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Braised eggplant and tomato on rice

Braised Eggplant with Tomatos

A Chinese vegan dish that is delicious
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Prep Time:10 minutes
Cook Time:25 minutes
Total Time:25 minutes
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: Chinese
Keyword: 2 ingredients, Easy Dinner, vegan
Servings: 4
Cost: 10

Ingredients

  • 5 eggplant
  • 5 tomatoes
  • 6-7 garlic cloves
  • 3 tbsp soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp water
  • 1 tsp cornstarch
  • 1/2 tsp sugar
  • 3 tbsp vinegar
  • salt to taste
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil

If using salt method from drying eggplant

  • 1 tbsp salt

Instructions

  • Wash eggplants and tomatoes. Preheat the oven to 350℉
    Ingredients for braised eggplant dish
  • Peel the eggplant and cut them into slices. Set aside
  • Lay them on a baking sheet with parchment paper, bake them for 15 minutes. Flip the eggplant slices halfway. Or add about 1 tbsp of salt and wait 10 minutes
    Sliced eggplant on baking tray
  • Cut tomatoes into chunks. Mince the garlic.
  • Add the garlic, black vinegar, sugar, soy sauce, water and cornstarch together.
    Eggplant dish sauce
  • After 15 minutes take the eggplant out of the oven. If using the salt method, just squeeze the eggplant.
    Baked eggplant
  • Put some oil into a wok. Stir fry the eggplant for 2 minutes on medium high, add in the tomatoes and stir fry for another 2 minutes or until it softens.
    Stir frying tomato with eggplant
  • Add in the sauce and let it simmer on medium low heat. It will take about 6-7 minutes
    Braising eggplant and tomato with sauce
  • Add salt to taste and serve with rice.
    Braised eggplant with tomato on rice

Notes

A hack: if short on time, you can make the sauce without the cornstarch the day before, store it inside the fridge in an airtight container and then add cornstarch to it when you are ready to cook.