Chinese Spicy Garlic Eggplant. Tender eggplant cooked in a spicy, savoury garlic sauce accented with aromatic dried red chilies, green onions, and ginger. You will never want to cook eggplant any other way once you try this! This eggplant dish is ready in just 30 minutes.
Slice your unpeeled eggplant vertically into quarter long strips. Then cut the strips into 1.5-inch-long pieces. Transfer to a large bowl. Pour cornstarch over eggplant. Using your hands, coat chopped eggplant in cornstarch. Note: The cornstarch helps the sauce cling onto your eggplant.
In a wok or pan over medium high heat, add ¼ cup vegetable oil. Once oil is hot, add eggplant. Fry until 80% cooked. Remove from wok and set aside.
Lower heat to low-medium. Into wok, add 1 tbsp of oil along with dried red chilies, ginger, and green onions. Fry for 5-10 seconds.
Add back in eggplant. Pour sauce overtop.
Quickly mix until eggplant is coated in sauce. Remove off heat and enjoy!
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Suggested Equipment & Products
Wok
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Mixing bowl
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