eggplant with garlic recipes — very tasty, soft eggplant, but also a very oily dish. the fact that any eggplant soaks up oil like a sponge.
mix sugar, cornstarch, soy sauce in a bowl until sugar and cornstarch have dissolved.
Heat the canola oil in a skillet over high heat. Cook and stir the eggplant until soft, about 4 minutes. Stir in the water, red pepper flakes, and garlic powder. Cover and simmer until all the water is absorbed.
Stir sauce into the eggplant, making sure to evenly coat the eggplant. Cook until the sauce has thickened.
Sprinkle in scallions.
Tthat deep frying makes the dish tasty, but there are definitely healthier ways to go about making this dish at home that don’t sacrifice any of the restaurant’s flavor.
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eggplant with garlic recipes
- skillet
Equipment
- skillet
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons canola oil
- 3 eggplants halved lengthwise and cut into 1 inch half moons
- 1 cup water
- 1 tablespoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 3 tablespoons garlic powder
- 2 teaspoons white sugar
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons light soy sauce
- 2 tablespoon scallions
Instructions
- mix sugar, cornstarch, soy sauce in a bowl until sugar and cornstarch have dissolved.
- Heat the canola oil in a skillet over high heat. Cook and stir the eggplant until soft, about 4 minutes. Stir in the water, red pepper flakes, and garlic powder. Cover and simmer until all the water is absorbed.
- Stir sauce into the eggplant, making sure to evenly coat the eggplant. Cook until the sauce has thickened.
- Sprinkle in scallions.
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