Chinese Vegetarian Recipes

Deep-fried Eggplant Slices

Deep Fried Eggplant Slices Recipe

Introduction:

This is the beginning of a big journey because this is the first recipe that I started truly trying deep frying with. I have found a good-and-for-all solution to the deep fry cooking by using a method that will consume less oil and less complicated method. Let me explain.

As you know, I had been always afraid to get started with deep-frying because I had always thought that it would take a large amount of oil which is supposed to cover the ingredients. In addition, the oil will have to be probably thrown away after one day or two. So it would be a waste of time.

The solution is: Fry one piece at a time.

Ingredients:

Eggplants: 300 g (2 medium-sized)

Seasoning:

Soy sauce: 15 g

White sugar: 8 g

Garlic clove: one

Scallion: 1

Ginger: 5 g

Peanut oil: 2 tablespoons

Vinegar: 1 teaspoon

Starch: 1 tablespoon

Preparation Work:

1. Peel and rinse the eggplants  (Or retain the peel if you like. I retain the skin because the purple peel will add some color to the finished dish.);

2. Cut the peeled eggplants into slices that are 2 cm thick and place them in a plate standing by for the cooking;

3. Mix the starch with water in a bowl;

4. Slice the garlic clove;

5. Chop the scallion coarsely;

6. Mince the ginger;

Cooking Steps:

1. Pour two tablespoons of peanut oil in the wok and preheat it until it is 60% hot;

2. Lower the heat;

3. Take one eggplant slice and dip it into the melted starch and drop it into the preheated oil;

4. Take it out when the slice becomes golden in color;

5. Finish frying all the eggplant slices this way;

6. Preheat the oil left over after the deep frying process is done;

7. Drop the chopped scallion, sliced garlic and minced ginger into the wok and go to the next step when the smell is set off (i.e. stir fry for around one minute);

8. Pour the deep fried eggplant slices and the remaining seasonings into the wok, and add some water;

9. Quickly stir-fry what’s in the wok for a few strokes on high heat before dishing out and serving.

Cooking Tips:

After this recipe which was a big surprise and success (because my girlfriend likes it very much), I have tried several other recipes that require the deep-frying step and find out that my method is effective.

If you are like I was, fearing getting started, then you can put this practice into use. The deep frying will be not an obstacle any more.