Braised eggplant

Overview

How to cook eggplant to make it delicious? In fact, eggplant is delicious no matter how you cook it, and the taste varies slightly depending on the cooking methods of each family. Braised eggplant is a very common home-cooked dish, but ordinary braised eggplant can also be done: the vegetable dish is more flavorful than the meat. But if you want to make braised eggplant that is more delicious than meat, you have to have some ideas in it. Let me talk about how my family makes braised eggplant. It is purely my own dish and not a copycat version. If there is any similarity, it is just a coincidence! My thoughts on how to cook eggplant are: the cold ones must have garlic, and the braised ones must be oily and add flour sauce. This is my confession as an eggplant lover. ①After frying the eggplant to remove part of the water, the meat becomes firm and delicate. ② After the bean paste is fried in oil, it becomes more fragrant and makes the dishes more flavorful. In this way, the cooked eggplant will be fragrant and soft. ③The addition of garlic and green pepper can remove greasiness, white sugar can be used to enhance freshness, and can eliminate the harassment of MSG. ④ Star anise, cinnamon and bay leaves are generally used to cook meat. When cooking eggplant with these spices, the taste of eggplant naturally takes on the meaning of meat.

Tags

• hot dishes
• vegetarian dishes
• home cooking
• old man
• summer recipes
• lunch
• famous dishes
• cinnamon
• ginger
• green and red pepper
• noodle sauce
• refined salt
• round eggplant
• star anise
• white sugar
• fragrant leaves
• garlic
• green onions
• vegetable oil

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Wash the round eggplant and cut into large pieces.

   

2. 2 Pour vegetable oil (about 500g) into the pot. When the oil is 60% hot, pour in the eggplant pieces and fry over low heat.

   

3. 3 Fry until the eggplant pieces become soft and golden in color, then take them out and control the oil.

   

4. 4 Wash the green and red peppers, remove the seeds and cut into large pieces.

   

5. 5 Chop the onion and slice the garlic and ginger.

   

6. 6 Pour a little oil into the pot. When the oil is hot, add chopped green onion, ginger slices, star anise, cinnamon, and bay leaves and sauté until fragrant.

   

7. 7 Add two tablespoons of pasta sauce and stir-fry over low heat.

   

8. 8 Add the sliced green and red pepper slices and stir-fry until shiny.

   

9. 9 Add eggplant cubes and stir-fry until coated with sauce.

   

10. 10 Add 1 tablespoon of sugar and 1 tablespoon of water and stir-fry evenly.

    

11. 11 Add the sliced garlic, add a little refined salt (the pasta sauce has salt content), and stir-fry evenly.