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Eggplant with Preserved Century Egg

Eggplant with Preserved Century Egg

Steamed eggplant gets hand-torn and pounded together with century eggs and charred peppers, a rustic mash where smoky, funky, and soft all collide.

Instructions

  1. 1
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    Wash the eggplants thoroughly and put them into a pot of boiling water, steam for ten minutes after the water boils, until they are soft when pierced with chopsticks.

  2. 2
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    Remove the shells from two century eggs.

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    Crush the garlic cloves with a stone spoon.

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    Heat the oil in the pan, and put the cleaned green peppers into the pan to fry.

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    Pan-fry until golden brown, remove, let cool, and peel off the outer skin of the chili peppers by hand.

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    Tear the eggplant into strips, and also tear the green pepper into strips by hand. Add two century eggs, place garlic on top, and cut one small chili pepper and put it on.

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    Put on gloves and crush the century egg, then heat some oil and pour it directly over the minced garlic.

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    Add salt, MSG, sesame oil, and soy sauce for seasoning, and mix them evenly with chopsticks. The homemade Hunan dish is ready, let's eat!

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Ingredients

Main Ingredients

  • Eggplant
    一条
  • century egg
    两个
  • Green pepper
    a pinch

Auxiliary Ingredients

  • Xiaomi chili
    1 piece
  • Garlic
    a pinch

Seasonings

  • Soy sauce
    a pinch