Frozen Eggplant Cubes

Name: Frozen Eggplant Cubes
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: 2 Eggplant (washed, stemmed, cut into small cubes); 50 g Tomato juice (for stewing); 25 g Onion (minced); 25 g Celery (minced, for stir-frying); 25 g Lemon slices (for seasoning); 25 g Scallion (minced); 50 g Peanut oil (for frying eggplant cubes); to taste Honey (for seasoning); to taste White vinegar (for seasoning); to taste Black pepper (for seasoning); to taste Salt (for seasoning)

French-style cold platter of fried eggplant cubes with tomato-honey vinaigrette. Cool completely, then refrigerate before serving. Crisp, fresh, cool, and aromatic, it stimulates appetite.

40 min

Easy

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Ingredients

Eggplant (washed, stemmed, cut into small cubes) 2

Tomato juice (for stewing) 50 g

Onion (minced) 25 g

Celery (minced, for stir-frying) 25 g

Lemon slices (for seasoning) 25 g

Scallion (minced) 25 g

Peanut oil (for frying eggplant cubes) 50 g

Honey (for seasoning) to taste

White vinegar (for seasoning) to taste

Black pepper (for seasoning) to taste

Salt (for seasoning) to taste

Instructions

Prep

Wash the eggplant, remove the stem, and cut into small cubes

Fry eggplant cubes

Heat a wok, add peanut oil and heat to medium heat, add eggplant cubes and fry until golden yellow, remove and drain excess oil

Stir-fry aromatics

Add minced celery, minced scallion, and minced onion to the wok, stir-fry until pale yellow, add tomato juice and eggplant cubes, and simmer over low heat for 10 minutes

Season and simmer

Add white vinegar, honey, lemon slices, black pepper and other seasonings, simmer for another 10 minutes, stir-fry evenly, reduce the sauce until thickened, add salt and mix well, remove from heat, let cool, and store in the refrigerator to chill