Minced Pork Braised Eggplant

Name: Minced Pork Braised Eggplant
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 500 g Eggplant (cut into irregular chunks); 100 g Ground pork; 10 g Scallion and ginger (minced); 25 g Soy sauce; 15 g Sugar; Shaoxing wine, to taste; Chicken powder (can be substituted with MSG), to taste

A Zhejiang home-style dish of eggplant braised with minced pork, tender and richly flavored.

35 min

Easy

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Ingredients

Eggplant (cut into irregular chunks) 500 g

Ground pork 100 g

Scallion and ginger (minced) 10 g

Soy sauce 25 g

Sugar 15 g

Shaoxing wine to taste

Chicken powder (can be substituted with MSG) to taste

Instructions

Prepare the ingredients

Cut the eggplant into irregular chunks; mince the scallion and ginger and set aside.

Brown the ground pork

Heat a wok with a small amount of oil, add the ground pork and stir-fry until it turns white, then remove and set aside.

Braise the eggplant

Heat oil in a wok; once the oil is hot, add the eggplant and stir-fry until it softens. Add the ground pork, soy sauce, minced scallion, minced ginger, Shaoxing wine, sugar, and a small amount of water. Cover and simmer, then add chicken powder to taste, stir well, and serve.