Free Recipe Eggplant Sichuan Style
Recipe Type: Free Vegetable Recipes
Recipe Preparation: boil
Cooking Temperature:
Recipe Serves: 4
Ingredients for Eggplant Sichuan Style Recipe
6 Chinese eggplant; -=OR=-
1 lg -Italian eggplant
2 ts Salt
4 tb Peanut or corn oil
-=(or more if needed)=-
1 tb Soy sauce
1 tb Sugar
1/4 c Chicken stock
2 ts Grated fresh peeled ginger
1 tb Minced garlic
1/4 ts Dried red chile flakes
1/4 c Chopped water chestnuts,
-(peeled), preferably fresh
3 Green onions
– trimmed and chopped
1 tb Red wine vinegar
1 tb Sesame oil
1 tb Toasted black sesame seeds
– (for garnish) –
Eggplant Sichuan Style Preparation
CUT EGGPLANT into 1/2-by-2-inch strips. If using Italian eggplants, peel skin. In a colander, toss eggplant with salt; drain for 30 minutes. Squeeze gently to remove excess water. Pat dry with paper towels. In a small bowl, mix soy sauce, sugar and chicken stock. Preheat wok until hot over high heat. Add 3 tablespoons of the oil, tilt wok to coat sides. When hot, add 1 layer of eggplant, stir-fry until seared and tender (about 3 minutes). Remove to colander. Drain over a bowl to catch juices. Cook remaining eggplant in same manner adding more oil if needed. Reheat wok over medium-high heat. Add remaining 1 tablespoon of the oil, ginger, garlic and chile; cook gently but do not brown. Add water chestnuts and half of the green onions; stir-fry together for 5 seconds. Increase to high heat, add reserved soy sauce mixture and eggplant juices; bring to a boil. Return cooked eggplant; toss quickly over high heat until most of the sauce is reduced and absorbed into eggplant (about 1-to-2 minutes). Fold in vinegar and sesame oil. Remove to serving dish. Top with remaining green onions and sesame seeds. Serve hot or cold. From Gemini’s MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini
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