Braised Eggplant with Potatoes
Braised Eggplant with Potatoes is a home-style vegetable dish at difficulty 3/5 (Intermediate), about 623 kcal. Eggplant stew with potatoes is a Northeast Chinese home-style stew. Ingredients and step-by-step instructions are below, with notes for home cooking.
3 / 5
★★★☆☆
623 kcal
Ingredients
- Eggplant
- Potatoes
- Meat
- Chili peppers (green chili peppers, not chili powder or chili oil)
- Soy sauce
- Salt
- Garlic
Steps
- Wash the eggplant, potatoes, and chili peppers. Peel the garlic and crush it.
- Cut the eggplant and potatoes into cubes about 6 cubic centimeters (approx. 2cm). Cut the chili peppers into small pieces of approximately 5 grams. Cut the meat into 3 cm wide strips.
- Turn on the heat and heat the wok. Add amount * 13 milliliters of oil.
- When you can see a wisp of smoke rising from the oil in the wok, add the chili peppers.
- After stir-frying the skin of the chili peppers to release their aroma, immediately add the meat and stir-fry with a spatula for 30 seconds.
- Add the potatoes and stir-fry for 30 seconds.
- Add the eggplant and stir-fry for 30 seconds.
- Add the soy sauce and salt, and continue stir-frying for 5 minutes.
- Add water until the water level is 0.9 times the height of the ingredients in the wok, then cover with the lid.
- Wait until the remaining water height is 0.1 times the height of the ingredients, uncover, add the garlic, stir evenly, and turn off the heat.
Notes
Eggplant stew with potatoes is a Northeast Chinese home-style stew. It has a soft, savory taste with a slight spice and garlic aroma, making it very appetizing. Eggplants are rich in anthocyanins and dietary fiber, potatoes provide carbohydrates and Vitamin C, and the pork offers protein, making the dish both nutritionally balanced and filling. Although the operations are simple, mastering the timing for stir-frying and reducing the sauce requires some skill, making it moderately challenging for beginners. The process from prep to serving takes approximately 45 minutes.
Estimated Cooking Difficulty: ★★★
Estimated Calories: 623 kcal
Calculations:
Determine the number of portions you plan to make before starting. One portion is enough for 2-3 people.
Total Quantities:
- Eggplant quantity = amount * 1 (each eggplant is approx. 150g)
- Potato quantity = amount * 1 (each potato is approx. 150g)
- Meat weight = amount * 180 grams
- Soy sauce amount = amount * 15 milliliters
- Salt amount = amount * 5 grams
- Chili amount = 50 grams (as a seasoning, use this amount regardless of the number of servings.)
- Garlic amount = 3 cloves (as a seasoning, use this amount regardless of the number of servings. Note: Ensure this refers to 3 small cloves from the inside of a head, not 3 whole heads.)
Use the above conditions to calculate the ratio of raw ingredients.
Special Note for Steps 5-7: When stir-frying, check the bottom of the wok. If there is no liquid (oil or water) remaining, add 5 milliliters of water and continue stir-frying.
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