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Sichuan-style yuxiang aubergine

Name: Sichuan-style yuxiang aubergine
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4 to share
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 200g dehydrated minced soy; 2 tbsp rapeseed oil; 200g (3-4) baby aubergines trimmed and sliced into quarters lengthways; 1 tsp toasted whole Sichuan pepper; 2 garlic cloves finely chopped; 2.5cm piece ginger peeled and finely grated; 1 red chilli deseeded and finely chopped; 2 tbsp dark soy sauce; 1 heaped tbsp chilli bean paste; 2 tbsp shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry; 2 spring onions trimmed and finely sliced, to garnish; 200ml vegetable stock cold; 2 tbsp chinkiang black rice vinegar; 2 tbsp tamari or low-sodium light soy sauce; 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil; 1 tbsp golden syrup or agave syrup; 1 tbsp cornflour

Ching-He Huang

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Serves 4 to share

Easy

Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 15 mins

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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200g dehydrated minced soy
2 tbsp rapeseed oil
200g (3-4) baby aubergines

trimmed and sliced into quarters lengthways
1 tsp toasted whole Sichuan pepper
2 garlic cloves

finely chopped
2.5cm piece ginger

peeled and finely grated
1 red chilli

deseeded and finely chopped
2 tbsp dark soy sauce
1 heaped tbsp chilli bean paste
2 tbsp shaoxing rice wine

or dry sherry
2 spring onions

trimmed and finely sliced, to garnish

For the sauce

200ml vegetable stock

cold
2 tbsp chinkiang black rice vinegar
2 tbsp tamari

or low-sodium light soy sauce
1 tbsp toasted sesame oil
1 tbsp golden syrup

or agave syrup
1 tbsp cornflour

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Nutrition: Per serving

kcal327
fat9g
saturates1g
carbs31g
sugars11g
fibre4g
protein28g
salt2.9g

Method

step 1

Tip the minced soy into a bowl, pour over 400ml hot boiling water from the kettle. Fluff up the grains. Set aside for 5 mins.
step 2

Stir all the ingredients for the sauce in a jug. Set aside until needed.
step 3

Heat a wok over a high heat until smoking, then add 1 tbsp rapeseed oil. Add the aubergines and cook, stirring, for 5 mins, until browned. As you cook it, keep adding drops of water, up to about 50ml in total. This will create steam to help soften the aubergine (rather than frying it in lots of oil). Repeat this process about three times until the aubergines have softened.
step 4

Push the aubergine to the far side of the wok (away from you). Add the remaining 1 tbsp rapeseed oil. Add the Sichuan pepper, garlic, ginger and chilli, and stir for a few seconds, then toss into the aubergines. Push this all to one side of the wok, then add the rehydrated minced soy and stir for 30 seconds. Season with the dark soy sauce, chilli bean paste and shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry. Pour over the sauce from the jug and bring to the bubble, cooking for 1-2 mins on high heat until the sauce thickens. Give it a final mix. Turn off the heat. Sprinkle over the spring onions and serve immediately with jasmine rice.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, January 2021

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