Watch Daddy Lau teach us how to make Eggplant with Garlic Sauce, also known as Yuxiang Eggplant.

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Recipes in Meal Time:
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- Turnip Cake:    • 😋  Preserving my dad's Turnip Cake re...  

Other great Eggplant recipes:
Kenji's:    • Sichuan-Style Hot and Sour Eggplant (...  
Chinese Cooking Demystified:    • Pork, Eggplant, Anything - Make Sichu...  
Chef Wang Gang:    • 厨师长分享：“川味烧茄子”的家常宽油做法，口感软嫩，特别适合牙口不好的老人  
Fuschia Dunlop:    • Fuchsia Dunlop & Sichuan Flavors: Fis...  

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https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/...

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⏲ CHAPTERS ⏲

00:00 - Intro
00:37 - What is Yuxiang Eggplant?
01:10 - Wash & pick eggplant
01:28 - Background on Eggplant
02:07 - Prepare and steam eggplants
03:49 - Cut vegetables
06:14 - Prepare sauce
07:18 - How to tell if eggplant is done
08:06 - Cook sauce
09:20 - Mix eggplant with sauce
09:57 - Plate eggplant
10:23 - Meal Time!
11:04 - On Yuxiang sauce
11:43 - Did you eat this in China?
13:08 - How to pick the best eggplant?
14:51 - Making with Italian / American eggplants
15:37 - Should you salt your eggplant?
17:10 - How to maintain purple color when cooking?
18:22 - Microwaving eggplant
18:45 - How to not overcook it & get the perfect texture?
19:09 - How does the Sichuan style differ?
19:45 - Mom bought dad flutes!

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