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Grilled Eggplant

烤茄子

Prep
5 min
Cook
20 min
Makes
1 pc

Equipment

  • air fryer

    Substitutes: Convection oven

  • frying pan

Ingredients

  • 1 Eggplant

    Also known as: aubergine

  • 1 tbsp Garlic , minced
  • 3 Small chili peppers

    Typical Chinese small, red, hot, chili pepper

  • 1 tbsp Chinese barbecue powder
  • 1 tbsp Oyster sauce

    Substitutes: vegan oyster sauce / mushroom vegetarian stir-fry sauce

    ↳ use vegan version if needed

Method

  1. 1

    Cut the head of the eggplant (or not), brush with oil and bake at 180 °C for 15 minutes.

  2. 2

    Prepare 1 tablespoon of minced garlic + the chopped chili peppers + 1 tablespoon of barbecue powder, stir-fry in hot oil, add 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce, mix evenly.

  3. 3

    Cut the eggplant in half and drizzle with the sauce, bake at 180 °C for another 5 minutes, sprinkle with green onions and enjoy.

Chinese vegan

Source: Found by Sophie on Little Red Book app (Xiaohongshu 小红书). Optimized to taste.