Main Ingredients:
1 eggplant; 100g minced meat.
Auxiliary Ingredients:
Thai sweet and spicy sauce: appropriate amount.
Seasonings:
Soy sauce: appropriate amount; salt: appropriate amount; cooking wine: appropriate amount; scallion and ginger: appropriate amount; water: appropriate amount; cornstarch: appropriate amount; flour: appropriate amount; 1 egg; beer: appropriate amount.
Flavor: slightly spicy; Cooking method: deep-fry; Time: 30 minutes; Difficulty: easy.
Steps for Cooking Thai Sweet and Spicy Eggplant
Ingredients for eggplant dish.
Dipping sauce: Thai sweet and spicy sauce.
Wash the eggplant, cut off the top and cut it into eggplant boxes: do not cut through on the first cut, and cut through on the second cut;
Add a little salt and marinate the eggplant boxes for about 5 minutes;
Add soy sauce, cooking wine, salt, minced scallion and ginger, 1 teaspoon of cornstarch, and 1 teaspoon of water to the minced meat;
Stir the minced meat in one direction until it is evenly mixed;
Take equal amounts of flour and cornstarch, add an egg, a little salt, and an appropriate amount of beer (or water) to make a crispy batter, and set aside for a while.
Put the minced meat into the eggplant boxes;
Coat the eggplant boxes evenly with dry flour;
Dip in the crispy batter;
Deep-fry in a pot of oil that is 50-60% hot;
Fry until both sides are set, then remove;
Heat the oil in the pot to 70-80% hot, and refry the fried eggplant boxes until both sides are golden and crispy;
Remove and drain the oil;
Arrange on a plate and pour sweet and spicy sauce over it.
