How to cook catfish with eggplant

When you drag your tired body back home, if someone has prepared a delicious meal waiting for you, you will definitely feel happy. But if not, would you do it yourself? Now, let me teach you how to make braised catfish with eggplant.

1. Chop the catfish into pieces, remove the internal organs and gills, and clean them. Put water in a pot, add the pounded ginger, add a pinch of Sichuan peppercorns and a teaspoon of Shaoxing wine, and bring to a boil. Put the fish pieces into the pot and remove them from the pot after they are slightly hot.

2. Gently rub the greasy dirt on the surface of the fish under running water (to remove the fishy smell), and drain the fish pieces for later use.

3. Slice the ginger, cut the scallions into sections, cut the white part of the green garlic into sections, and peel the garlic cloves for later use; heat the pan and add oil, add the above ingredients into the pan and stir-fry until fragrant, chop two spoons of red oil bean paste into small pieces and pour into the pan, stir-fry the sauce over low heat until the red oil oozes out, add 1 spoon of sweet noodle sauce and 1 spoon of homemade black bean sauce into the pan and stir-fry twice until it is fragrant

4. Add catfish pieces into the pot and stir-fry, pour 1 spoon of Shaoxing wine on it and stir well, add water (or broth), the amount of water should be slightly equal to the surface of the ingredients, cover the pot and bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over medium-low heat.

5. Wash the eggplant, remove the stem, cut a few times in the longitudinal section, spread it into strips on top of the fish, cover and simmer.

6. Simmer until the eggplant is soft, stir-fry the ingredients in the pot gently and evenly, turn to high heat to reduce the sauce, add a little salt (bean paste has salty taste, so be careful to add salt), sugar and soy sauce, stir well in the pot, add a little balsamic vinegar and stir well, add green garlic, a little celery, and fried dried red pepper (children are afraid of spicy food, so add it later) into the pot, when the soup is thick, drizzle a little sesame oil and serve

Braised catfish with eggplant is not complicated to make, and I believe you will think so after reading the above carefully. Of course, if you want to taste your own craftsmanship, then please give it a try. Maybe you will feel a little "sour" the first time, but you will still taste a different kind of "sweetness".