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    Chinese Eggplants with Minced Pork

    Last Modified: April 17, 2023 by Elaine| 75 Comments

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    Chinese eggplants with minced pork (肉末烧茄子) and spicy garlic sauce is a humble and popular dish in Chinese kitchens. r A small amount of minced pork can significantly improve eggplants' taste, enriching the layers of a humble eggplant stir-fry. For vegan readers, you can skip minced pork or try this eggplant with garlic sauce.

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    • How to make the eggplants turn soft easily
    • Ingredients Breakdown
    • Instructions
    • What to serve with
    • Other eggplants recipe on this site
    • 🧾Recipe

    Braised eggplants are always my favorite method of making eggplants, using very basic seasonings and producing a well-balanced dish with a strong garlic aroma. There is another popular Chinese eggplant dish named “Yu Xiang Eggplants”, which is named “Chinese eggplants in spicy garlic sauce”. It has similar ingredients and cooking methods, but that's a more complex version. If you love this flavor or love to cook eggplants, I highly recommend you try yuxiang eggplants too.

    How to make the eggplants turn soft easily

    Though eggplants can be extremely delicious, they are not liked by every housewife cook as they are hard to handle and need lots of oil. I have been trying to search for ways to reduce the oil absorbed by eggplants. The final solution is to soak the eggplants in slightly salty water and let them absorb the water as much as possible. The water contained in the eggplants can help to accelerate the cooking process and make the eggplants much softer.

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    Eggplants are quite yummy when well cooked. The soft texture can greatly absorb the spicy garlic sauce and endow the dish with great flavor. The most common way of cooking eggplants in China includes

    • Eggplants with green beans
    • Chinese Yu Xiang Eggplant Recipe
    • Di San Xian—Chinese Sautéed Potato Eggplants and Green Peppers
    • Steamed eggplants
    • Crispy savory eggplants

    Ingredients Breakdown

    • doubanjiang is also named broad bean paste, a spicy chili sauce from Sichuan cuisine, made from broad beans. It has a lovely spicy flavor that combines well with most Chinese dishes. If you don't have doubanjiang, you can use other chili paste to replace it.
    • Minced pork is used in a very small amount. We need to fry minced pork until crispy and aromatic. The aroma of the minced pork can improve the taste of the dish greatly even with a very small portion.
    • Garlic, ginger, and green onion create a basic savory base for braised eggplants.
    • Light soy sauce can provide a basic savory taste.
    eggplants with minced pork

    Instructions

    Remove the ends of Asian eggplants and then cut them into small cubes (for the best flavor, try to cut each cube with some skin). Transfer them into a large pot filled with water, add a pinch of salt, and soak for 10 minutes. Add a weight if necessary to make sure the eggplants is well soaked. Set aside to drain completely.

    Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a wok and fry the eggplants for 6-9 minutes until the eggplants become soft and withered. Transfer the eggplants out and leave the oil in.

    eggplants with minced pork
    eggplants with minced pork

    Add marinated pork to stir-fry until aromatic and slightly golden brown . Transfer to the edges of the wok and place the doubanjiang in to fry for another 1 minute. Slow down the fire.

    eggplants with minced pork

    Add garlic, ginger and scallion onion until aromatic,

    eggplants with minced pork

    Return the eggplants along with fried minced pork, soy sauce, sugar and sesame oil. Mix well. Serve with chopped green onion garnished.

    eggplants with minced pork

    What to serve with

    This is a savory dish and you can match it with a light Chineses style soup like winter melon soup, lotus root soup, and even egg drop soup. Besides, I highly recommend matching it with Chinese cucumber salad and steamed rice.

    eggplants with minced pork

    Other eggplants recipe on this site

    Eggplants are cooked widely in Chinese cuisine with many methods. We have lots of yummy eggplants recipes you can check.

    1. Savory Crispy Eggplants
    2. Chinese Stuffed Eggplants
    3. Di San Xian—Chinese Sautéed Potato Eggplants and Green Peppers
    4. Chinese Steamed Eggplant Recipe
    5. Chinese Yu Xiang Eggplant Recipe

    🧾Recipe

    eggplants with minced pork

    Chinese Eggplants with Minced Pork

    Elaine
    Humble Chinese eggplants with minced pork
    4.95 from 19 votes
    Print Recipe
    Prep Time 15 minutes mins
    Cook Time 10 minutes mins
    Total Time 25 minutes mins
    Course Main Course
    Cuisine Sichuan
    Servings 2
    Calories 354 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 2 long Asian eggplants
    • pinch of salt
    • ¼ cup minced pork
    • 1 tsp. minced ginger
    • ½ tbsp. Chinese cooking wine
    • 3 tbsp. cooking oil ,divided
    • 2 garlic cloves ,sliced
    • 1 thumb ginger ,sliced
    • 2 green onions ,white half and green half divided
    • ½ tbsp. doubanjiang ,skip this if you prefer a mild taste or double for a hotter version
    • 1 tbsp. light soy sauce
    • ⅛ tsp. sugar
    • ½ tsp. sesame oil

    Instructions

    • Remove the ends of Asian eggplants and then cut into small cubes (for the best flavor, try to cut each cubes with some skin). Transfer them into a large pot filled with water, add pinch of salt and soak for 10 minutes. Add a weight if necessary to make sure the eggplants is well soaked. Set aside to drain completely.
    • Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in wok and fry the eggplants for 6-9 minutes until the eggplants become soft and withered. Transfer eggplants out and leave the oil in.
    • Add minced pork to stir-fry until aromatic and slightly golden brown. Add shaoxing wine along the edges. Transfer to the edges of the wok and place the doubanjiang in to fry for another 1 minute. Slow down the fire.
    • Add garlic, ginger and scallion onion until aroma.
    • Return the eggplants along with fried minced pork, soy sauce, sugar and sesame oil. Mix well.
    • Garnish chopped green onion (green parts) and serve with steamed rice.

    Notes

    If you want the eggplants to be crispier and harder, you can spread some cornstarch to coat the eggplants before cooking.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 354kcalCarbohydrates: 14gProtein: 7gFat: 29gSaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 20mgSodium: 434mgPotassium: 538mgFiber: 6gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 85IUVitamin C: 5.9mgCalcium: 18mgIron: 0.9mg
    Keyword Eggplant, pork
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    eggplants with minced pork
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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Carmen

      October 16, 2020 at 7:35 am

      The flavor was great, but there wasn’t much sauce following the recipe. The picture looked like there was quite a bit.

      Reply
      • Elaine

        October 22, 2020 at 8:12 am

        Carmen,
        If you want it a little bit saucy, slightly add more oil.

        Reply
    2. Grace

      February 12, 2021 at 10:15 am

      5 stars
      It worked out really nicely for me. I added some Korean kojukaru since I didn't have any of the Chinese hot sauce mentioned and it turned out well. Thanks for posting.

      Reply
      • Elaine

        February 18, 2021 at 8:41 pm

        Thank you Grace for your detailed feedback!!

        Reply
      • Maggy

        July 17, 2022 at 1:22 pm

        What's the purpose of studying the eggplants

        Reply
    3. Matt

      April 27, 2021 at 9:38 am

      5 stars
      I made this tonight and it was very tasty. A nice light dinner.

      Reply
      • Elaine

        April 28, 2021 at 8:52 am

        Thank you Matt for the lovely feedback.

        Reply
    4. Jen

      August 12, 2021 at 12:16 am

      Loved it so did my husband. Only found that I needed a lot more oil as the eggplant absorbed it all in the first go.

      Reply
      • Elaine

        August 12, 2021 at 9:59 am

        You can add oil in the middle of the process whenever feel the oil is not enough.

        Reply
    5. Alexis

      July 28, 2022 at 7:42 am

      I added more pork and more flavorings to the meat marinade, and took your suggestion to coat in cornstarch. Delicious! Eating over mixian noodles.

      I think it would be good with the addition of some whole fermented black beans as well for a textural component since the pixian is typically more of a blended paste 🙂

      Reply
      • Elaine

        August 04, 2022 at 10:00 am

        Sure, Alexis. You can make it a black bean sauce flavor too.

        Reply
    6. L

      August 23, 2022 at 7:26 am

      I love this so! Have made it a few times. I would suggest though that you add a slight edit: that coating the eggplant in cornstarch extends the cook time considerably. No big deal since I love the flavor in the end, but just a suggestion ?

      Reply
      • Elaine

        August 27, 2022 at 9:14 pm

        Lovely point!! Yes you can try to skip this step.

        Reply
    7. Cheryl L

      December 19, 2022 at 4:22 am

      Looking for recipe to make like in Dim Sum Rest. It was Eggplant sliced diagonally with a ground pork mixture on top then either fried or baked with a black bean sauce??? Anything you know of like this, could not find it ion a lot of cookbooks???

      Reply
      • Elaine

        March 09, 2023 at 8:12 am

        Cheryl,
        Sorry I can't figure out the dish based on the description. Can you give me a photo?

        Reply
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