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Quick & Easy Chinese Spicy Garlic Eggplant
Tender eggplant cooked in a spicy, savoury garlic sauce with aromatic red chilies, green onions, and ginger. This quick and easy Chinese spicy garlic eggplant is made in 30 minutes and restaurant-quality! A great side dish for all the eggplant lovers!
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
30 mins
Servings: 2
Calories: 256 kcal
Course:
Side Dish
Cuisine:
Chinese
Ingredients
- 1 lb Chinese eggplants or Japanese eggplant or regular eggplant
- ¼ cup cornstarch or potato starch
- 5 tablespoon vegetable oil or any neutral oil
- 10 dried red chilies or 2 chopped fresh red chilies
- 5 slices ginger peeled
- 1 green onion finely chopped
Sauce
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- 1 tablespoon Regular soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon oyster sauce or vegetarian stir-fry sauce
- 1 tablespoon water cold
- 1 teaspoon Shaoxing cooking wine or dry sherry wine or dry white wine or broth
- 1 teaspoon white granulated sugar or cane sugar
- 1 teaspoon rice vinegar or white vinegar or apple cider vinegar
- ½ tablespoon cornstarch or potato starch
- ½ teaspoon crushed red chili flakes or chili oil or chili garlic sauce to taste
Instructions
- In a small bowl, combine the sauce ingredients as listed above and set aside.
- Slice the unpeeled eggplant vertically into four quarters so you have four strips. Then cut the strips into 2-inch-long pieces and transfer into a large mixing bowl. Add cornstarch and toss eggplant into the starch until evenly coated.
- Heat ¼ cup or 60 ml vegetable oil medium-high heat in a large pan. Gently fry coated eggplant until tender, about 90% cooked. Remove and set aside.
- Reduce to low-medium heat. Add remaining vegetable oil and sauté ginger, red chilis and green onions for 10 seconds.
- Add eggplant followed by the sauce and gently toss everything together. Remove off heat and enjoy!
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Nutrition Information
Calories
256kcal
(13%)
Carbohydrates
57g
(19%)
Protein
9g
(18%)
Fat
2g
(3%)
Saturated Fat
0.2g
(1%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
Monounsaturated Fat
0.1g
Sodium
1280mg
(53%)
Potassium
1343mg
(38%)
Fiber
11g
(44%)
Sugar
23g
(46%)
Vitamin A
2254IU
(45%)
Vitamin C
331mg
(368%)
Calcium
73mg
(7%)
Iron
4mg
(22%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 2Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 256
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 256kcal | 13% |
| Carbohydrates | 57g | 19% |
| Protein | 9g | 18% |
| Fat | 2g | 3% |
| Saturated Fat | 0.2g | 1% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 0.1g | 1% |
| Sodium | 1280mg | 53% |
| Potassium | 1343mg | 29% |
| Fiber | 11g | 44% |
| Sugar | 23g | 46% |
| Vitamin A | 2254IU | 45% |
| Vitamin C | 331mg | 368% |
| Calcium | 73mg | 7% |
| Iron | 4mg | 22% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.