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Chinese eggplant and minced pork - Sichuan Fish Fragrant Eggplant

Time
30 min
Makes
4
Ingredients
16

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Ingredients

Servings
4 servings
Amounts
  • 1 cup vegetable oil (, or canola, sunflower oil (Note 1 for no-fry version))
  • 1 large eggplant or 2 medium/small ((450 to 500g), cut into 7 x 1.5cm batons (2.7 x 0.6"), skin on (Note 2))
  • 100g / 3.5 oz pork mince / ground pork ((Note 3))
  • 1 tbsp ginger (, finely minced)
  • 1 1/2 tbsp garlic (, finely minced)
  • 1 green onion (, finely sliced, white & pale green part (for cooking) separated from the green part (garnish))
  • 1 tsp pickled red chilli (, or any pickled spicy peppers (Note 4))
  • 1 tbsp broad bean sauce (, we use Pixian doubanjiang, the spicy Sichuan version(Note 5))
  • 1 1/2 tsp cornflour / cornstarch
  • 1 tbsp light soy sauce ((Note 7))
  • 1/2 tsp dark soy sauce ((Note 7))
  • 1 1/2 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tsp honey
  • 3 1/2 tsp black vinegar ((Note 8))
  • 1/2 cup water
  • White rice
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Nutrition · per serving

Calories
383 kcal
Fat
34 g
Fiber
4 g
Sugar
11 g
Sodium
521 mg
Protein
6 g
Trans fat
0.1 g
Cholesterol
18 mg
Carbohydrate
16 g
Saturated fat
4 g
Unsaturated fat
28 g

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