Fried Eggplant - Chinese Style
A very easy and delicious classic takeout food, perfect for a quick dinner or lunch, with some white rice on the side.
Ingredients
- 2 eggplants 500g
- oil
- 2 garlic cloves
- a piece of ginger
- 1 scallion
- salt
- 1 Tbsp. black bean garlic sauce or oyster sauce, or hoisin sauce
- 2 Tbsp. soy sauce
- 1 Tbsp. cooking wine optional
- Sesame oil
Instructions
- Cut the eggplant in finger length pieces. Drizzle some neutral oil to coat them lightly.
- Mince garlic and ginger. Cut thinly the scallion.
- Fry the eggplants in a dry pan, medium-high heat, turning them on all sides every 3 min, until they are soft and bendy. Set aside.
- Heat the pan again, add some neutral oil and fry the garlic and the ginger until fragrant and lightly golden. Add the black bean garlic sauce, soy sauce, cooking wine. Stir for a few seconds.
- Add the eggplant and coat everything with the sauce.
- Add a little water if it looks too dry.
- Add the scallion and sesame oil and serve.