Homemade eggplant sauce

There are many ways to prepare eggplant, and each way can bring out a different taste of the eggplant, which makes eggplant popular among people. Eggplant with sauce is a very popular preparation method. The most important thing in eggplant with sauce is the sauce. Now let’s take a look at the methods of making eggplant sauce.

Home-cooked eggplant in sauce is a dish. The main ingredients are eggplant and pork belly. The auxiliary ingredients include garlic, green onion, ginger, bean paste, light soy sauce, cooking wine, oyster sauce, sugar, sesame oil, etc. It has a fragrant sauce.

Homemade eggplant sauce

2-3 eggplants (purple skin preferred)

Pork belly 2 liang

Half head of garlic

Green onion

Ginger

1.5 tablespoons bean paste

1 tablespoon soy sauce (or seafood soy sauce)

1 teaspoon cooking wine

1 tsp oyster sauce

1 tsp sugar

0.5 tsp sesame oil

A little MSG

A pinch of pepper

A pinch of salt

A little dried red pepper (or Thai pepper)

Homemade eggplant sauce How to make eggplant with homemade sauce

1. Wash the eggplants, remove the stems, and cut the skin at both ends with a knife.

2. Cut the pork belly into dices about 1 cm in size.

3. Chop the green onion, mince the garlic, cut the ginger into shreds, and chop the dried red pepper.

4. Add a little vegetable oil to the pan and heat it to 30% hot. Put the eggplant into the pan and fry slowly over low heat. (Without lid)

5. Add 1.5 tablespoons of bean paste, 1 tablespoon of soy sauce, 1 teaspoon of cooking wine, 1 teaspoon of oyster sauce, 1 teaspoon of sugar, 0.5 teaspoon of sesame oil, a little MSG, 1/3 of garlic, 1/3 of chopped green onion, a little salt (according to personal taste), all the chili peppers, and 1.5-2 times the volume of the above ingredients into water to make a sauce.

6. Turn the eggplant over in the middle to avoid burning it. When the eggplant becomes soft, set aside. (Be careful not to pierce the eggplant skin)

7. Leave a little oil in the pot. When the oil is 30% hot, add 1/3 chopped green onion, 1/3 garlic, shredded ginger and pepper powder in turn to stir-fry. Add diced pork belly and stir-fry until it changes color.

8. Add the fried eggplant in step 6 and the sauce prepared in step 5. Bring to a boil over high heat. Shake the pan gently to ensure that the sauce is evenly distributed over the eggplant. Cover and simmer over low heat.

9. Pay attention to the process and do not let the pot dry out. After about 5 minutes, turn to high heat and cook until the sauce thickens. When the soup thickens, sprinkle in the remaining garlic and chopped green onions. Remove from the pan and place on a plate.

Summary of Homemade Sauce Eggplant

The purpose of cutting the skin at both ends of the eggplant in step 1 is to make it easier to separate the eggplant when eating. The incision does not need to be too long or too deep. If I regard the eggplant as a cylinder, I usually cut it into nine equal parts on the top and bottom, which is in line with the numbers in the Book of Changes. However, not doing this step will not affect the taste, but the eggplant skin will be stuck together when eating, which may require some effort. If I eat alone, I have to use my hands...

In step 5, you don’t need to worry too much about the amount of water you add, as long as the bean paste can be adjusted.

Adjust in step 8. The sauce should cover half of the eggplant.

When cooking eggplant, don’t be stingy with garlic. And be sure to save some garlic and add it before serving. As for the chili, it depends on personal preference. The amount of chili used above is such that there is almost no spicy taste in the finished dish. The functions of white sugar and MSG are both to enhance the flavor, you can use it as you see fit. Salt can be omitted, the saltiness of bean paste and soy sauce should be just right. Lower sodium ion intake may help prolong life.

You can also use minced meat instead of diced meat, but I still think it tastes better when I cut it myself.

“Different people will always make the same dish taste different. When we think of a certain dish, we are actually thinking of the person who cooked it or sat at the same table with us.” - Walk north from the living room to taste.