Bo Ling's Stuffed Eggplant in Black Bean Sauce
- Ready In:
- 1hr 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 340.19 g eggplant
- 453.59 g shrimp, peeled and cleaned
- 2.46 ml salt
- 0.25 ml white pepper
- 14.79 ml chinese black bean sauce, chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 29.58 ml minced gingerroot
- 4.92 ml sugar
- 29.58 ml soy sauce
- 14.79 ml white wine
- 14.79 ml sesame oil
- 44.37 ml cornstarch
- 473.18 ml oil, divided
- 473.18 ml water, divided
directions
- Rinse eggplant and dry.
- Diagonally slice the eggplant into 11/2-inch thick slices. (This will create diagonally sliced, round discs).
- With the tip of a knife, slice a pocket into each piece, slicing parallel to the surface and slicing only about 3/4 of the way through each slice.
- Each eggplant disc now has an opening for the shrimp stuffing.
- Chop shrimp into pieces about the size of corn kernels.
- Place shrimp in a bowl and season with salt and pepper; mix until shrimp becomes sticky, about 4 minutes.
- Using a table knife, stuff about 1 to 2 teaspoons shrimp mixture into the pocket in each eggplant slice.
- Dip knife into cold water between stuffing to smooth shrimp filling (This step could take 15 to 20 minutes).
- Pour 1 cup oil into a large skillet and heat over medium-high heat.
- Pan-fry stuffed eggplant until brown on both sides.
- (Eggplant absorbs oil like a sponge; add additional oil if pan becomes dry or eggplant will not brown).
- When brown, remove from pan and set aside to drain.
- Pour 1 tablespoon oil into a hot wok.
- Add black bean, garlic and ginger; stir-fry until ingredients become a light brown.
- Add 1 1/2 cups water, sugar, soy sauce and wine.
- Stir together cornstarch with 1/2 cup water, mixing until well-dissolved.
- Slowly pour cornstarch mixture into wok, stirring constantly.
- Cook, stirring, until mixture has the consistency of syrup.
- Stir in sesame seed oil, then remove from heat.
- Dip each eggplant piece in sauce to coat well, then place each piece on a small, heatproof plate.
- Place plate in steamer and steam over boiling water 12 to 15 minutes.
- Serve warm.
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