You can find a wide selection of eggplants at your grocery store. For this recipe, I used Chinese eggplant. You can also use Japanese eggplant, which is a little longer in size. When selecting ...

It's also notorious for absorbing oil when it's fried, but that's not a problem with this recipe, where the eggplant is steamed ... to thin out the sauce. Buy Chinese or Japanese eggplants ...

Local author Betty Liu gives you basic techniques in "The Chinese Way," then you can adapt her recipes to suit your pantry.

Fish-fragrant eggplant (yu heung ke zi in Cantonese and yu xiang qie zi in Mandarin) is a dish that originated in Sichuan province, where, despite its name, it is made without fish. In Hong Kong ...

The following pickled eggplant recipe is from “Fermenting and Curing: Sauerkraut, Salted Produce, and Cured Meat.” You can purchase this book from the MOTHER EARTH NEWS store: The Preservation ...

The distinct layers of breaded eggplant, rich tomato sauce and melted cheeses are what make this version great (and, frankly, easy to make). Arrange two racks on the top third and bottom third of ...

What a fantastic recipe ... begging for Chinese food, and moo goo gai pan may win out instead. Then, on Sunday, after the Bourguignon for lunch, I’ll downshift into fried eggplant for supper ...

A dish called “rei-shao-jao-chiezu,” whose name featured the Chinese characters for “grind,” “broil,” “spicy” and “eggplant,” piqued his interest. He had never seen the ...

Lately, I've wanted to incorporate more eggplant into my diet, but I haven't found a recipe that I really love yet. With the high cost of groceries, I want to ensure I'm not spending money to make ...