Fried Eggplant Box

I want to eat fried eggplant boxes just by looking at them. My mother used to make them for me when I was at home, but now I can’t make them myself when I’m out. I looked up the specific steps online today and I’ll tell you about them:

Fried eggplant box ingredients

Half a block of tofu 2 ounces of minced meat

Eggplant and two onions

Ginger and Garlic

Oyster sauce and pepper powder

Cooking wine salt

Oil flour

Baking powder ice water

Cornstarch

Fried eggplant box recipe

1. Soak half a spoon of chopped green onion, chopped ginger and peppercorns in warm water for ten minutes, then pour them into the meat filling one by one and stir clockwise. The meat will be tender after being soaked in water.

2. Add half a spoon of oyster sauce, some pepper powder, half a spoon of cooking wine, and an appropriate amount of salt to the meat filling, and stir clockwise until it is firm.

3. Crush the northern tofu carefully with your hands until there are no lumps. Add the minced meat and chopped green onions and continue to beat vigorously until the fillings stick together.

4. Slice the eggplant. Don't cut it through with the first cut. Leave a little. Cut it with the second cut. If you are afraid it will turn black, put it in salt water. After all the slices are cut, start to put the meat filling in. Don't put too much. Scrape the edge clean.

5. Put 100g flour + 40g cornstarch in a bowl, add ice water, mix well, add 40g oil, 10g salt, 40g baking powder, stir well, and you will get the crispy paste for fried eggplant boxes.

6. Pour half a bottle of oil into a small pot, heat it to about 150 degrees, sprinkle some cornstarch on the eggplant box while the oil is heating, then coat it with crispy batter, put it in the pot and fry it until it turns golden brown.

7. It can be served with salt and pepper or ketchup, it is delicious

Tips

1. This is a tough dish, with meat, oil, and baking powder, but it is really delicious. If someone is not trying to lose weight, I really wouldn't make it for him.

2. If it is all meat, it will be greasy. Adding half a piece of tofu in it can neutralize the greasiness, which is very good. In addition, plant protein promotes the absorption of animal protein, which is even better.

3. Use northern tofu instead of southern tofu which has more water. Don’t make the wrong choice.

4. The recipe of the frying batter is really good. The fried eggplant box is really crispy and crumbly.

5. Try to use aluminum-free baking powder. Just like the cornmeal pancakes in the previous article, baking powder contains alum, which is bad for your health.

6. The amount of pastry does not have to be in grams, you can reduce it relatively. I used 40g of flour. Otherwise, 40g of baking powder is quite scary.

7. Use the smallest pot, otherwise the oil will be damaged. I made red oil from the remaining oil and put it in a jar to use when making cold dishes.