I just cooked it for dinner today. My husband loves it because it's not oily. He tries to lose weight. Lol. I'm so glad I found your channel. Thank you.
Your dishes are nice and thank god your videos are in English.. And i like the way you explain.. soft and reasonably slow so that we can catch the ingredients' names. Thank you
Just made it and it turned out amazingly! Loved the option of steaming the eggplant rather than deep-frying it. Super simple and delicious.I added some bok choi and carrots as I needed to use them up and it was really delicious! Thank you!
Eight years after posting of recipe and now in time of pandemic. I made this dish and it was GREAT. I never made any eggplant dish before! It is now on my regular go-to recipes. I am going to explore your website for more recipes. thanks.
Please make more vegetarian dish videos. Not only it is good for health, also help encourage saving animal and raising compassion. I like your video very much. Well done. Thank you and keep it up.
I love that u steamed to cook it through, then stir fried, far healthier than the way I make it. In my culture, and many other, eggplants are sautéed with a ton of oil or just simply deep fried!
I just made this dish, a favorite of mine since childhood. I used to eat it in the Chinese restaurant where we spent each holiday. I didn't eat it for years and was longing for it. It came out AMAZING!!! Thank you thank you thank you!!!
I like that you steam it instead of fry it! much healthier! I always avoid eating eggplants because they sucks in too much oil! Now eggplants can be healthy! Have to try it sometime.
thanks for sharing. this is the best way to take eggplants. I usually have to avoid eggplant dishes due to the oil contained in it . Steaming is the best! thanks
At the beginning, I was a little bit hesitant about the idea of steaming the eggplants rather than deep-frying but in the end it was such a great idea. I really enjoyed your recipe and I look forward to learn new tasty sichuan dishes. Thank you!!!!! :D
I normally cook the egg plant with bucket loads of olive oil - almost like antipasto. Wiith your recipe, steaming the egg plant also soften the egg plant minus the oil. And taste great. Thanks for your recipe.
Okay so I tried it. I realize the mushiness is needed so the flavour will penetrate the entire eggplant. It was awesome. I also added oyster mushrooms to the dish and they added a wonderful firm texture. First time trying this type of mushroom.
Thank you for sharing. Looks so delicious and I'm sure going to be very tasty. I can't wait to try it. I love all Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and all Asian recipe's.
I have always fried my eggplants never thought of steaming them. I steamed them as you recommended and popped them into a screaming hot broiler. They turned out just as great as fried eggplants! Dipped them in soy sauce + lime. YUMM! Thank you for sharing!
+Gail Elsasser Me too! It was my favourite vegetable in China! I even learnt to say the word for eggplant in Chinese (still remember it from 13 years ago)... despite the fact I was only there for a month and couldn't speak much Chinese at all! hehe And the housekeeper at my friend's house (who only spoke Chinese) even taught me how to cook it! hehe A vegetable very close to my heart! :)
Nice recipe. I will definitely try it. I love eggplants, but I usually sauté eggplants ( caramelization is important to the taste in Middle Eastern recipes). You introduced the new twist of steaming it. It makes it healthier.
Looks very nice, and I'm not really an eggplant fan per se.... I also noticed the small eggplants at the ethnic grocery stores had much more intense flavor than the really large eggplants at the typical stores. Thanks for this quick recipe!
Beautifully made vegan cuisine that'll make Gordon Ramsay jealous. I love the fact that you don't use any animal ingredients. It caters for all kinds of audiences.
This looks so good! There is a store nearby which sells most of the needed ingredients, and I already have a jar of doubanjiang :) Thank you for showing us the healthy way to cook, by steaming.
hello Chinesehealthycook! Im from the Philippines... i have cooked this twice in my life...i appreciate your version of cooking this recipe because instead of frying the eggplants you steamed them which is less oil...thank you for sharing your recipe!
I made the your kung pao chicken tonight for dinner. It was delicious! My whole family loved it! I also added celery and cucumber in addition. I am looking forward to trying this recipe as I love eggplant!
Hi woodwitch2o, I'd recommend using Gold Plum Chinkiang Vinegar. You can buy this from a Chinese and/or Asian food store in your area. I'd also recommend Gold Plum Superior Dark Soy Sauce (or light, if the recipe calls for light - in fact, I believe it is the light version that ChineseHealthyCook is using, as I recognise the bottle. As I do the vinegar ;)) For the spicy bean paste, I use chilli bean paste (produced by Lee Kum Kee). Again, your local Chinese / Asian food store is the place!
I do a recipe very similar to this once a week when the eggplants are in season. The problems you mention are taken care of when you serve over steamed rice. Mmmmm good! I use home made chicken stock instead of water (and no sugar or vinegar), so it is more savory and not that sweet / sour flavor. But probably get a bit more heavy handed with some red pepper flakes (personal preference).
Does the Chinese Eggplant have a lot of seeds? I simply love your simple way of cooking everything looks delicious I made the chow mien with the Napa cabbage and chicken it was really good
I followed your recipe exactly and it was perfect. As long as you cook it to your specifications, it comes out just like yours. The blend of sweet and spicy was very balanced too. The video was clear, you spoke slowly and clearly. What type of vinegar did you use? Thanks for the recipe!
Are there any Asian groceries there? Chili Bean Paste is a key ingredient for Sichuan cooking. If you cant get hold of chili bean paste you can substitute it with Black Bean Paste and add some chili peppers into it. But then again you may only find black bean paste in Asian groceries.
i added the corn starch, although it looked like you used a lot more than 1 tsp corn starch then what you said earlier in the video. maybe ill boil the sauce for bit longer and use more corn starch, overall a good recipe, will give it another shot, thanks.
I had trouble finding some ingredients. At first I couldn't find any bean paste but did find spicy bean sauce & plain bean sauce. I used both as I am not used to highly spiced foods. I could find no dark vinegar but did find black. I was not pleased with it's taste but used it as I hoped in the final product it would blend. Is there any chance that you meant to use apple cider vinegar? My final product was not as I had tasted in resturants. I loved your presentation & the steaming of eggplant
Excellent! I like your healthy cooking methods! ....are you sure you are using "teaspoons" and not "tablespoons" though? A teaspoon = 5 cc and a tablespoon measures 15 cc.
hi, Quick question. what brand do you buy for your spicy bean paste, the light soy sauce and dark vinegar? when i go to the chinese store, i don't understand the writing, and also there are usually so many choices, with slight differences i'm afraid to buy anything. thanks for your recommendation and putting up this recipe! i LOVE eggplant and love that this recipe is healthy :) thanks again!
I enjoy your videos, they are really well done! I like this dish but lots of times in restaurants it is swimming in oil, I'm excited to give it a try steaming the eggplant. Does it soak up a lot of water when you put it in the water with salt? I was also wondering, what kind of bean paste is it? Is it 辣豆瓣酱？ And what kind of vinaiger do you use? Keep up the good word, like I said your videos are very well done, technically and the recipes!
Nice hau.looks delicious. I never knew you can steam chinese eggplants. I've been frying it and I'm not supposed to be eating fried. It was soaking a lot of oil.That pretty korean lady video and yours look healthy I'm steaming from now on. chi chi.
So if I wanted to make a stir fry type thing with this sauce, I could replace eggplant with broccoli, baby corn, peppers and carrots and also add meat to it and it would be the same?
Thanks for English presentation.
Thank you 😊
Just made this, it's delicious.
So happy to hear that. Thank you 😊
I just cooked it for dinner today. My husband loves it because it's not oily. He tries to lose weight. Lol. I'm so glad I found your channel. Thank you.
Your dishes are nice and thank god your videos are in English.. And i like the way you explain.. soft and reasonably slow so that we can catch the ingredients' names. Thank you
+saras wathy So happy my recipe is helpful. Thank you for letting me know!
Just made it and it turned out amazingly! Loved the option of steaming the eggplant rather than deep-frying it. Super simple and delicious.I added some bok choi and carrots as I needed to use them up and it was really delicious! Thank you!
+Eldritch B1tch Awesome 👏 Thank you for letting me know. It means a lot to me.
@@ChineseHealthyCook No problem! I have subscribed and look forward to trying more of your recipes and improving my Chinese cooking skills!
Eight years after posting of recipe and now in time of pandemic. I made this dish and it was GREAT. I never made any eggplant dish before! It is now on my regular go-to recipes. I am going to explore your website for more recipes. thanks.
Great 👏👏 So happy my recipes are helpful especially during pandemic. Thank you 😊
I'm a vegetarian this is so lovely i have a eggplant garden.. this will be so good....thanks
Richard Brown organic eggplants, nice! Thank you!
Please make more vegetarian dish videos. Not only it is good for health, also help encourage saving animal and raising compassion. I like your video very much. Well done. Thank you and keep it up.
I love that u steamed to cook it through, then stir fried, far healthier than the way I make it. In my culture, and many other, eggplants are sautéed with a ton of oil or just simply deep fried!
+Hamza Tahir yes, eggplants soak a lot of oil and are not easy to cook through. Thanks!
Health??? Sugar, soy sauce, oil, bean paste, corn starch, give me a break.
MatthewinGA A table spoon of soy sauce, oil, and sugar divided between multiple portions is not bad at all
I just made this dish, a favorite of mine since childhood. I used to eat it in the Chinese restaurant where we spent each holiday. I didn't eat it for years and was longing for it. It came out AMAZING!!!
Thank you thank you thank you!!!
My first live steam at 5:00 PM Eastern Time today. See you soon!
I love eggplant with garlic souce they are
So delicious and healthy. Thank you again you are best chef
I hated eggplant until I tried this. Now it's one of my favorite dishes and a must have in the vege garden
So happy to hear that. Thank you 😊
Delicious
I like that you steam it instead of fry it! much healthier! I always avoid eating eggplants because they sucks in too much oil! Now eggplants can be healthy! Have to try it sometime.
thanks for sharing. this is the best way to take eggplants. I usually have to avoid eggplant dishes due to the oil contained in it . Steaming is the best! thanks
Steaming is better than frying. Thank you for the Healthy way to cook Eggplants.
Thank you 😊
really yummy 😋👍👍
At the beginning, I was a little bit hesitant about the idea of steaming the eggplants rather than deep-frying but in the end it was such a great idea. I really enjoyed your recipe and I look forward to learn new tasty sichuan dishes. Thank you!!!!! :D
Thanks!Daniel Bertand
M going to try today
I watched this video again…….fantastic!
I love egg plant, looks very simple and looks so yummy!
I normally cook the egg plant with bucket loads of olive oil - almost like antipasto. Wiith your recipe, steaming the egg plant also soften the egg plant minus the oil. And taste great. Thanks for your recipe.
Enjoy! Thank you 😊
Okay so I tried it. I realize the mushiness is needed so the flavour will penetrate the entire eggplant. It was awesome. I also added oyster mushrooms to the dish and they added a wonderful firm texture. First time trying this type of mushroom.
the cook is adorable. This looks yummy!
the video is very helpful and the procedures are too simple to follow,thank you very very much
Turned out awesome. I doubled the amount so my husband could take some to work for his lunch. Thank you for posting this recipe :)
Thank you for sharing. Looks so delicious and I'm sure going to be very tasty. I can't wait to try it. I love all Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and all Asian recipe's.
Thank you 😊 Hope you will enjoy.
I just finished making my first eggplant dish with this recipe. Delicious!
+Robert E Awesome 👏 I made it for my friends recently, and they loved it. Thank you! -Ling
Hi Ling, I'm sure they did
and I can't wait to try your other recipes. Thanks again for sharing.👍
I've made this today it was really yummy & a much healthier alternative to fryng thank you for sharing. ⚘
Greetings from Australia ☺
Thank you!
I have always fried my eggplants never thought of steaming them.
I steamed them as you recommended and popped them into a screaming hot broiler. They turned out just as great as fried eggplants! Dipped them in soy sauce + lime. YUMM!
Thank you for sharing!
Easy n healthy cooking
I miss this kind of food when i was in hongkong i also cook like that.love it
My fondest memory of china is the eggplant.. never ate one before china but MY GOD simple. delicious. and perfect!! Thanks for the recipe
+Gail Elsasser Me too! It was my favourite vegetable in China! I even learnt to say the word for eggplant in Chinese (still remember it from 13 years ago)... despite the fact I was only there for a month and couldn't speak much Chinese at all! hehe And the housekeeper at my friend's house (who only spoke Chinese) even taught me how to cook it! hehe A vegetable very close to my heart! :)
Beautiful... I like healthy version...
I like it too. Thank you 😊
I just now seen your delicious video....this is a fantastic dish!
I have an egg plant in the fridge. I'm going to try your recipe in 5 mins. Thanks for video.
How did it turn out for you? 😊 Thank you!
Nice recipe. I will definitely try it. I love eggplants, but I usually sauté eggplants ( caramelization is important to the taste in Middle Eastern recipes). You introduced the new twist of steaming it. It makes it healthier.
Great! Hope you will like it. Thank you 😊
Beautiful sheft..
Learn a lot..
Thank you...
Looks very nice, and I'm not really an eggplant fan per se.... I also noticed the small eggplants at the ethnic grocery stores had much more intense flavor than the really large eggplants at the typical stores. Thanks for this quick recipe!
Thanks 😊
Beautifully made vegan cuisine that'll make Gordon Ramsay jealous. I love the fact that you don't use any animal ingredients. It caters for all kinds of audiences.
Really?! I'm flattered. Thank you!
lol why would an elite chef be jealous of veggies thats just ridiculous
This looks so good! There is a store nearby which sells most of the needed ingredients, and I already have a jar of doubanjiang :) Thank you for showing us the healthy way to cook, by steaming.
Great 👍 Doubanjiang is the soul of Sichuan food. You can make many dishes with it. Thank you 😊
Thanks for sharing this recipe. I will try this dish. 👍🏼
Hope you enjoy!
@@ChineseHealthyCook, success! My family love it! Thanks again!
It was fun and easy to make. Delicious. Better than restaurant. Thank you!
So glad to hear that. Thank you 😊
hello Chinesehealthycook! Im from the Philippines... i have cooked this twice in my life...i appreciate your version of cooking this recipe because instead of frying the eggplants you steamed them which is less oil...thank you for sharing your recipe!
I just had this for lunch and searched for this recipe 😋😋 realised I have all these ingredients at home and I'm going yo make it now.
How did you like it? Thank you 😊
@@ChineseHealthyCook yes I made it. Thank you so much❤️❤️
You have a very nice manner. Simple, clear and no problem to understand. Thank you for your video.
I just bought eggplants today but I had mo idea how to cook it. This looks really good. Thanks for your recipe
lol same here
I have tried this. It is delicious. I wanna try with other vegetables, steam them, and cook according to this recipes.
Esperalzi Esperal wonderful, thank you!
It looks delicious!
I made the your kung pao chicken tonight for dinner. It was delicious! My whole family loved it! I also added celery and cucumber in addition. I am looking forward to trying this recipe as I love eggplant!
Good job 👏 So happy that you family loved it. Please give my best to your folks 😊
Was looking for eggplant recipe there's alot but this is simple look so dammm yummm n suit my taste..thank you will try to day
+ary Snaza Thank you! Enjoy 😊
Thanks this is big help for how to cook Chinese cuisine 😊😊
Happy to hear that 😊 Thank you!
Hi woodwitch2o,
I'd recommend using Gold Plum Chinkiang Vinegar. You can buy this from a Chinese and/or Asian food store in your area. I'd also recommend Gold Plum Superior Dark Soy Sauce (or light, if the recipe calls for light - in fact, I believe it is the light version that ChineseHealthyCook is using, as I recognise the bottle. As I do the vinegar ;))
For the spicy bean paste, I use chilli bean paste (produced by Lee Kum Kee). Again, your local Chinese / Asian food store is the place!
thanks again for your time to share..😃🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆💕💖💖💖💖💖👏👏👏👏. All the best wishes .....
I do a recipe very similar to this once a week when the eggplants are in season. The problems you mention are taken care of when you serve over steamed rice. Mmmmm good!
I use home made chicken stock instead of water (and no sugar or vinegar), so it is more savory and not that sweet / sour flavor. But probably get a bit more heavy handed with some red pepper flakes (personal preference).
This is one of my favorites. You make it looks easy and looks really delicious.
Isn’t it easy? Thank you 😊
我很喜歡你的好手藝，簡單不複雜又美味。good
王楷文 谢谢您的鼓励，继续加油！希望更多华人关注😀-Ling
Another yummy dish. I'm trying this out later for dinner.
Does the Chinese Eggplant have a lot of seeds? I simply love your simple way of cooking everything looks delicious I made the chow mien with the Napa cabbage and chicken it was really good
Yes, it does have a log of seeds. Good job, Angela 👏👏
I made this today, very easy and very good
Looks amazing! I love eggplant so I will try this recipe soon. Thanks for sharing. :)
Looks delish, I must try this
Delicious dish, the very first idea of Chinese dishes, thank you so much, very fast
I followed your recipe exactly and it was perfect. As long as you cook it to your specifications, it comes out just like yours. The blend of sweet and spicy was very balanced too. The video was clear, you spoke slowly and clearly. What type of vinegar did you use? Thanks for the recipe!
My, what a lovely kitchen to cook in !
is there anything you suggest to substitute the bean paste. looks very yummy, i want to try it!
Are there any Asian groceries there? Chili Bean Paste is a key ingredient for Sichuan cooking. If you cant get hold of chili bean paste you can substitute it with Black Bean Paste and add some chili peppers into it. But then again you may only find black bean paste in Asian groceries.
i added the corn starch, although it looked like you used a lot more than 1 tsp corn starch then what you said earlier in the video. maybe ill boil the sauce for bit longer and use more corn starch, overall a good recipe, will give it another shot, thanks.
These looks absolutely delicious! Thanks for sharing!
Can't wait to see more recipes. Thank You for Sharing!!
Excellent dish 🌹🌹🌹
LOVE eggplant. I've made spicy eggplant before and it was tedious. Love your video and the quick recipe. Will make this tonight! Thanks!!!
Thank you!
Looks delicious.
I have tried. It is very good. Thanks.
I had trouble finding some ingredients. At first I couldn't find any bean paste but did find spicy bean sauce & plain bean sauce. I used both as I am not used to highly spiced foods. I could find no dark vinegar but did find black. I was not pleased with it's taste but used it as I hoped in the final product it would blend. Is there any chance that you meant to use apple cider vinegar? My final product was not as I had tasted in resturants. I loved your presentation & the steaming of eggplant
Excellent! I like your healthy cooking methods! ....are you sure you are using "teaspoons" and not "tablespoons" though? A teaspoon = 5 cc and a tablespoon measures 15 cc.
It look so good. I'll make it tomorrow. Thanks!
Hope you will enjoy! Thank you 😊 -Ling
hi, Quick question. what brand do you buy for your spicy bean paste, the light soy sauce and dark vinegar? when i go to the chinese store, i don't understand the writing, and also there are usually so many choices, with slight differences i'm afraid to buy anything. thanks for your recommendation and putting up this recipe! i LOVE eggplant and love that this recipe is healthy :) thanks again!
I made this today and it was delicious!! Thank you! 这是我今晚做的😁 好吃啊， 真好吃
谢谢你 Thank you 😊
Wonderful
Look so good. I will cook this for lunch today. Thanks for teaching us.
+Vottey Eng Cool, hope you will enjoy. Thank you! -Ling
So simple and so GOOD., well done.
Shahrookh Erani Thank you! -Ling
Great vegan recipe!
NinaC4116 thanks!
Made this today, was surprisingly simple and tasty!
is chili bean paste is doban jang?
I enjoy your videos, they are really well done! I like this dish but lots of times in restaurants it is swimming in oil, I'm excited to give it a try steaming the eggplant. Does it soak up a lot of water when you put it in the water with salt? I was also wondering, what kind of bean paste is it? Is it 辣豆瓣酱？ And what kind of vinaiger do you use? Keep up the good word, like I said your videos are very well done, technically and the recipes!
Nice hau.looks delicious. I never knew you can steam chinese eggplants. I've been frying it and I'm not supposed to be eating fried. It was soaking a lot of oil.That pretty korean lady video and yours look healthy I'm steaming from now on. chi chi.
Looks great and easy to make. Will try it soon!
Very nice and easy simple to follow I like it
L C Thank you! -Ling
This channel deserve 1M sub
水昆 Thanks for the kind words. 1M is a far reach. I’m happy to have you all 😄-Ling
水昆 Chinese restaurant cooking
this is the first time i have seen avideo i love so much cook very well thanks ❤💚💛💙💜💖💜💚💛from Sri Lanka
+Shashika Wickramasinghe Thank you for loving! -Ling
So if I wanted to make a stir fry type thing with this sauce, I could replace eggplant with broccoli, baby corn, peppers and carrots and also add meat to it and it would be the same?
I made it.... soooo good! thanks.
Good job 👏
at the beginning... do you add the salt on top of the eggplants once in water or do you dilute the salt first and then add the salt to tham?
bonjour...what is bean paste? What can i replace bean paste to?...Kisses from France n ty for sharing :) Bon Apetit
Thanks for the recipient i will for our dinner
Enjoy! Thank you 😊
Nice. Love eggplant, love garlic. Will make it soon.
I saw this at a traditional Chinese restaurant and I have dreamed to know how to cook it so THANK YOU 🙏 😘😅😊☺️
+khant ti kyi soe Awesome 👏 Hope it works out for you. Thank you! -Ling
This recipe is awesome .. thank you so much for sharing it with us . i tried it today and everyone loved it. thank u.
+Firas Alnajjar awesome, happy to hear that. Thanks!
Beauty and delicious food
Thank you ☺️
It look good and delicious, I must try this now. I like the way you cooked and put small amount of oil. And it cooked real fast.