Spicy Fried Eggplant Recipe [Auberginen in pikanter Sauce Rezept]

This recipe is rather oily, so you should serve it with a plain side dish like rice to take in the extra oil. You can also consider steamed or cooked side dishes.
Fry the meat together with the garlic to give it an extra aroma, then add the fried eggplant.
You can use pork or beef and chilisauce instead of doubanjiang, but the taste will be not the same.


Spicy Fried Eggplant for 4 (500kcal / serving)

800g eggplant
150g - 200g (what you like) of  ground meat
200ml chicken broth
70g scallions
15g ginger
2 garlic cloves
2tbsp salad oil
3tbsp soysauce
2tbsp sake
2tsp sugar
1tsp Doubanjiang
2tsp starch
2tsp sesame oil
oil for deep frying


1. Cut the scallions into small rings. Peel the ginger and garlic and then thinly slice both of it.
2. Remove the stem of the eggplant. Cut it into bitesize pieces.

3. Now it's time to deep fry the eggplant. In a pot, heat enough oil to 180°C. Add the eggplants and deep fry until the skin is deep purple (2-3 minutes). Take them out and place them on a plate with a kitchen towel to drain.
4. Let's fry the meat. In a pan, bring the salad oil to medium heat. Add the ground meat and fry until crumbly.
5. Add ginger, scallions and garlic and keep frying.
6. Add doubanjiang but be careful, the spiciness might make you cough or burn in your eyes. Add soysauce, sugar and sake. Add the chicken broth and boil up.

7. Add the fried eggplant and let everything boil for 1-2 minutes.
8. In the meantime, combine the starch with 1 1/2 tbsp water. While fast stirring, add the starchmix to the pan and thicken everything a bit.
9. When it has thickened, add the sesame oil and done!

请慢用!!

Beware, you might need some bitters afterwards.

Sweet and Sour Pork [Schweinefleisch Süß-Sauer]

357 days, 241 recipes

Thursday was sweet and sour pork. I'm usually not a big fan of sweet and sour, because I like my food decided. Plus, it most restaurants it contains pineapple or orange or something and I don't like fruit in hearty dishes. I don't know why, I just don't like it.
But since this recipe was part of the cook book and I had everything in the fridge, I decided to go for it.

My friend Laureen came over to help me cook (or help me eat?).

Sweet and Sour Pork for 4 (550 kcal/serving):

350g pork (best is from the ham part)
1/2 onion (if you like onions, take the whole)
1 bell pepper
100g carrots
100g cooked bamboo shoots
4Tbsp Salad Oil
Fryingoil
 
Seasoning for the meat:
A pinch salt
2Tbsp soy sauce
1 1/2 sake (rice wine)
pepper

Dough:
1 Egg
3 EL starch

For the sauce:
3Tbsp soy sauce
4Tbsp rice vinegar (seems a lot, but you'll need it!)
90ml water
120g sugar
1 1/2 Tbsp starch


1. Cut the meat into 1,5cm bitesize pieces.
2. For the meat seasoning, combine soysauce with salt, add sake and mix well. Add pepper and put in the meat. Stir until everything is covered with seasoning.
3. Cut carrots, bamboo shoots, bell pepper and onions into bitesize pieces.
4. In a small pot, bring little water to a boil and cook carrots and bamboo shoots for about 5 minutes. Then pour them into a colander and briefly chill under cold water.
5. For the dough, mix egg with starch and beat well! There shouldn't be any chunks. Add the meat and stir until everything is covered with dough.

6. For the sauce mix soy sauce, vinegar, water and sugar well. Add starch and mix well.
7. Now we're going to fry the meat. Therefore you need a big pot and lots of oil. Heat the oil in the pot to 180°C. Drop a little dough - when it comes right up, the oil is hot enough. Add the pieces of meat little by little without them sticking together. Fry until golden brown, then lay on a plate with kitchen paper.
8. In a big pan, heat the salad oil. Fry onions and bell pepper until the colours slightly changes. Add carrots and bamboo shoots and cooking a little. Then take out the vegetables and put aside.

9. Pour the sauce mix into the pan and cook over high heat. When the sauce is becoming thicker add the meat and vegetables. Cook until everything is glazed. Taste and adjust seasoning.

10. 请享用!