How to make Northeastern pork and eggplant

As we all know, people in Northeast China are good at cooking vegetarian dishes, and the most common ones are eggplant, beans and the like. People in Northeast China have a way of cooking eggplant, which is called stewed eggplant with meat slices. This method not only enhances the aroma of the eggplant, but also reduces the fatness of the pork. It is a very delicious home-cooked dish. However, many people are not satisfied with the performance during the process, so let me briefly introduce to you the method of stewing meat with eggplant.

Ingredients: 150g lean pork, 1 eggplant, half a carrot, 1 hot pepper, half a scallion, 4 cloves of garlic, 4 spoons of soy sauce, 2 spoons of oyster sauce, 1 spoon of sugar, 5g chicken essence, 1 spoon of rice vinegar, 1 spoon of cooking wine, 3g white pepper powder,

Appropriate amount of potato starch, appropriate amount of water, appropriate amount of soybean oil.

How to cook pork slices and eggplant  

1. To make a paste, precipitate the starch. It is best to make it at night. In the morning, mix the starch and water and place it in a cool place to precipitate. When you are about to cook, pour off the excess water on the surface. The ratio of starch to water should be about 2 to 1.

2. Cut the pork into 2-3cm pieces and place in a container for later use.

3. Cut the eggplant into diamond-shaped pieces about 5 cm in size and place them in a container for later use.

4. Cut the side dishes. Cut carrots, green peppers, and onions into diamond-shaped slices, and slice the garlic for later use.

5. Make the sauce. Mix soy sauce, oyster sauce, sugar, pepper, cooking wine, rice vinegar, salt, starch and water and set aside.

6. Mix the precipitated starch with the meat, heat the oil in a pan to about 120 degrees and fry the meat. Fry the meat first and then the eggplant.

7. Fry until golden brown and set aside.

8. After the meat and eggplant are fried, fry them again in the oil pan. The advantage of doing this is that it tastes better with a crispy outside and tender inside.

9. Put more oil in the pan than usual, add the side dishes and the prepared sauce and stir-fry.

10. Add the twice-fried meat and eggplant, and stir the pan to mix the ingredients and seasonings evenly. Stir-fry for 2 minutes and it’s done! The fragrance is already filling my nose.

11. Serve. The aroma of the meat and the crispy outside and tender inside of the eggplant are a perfect match.

    In fact, friends who have done it a few times can do it quickly. All they have to do is add some oil and stir-fry. You can make it at home in a small milk pan with a small amount of oil, which is convenient and hygienic.