Ingredients
Quantities for 4 portions
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Method
- Cut the eggplant into batons. Toss with salt and sit 10 minutes, then pat dry.
- Heat vegetable oil over medium-high heat. Pan-fry the eggplant until browned, then set aside.
- Fry ginger, garlic and ground pork until cooked. Stir in spicy bean paste, Sichuan peppercorns and dried chilies until the oil turns red.
- Add chicken stock, sugar and the eggplant. Simmer 5 minutes. Thicken with cornstarch mixed with water. Finish with sesame oil and spring onion. Serve.
Shopping tip
Beringela, carne de porco picada. Pasta de feijão picante Sichuan (doubanjiang) is Oriental Market. Pimenta de Sichuan medium. Not yu xiang: that is the garlic eggplant seed.
Where it fits in your week
Suits a calmer day, or cooking ahead at the weekend.
At the portions as written, there is enough for a second meal.
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