Ever since I learned how to cook eggplant, I am a lot happier about eating more veggie-centric meals involving eggplant. Eggplant is so filling and satisfying yet they are so healthy. In Western cooking, eggplant parmesan is another great recipe that involves eggplant. In Asia, stir fried eggplant is the most prominent way of cooking them. Different countries have somewhat different stir fry recipes although they are similar with respect to soy sauce-based flavors. Today's recipe is specifically Chinese. This recipe is also called eggplant with garlic sauce but garlic is less of a significant component especially in the sauce. However, this eggplant dish has a perfect balance of tangy, savory, and juicy flavors and texture it's wonderful. The recipe is super easy for any home cooks too. For vegans, just replace the oyster sauce with mushroom sauce as it's very close to tasting like oyster sauce with all the umami flavors you can still get from it. This eggplant dish is seriously the best.

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Ingredients:
2 Chinese eggplant
1 tbsp salt
1 ½ tbsp cornstarch
5 chopped garlic cloves
1 tsp finely chopped ginger
1 red chili pepper
1 green onion
2 tbsp vegetable oil

Sauce
2 tbsp light soy sauce
1 tbsp dark soy sauce
1 tbsp oyster sauce (for vegan recipes, use mushroom sauce instead of oyster sauce)
2 tbsp black vinegar
2 tbsp brown sugar
2 tsp dobanjang
2 tbsp shaoxing wine
4 tbsp water

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