that you set aside

Stir it all for 20 ish secs to get the aromatics in your eggplant

After 20 secs add that sauce mix from before

Now keep stirring it till you are happy with sauce consistency

But cook it for at least 3 to 4 mins and stir it every 20 secs

turn off the heat when you are happy with the consistency and add the green onion garnish

And voilà, you have attained Chinese garlic eggplant stirred something

And here's something you can copy on your clipboard

[MrCJ-qzdl]

When l lived in China, l *always* requested the egg plant dish; l was not even a fan of egg plant. Chinese egg plant with rice is the best.

[metaphysician]

I didn't have the wine but my eggplant dish was de-licious~! Will be going to my local Asian store tomorrow! Thank you! Thinking about getting the wok also!

[munchocrisps]

Taste good, exactly like how my mom cooks it. 😊

[Shazzzz]

This is such a great recipe. I have an eggplant and was unsure what the heck to do with it lol thank you! I'm trying my best to incorporate more vegetables into my diet.

[maritzaghitza]

Great recipe. Will make it very soon. Live Chinese food. Thank you for sharing it

[teambuilders]

I had most of the ingredients and made this dish. It was easy and very good. Thanks!

[maarte_kyel]

look very yummy recipe i try this thank for sharing enjoy vlogging

[prachi-iw]

my favourate vegetables dear new friend full watched

[mikeseigle]

Eggplant is the only meat substitute I really like. I will try this next week.

[sampaguitasantan]

Thank you for sharing good, nutritous but thrifty recipe

[hmng]

I love eggplant, can eat it in anyway. Soup base, stir fried or just baked by itself

[communistoracle]

This was delicious. Thank you for sharing your recipe!

[khitai]

I love eggplant. I don’t make it much since my husband is allergic to it

[osmorof_a]

The sound of your small wok and stainless laddle is just... irritating