Pork and Eggplant with Sweet Flour Sauce (酱香猪肉茄子) | The Chinese Cuisine

Fragrant eggplant and pork tied together by the savory, umami flavor of sweet flour sauce.

INGREDIENTS (4 servings):
-2 eggplants
-1/2 egg
-170 g pork loin (diced)
-2 cloves garlic (minced)
-5 ml dark soy sauce
-5 ml cooking wine
-5ml rice vinegar
-2 tsp. sweet flour paste
-1 tsp sugar
-2 tsp cornstarch
-8 tbsp olive oil

DIRECTIONS:
1. peel and slice eggplants lengthwise
2. make thin cuts across the eggplant, careful not the slice all the way through
3. drizzle 1 tbsp of oil evenly on each piece of eggplant before baking
4. bake at 375 degrees F (191 C) for 40 minutes
5. combine cooking wine, dark soy sauce, cornstarch, and 1/2 of a whisked egg into the diced pork loin and mix well
6. chop your eggplant into smaller pieces when finished baking
7. add oil to pan on medium heat
8. stir fry the pork first until almost done, then add in the eggplant
9. add in sugar and rice vinegar, stir fry briefly
10. add in sweet flour sauce and stir fry until it coats everything evenly
11. add in minced garlic and stir fry until it's evenly distributed
12. serve and enjoy!