| Chinese name: 鱼香茄子 (yú xiāng qié zi)
Style: Sichuan (Szechuan) Cuisine
Characteristic: Eggplant in Sichuan style is a spicy dish, tasting soft.
Also named Yu-Shiang Eggplant (Sautéed with Spicy Garlic Sauce), eggplant in Sichuan style is one of the most popular home style dishes in Sichuan, just as its name implies. Eggplant is one of the vegetables proper for making spicy dish because of its strong ability of seasonings adsorption, and this dish is just one of the representatives. |  |
| Ingredients:
1 eggplant, 6 ounces
1 small ginger 0.5 ounce
3 cloves garlic, 0.5 ounce
half a green onion, 0.3 ounce
2 tablespoons cooking oil
1 teaspoon chicken bouillon (or monosodium glutamate)
1 teaspoon cooking wine
1 teaspoon cornstarch
4 teaspoons chili sauce
1 tablespoon cooking oil
1 teaspoon white sugar
1 teaspoon soy sauce |  |
| Preparation:
1. Peel the eggplant. Clean it and then cut into diamond-shaped chunks. Put onto a plate.
2. Peel the ginger and the remove the garlic skins. Clean the peeled ginger, garlic and green onion. Chopped them into mince and put into separate small dishes. |  |
Steps of Making Eggplant in Sichuan Style
|  Step 1: Prepare a small basin, add in 1 teaspoon of sauce, 1 teaspoon of vinegar, 1 teaspoon of cooking wine, 1 teaspoon of white sugar, 1 teaspoon of cornstarch, 1 teaspoon of chicken bouillon as well as the chopped ginger garlic and green onion. Stir it well with teaspoon. |
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| Step 2: Place a wok over high heat until hot. Add 2 tablespoons oil, swirling to coat all sides. Add in chili sauce. Stir-fry for about 3 second until fragrant. |
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| Step 3: Pour in eggplant chunks. Stir-fry for 5 seconds. Add in the seasoning mixture prepared in step 1. Stir-fry for 15 seconds until eggplant chunks turn soft. |
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| Step 4: Turn off the heat. Spoon the delicious and steaming eggplant in Sichuan style onto a fine porcelain plate prepared in advance. Bring it to the dinning table. |
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| A plate of eggplant in Sichuan style, whose spicy flavor can be sniffed from far away, is ready to be eaten with rice. |
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Tips: if you like meat dishes, you can also add in some ground pork.
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