Stir Fry Eggplant in Garlic Sauce Recipe

soy sauce

🥗Healthier: tamari

💰Cheaper: salt water

Tamari is gluten-free, while salt water is a basic substitute.

vegetable oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Olive oil is healthier, while canola oil is often cheaper.

cornstarch

🥗Healthier: arrowroot powder

💰Cheaper: flour

Arrowroot is a gluten-free thickener, while flour is a more common thickener.

sesame oil

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: sunflower oil

Nutritional yeast adds flavor, while sunflower oil is cost-effective.

Cut eggplant into quarters lengthwise and then cut each quarter in half.

Sprinkle 1 teaspoon of salt over the eggplant and mix well.

Add 3 tablespoons of cornstarch to the eggplant and mix well again.

Heat oil in a wok and pan-fry the eggplant until golden brown, then remove from the wok.

In the same wok, add chopped white onion and green onions and stir-fry briefly.

Pour in the prepared sauce mixture (soy sauce, water, cooking wine, sugar, chili bean sauce, garlic) and stir well.

Add the cornstarch mixed with water to the sauce in the wok.

Return the fried eggplant to the wok and mix everything together until well combined.

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