Vegetables Recipe

Yu Xiang Eggplant – Sichuan Yu Xiang Qie Zi Recipe

Yu Xiang Eggplant is one of my favorite dishes whenever I dine in at a Sichuan Restaurant, soft braised eggplant with tangy, hot, and the slightly sourish flavor will keep you going for an extra bowl of rice. This Sichuanese Yu Xiang Eggplant is so simple to cook and yet so amazingly delicious!

If you do not know how to make your own Yu Xiang Sauce, check here. They can keep in your refrigerator for a month. Also another option to use the sauce here.

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One of the usages of the Sichuan Yu Xiang sauce is the Yu Xiang Qie Zi, which literally means fish-flavored eggplant. Excellent addition to your family dinner as the braised eggplant absorb all the goodness of the Yu Xiang flavor!

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Sichuan Yu Xiang Eggplant Recipe

Use fresh eggplant and you can add some minced meat if you like. For a vegetarian option, simply remove the salted dish and replace it with some kombu for the umami flavor.

Course Side Dish

Cuisine Chinese

Diet Halal, Vegetarian

Keyword yu xiang eggplant, yu xiang qie zi, yu xiang recipe, Yu Xiang Sauce, yu xiang shredded pork

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Total Time 29

Servings people

Calories 246kcal

Author Ethan Wong

Ingredients

400 g Eggplant
50 g Salted Fish
2 tbsp Sichuan Yu Xiang Sauce
2 tbsp Cooking Oil
800 ml Water
Spring Onion for garnish

Metric - Imperial

Instructions

Preparation

Clean and cut eggplant into rectangular sizes.
Soak eggplant in a bowl of water.
Cut salted fish into cubes.
Prepare the other ingredients.

Cooking

Preheat the pan with cooking oil.
Add salted fish into the pan and pan-fry at low heat to aromatic fragrance.
Add Sichuan Yu Xiang Sauce and stir-fry at medium heat.
Add water into the pan and switch to high heat.
Bring to a boil and let it boil as you reduce at high heat.
Reduce until it begins thickened, check the eggplant, and see if it is soft enough.
If it is not soft enough, add another 200ml of water and reduce to thicken, then check the softness.
When it is soft enough, remove from heat and serve.

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Notes

Tips

Pan-frying salted fish gives it extra aromatic fragrance. However, salted fish tend to burn easily, so always fry them at low temperatures.
Eggplant is easily oxidize, becoming black, so to prevent this, simply soak them in a bowl of water.