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Chinese Eggplant with Garlic Sauce

Name: Chinese Eggplant with Garlic Sauce
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4, 4 servings
Cuisine: chinese
Ingredients: ½ cup hot water; 1 tablespoon sugar; 1 tablespoon cornstarch; 1½ tablespoons oyster sauce ((or vegetarian oyster sauce)); 1 tablespoon rice vinegar; 1 tablespoon Shaoxing wine ((or dry cooking sherry)); 1 tablespoon light soy sauce; 1 teaspoon sesame oil; ½ teaspoon dark soy sauce; 1/8 teaspoon white pepper; 2 tablespoons minced garlic ((about 6 cloves garlic; divided)); 1 pound Chinese or Japanese eggplants ((2-3 eggplants)); 4½ tablespoons neutral oil ((such as vegetable oil, canola oil, avocado oil, or peanut oil)); 4 ounces ground pork ((or ground chicken, optional)); 2 teaspoons minced ginger; 5-10 dried red chilies ((de-seeded and sliced into small pieces)); 2 scallions ((chopped))

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 4 · 40m total

Servings

Calories

15% of a 2,000 cal day

290KCAL

Protein

7g15% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat22g

28%

Saturated3g

16%

Unsaturated19g

—

Total Carbs16g

Fiber4g

15%

Total Sugars8g

—

incl. Added Sugars3g

Starch4g

—

Sodium474mg

21%

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

Tender eggplant cooked with ground pork in a garlicky, sweet and savory sauce without deep-frying, served with a wok-charred finish. Rich and aromatic with ginger and chili heat, this restaurant-quality stir-fry is satisfying and elegant.

Ingredients

4 SERVINGS

½ cuphot water
1 tbspsugar
1 tbspcornstarch
1½ tbspoyster sauce — or vegetarian oyster sauce
1 tbsprice vinegar
1 tbspShaoxing wine — or dry cooking sherry
1 tbsplight soy sauce
1 tspsesame oil
½ tspdark soy sauce
⅛ tspwhite pepper
2 tbspminced garlic — divided, 6
1 lbChinese eggplants — 2–3, or Japanese eggplants
4½ tbspneutral oil
4 ozground pork — or ground chicken
2 tspminced ginger
5–10dried red chilies — de-seeded, sliced
2scallions — chopped

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Method

40m total

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Nutrition is estimated by Chive from the ingredients above, per serving.

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