Chinese
Yu Xiang Qie Zi (Fish-Fragrant Aubergine)
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Yu Xiang Qie Zi (Fish-Fragrant Aubergine) is Chinese home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre and the cooked vegetable. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Cut the eggplant into thick batons.
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Whisk the soy sauce, rice vinegar, sugar, cornstarch and water together to make the sauce.
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Heat the oil in a wok over medium-high heat and fry the eggplant, turning occasionally, until softened and lightly browned, about 6 minutes.
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Push the eggplant to the side, add the doubanjiang, garlic and ginger, and stir-fry 30 seconds until the oil turns red and fragrant.
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Pour in the sauce and toss everything together, cooking 2 minutes until it thickens and coats the eggplant.
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Scatter with scallions and serve; the name promises fish but the dish has none.
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Serve it with
A Chinese dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Yu Xiang Qie Zi (Fish-Fragrant Aubergine), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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Something to sip
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Yu Xiang Qie Zi (Fish-Fragrant Aubergine) carries gluten and soy. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | Yes | Bai Zhou (Plain Rice Congee) |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | Yes | Bai Zhou (Plain Rice Congee) |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 310 kcal
- Protein
- 4 g
- Carbs
- 27 g
- Fat
- 21 g
- Fiber
- 7 g
- Sugar
- 6 g
- Sodium
- 1050 mg
- Saturated fat
- 2 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Yu Xiang Qie Zi (Fish-Fragrant Aubergine) takes about 30 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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