How to make Dongpo eggplant

A healthy diet can prolong a person’s life. So, how can we use “eating” to prolong our life? You still have to achieve it by yourself. Now, I will introduce the method of cooking Dongpo eggplant.

1. Wash the eggplant with clean water and cut off the eggplant stem with a knife.

2. Use a knife to cut the eggplant into evenly thick and thin pieces along its length.

3. Take an eggplant and use the blade to cut three times horizontally and vertically on the cut surface, so that 9 small grids appear on the cut surface to form a mesh structure.

4. Pour a small amount of cooking oil into the pot and heat it to 30% to 40%

5. Add the eggplant cubes and fry over low heat

6. Fry until the eggplant flesh on both sides turns green and the surface turns brown, then drain the oil and remove the eggplant.

7. Heat the oil in the pan, add the minced meat and stir-fry with a spatula

8. Fry until the minced meat changes color, chop the onion, ginger and garlic, and add them into the pot to stir-fry until fragrant

9. Pour 1 tablespoon of soy sauce into the pot

10. Add 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon sugar

11. Add 1 tablespoon of homemade chili oil (the traditional method does not have chili oil, this step is what I added during the production process)

12. Add 1 spoon of water to the pot, heat it and stir with a spatula for about 1 to 2 minutes until the aroma comes out.

13. Place the fried minced meat in a cross shape at the bottom of the plate

14. Place the fried eggplant on top of the minced meat and pour the remaining broth from the frying pan onto a plate.

15. Put enough cold water in the pot, set up the steaming rack, put a layer of plastic wrap on the plate, and place it on the steaming rack.

16. Cover the pot and steam over high heat for about 10 minutes until the eggplant is cooked.

17. Take out the steamed eggplant and pour the juice from the plate into a small bowl.

18. Place the steamed eggplant on another plate and put the minced meat on the surface of the eggplant.

19. Put the soup in the small bowl into the pot and heat it over medium heat until the soup boils.

20. Mix 1/2 teaspoon cornstarch (dry starch) with an appropriate amount of cold water to make water starch and pour it into the pot

21. Stir in one direction with a spatula

22. Make the soup thick and transparent, turn off the heat, this is the fried sauce

23. Use a small spoon to scoop the sauce and pour it on each eggplant.

24. Sprinkle some green onions for garnish.

Have you learned today’s introduction? If you want to eat safely and healthily, you have to do it yourself, so take action now and enjoy the process of Dongpo eggplant together.