10 Minutes Hand Shredded Spicy Eggplant Salad Using Microwave (凉拌手撕茄子)

凉拌手撕茄子 (Liang Ban Shou Si Qie Zi)

For some reason, eggplant does not show up in my dinner menu that often, one of the reasons is that it takes some effort to make a successful eggplant dish. This recipe is my first time experimenting cooking eggplant using microwave, it turned out to be so simple and it could hardly go wrong. There are a lot more great Chinese vegetarian dishes you can try at home. The best part is you can make this dish within 10 minutes.

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Ingredients

• 1/2 lb. Chinese eggplant
• A few drops of sesame oil
• 1 tablespoon canola oil
• 2 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon chili oil
• 1 teaspoon roasted sesame seeds
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 green onion (why buy from store? grow your own green onion)

Preparation Time:  5 minutes
Cooking Time:  5 minutes
Servings: 4

Cooking Steps

1. Get 1 Chinese eggplant (around 1/2 lb.), rinse clean, put in a large plate, microwave high power for 2 minutes or until it is fully cooked. Let it cool down.

Tip: cooking the eggplant too long could explode it, use lower power if you are not sure how long to cook it.

2. Use fingers to tear the cooked eggplant into 2 to 3 inch long thin slices.
3.Place the slices back to plate, sprinkle 1 tablespoon canola oil on top of the eggplant slices.
4. Evenly add the following ingredients to the plate:

•      2 tablespoon soy sauce
•      1 tablespoon chili oil
•      A few drops of sesame oil
•      1 fine chopped green onion
•      2 cloves of minced garlic
•      1 teaspoon roasted sesame seeds

5. Mix all ingredients evenly when serving.