Eggplant & Eel with Garlic Recipe (蒜香茄子鰻魚)

Sometimes a steak meal can be so boring. We love to spice things up here at Eva’s Wok. Here is the perfect Mother’s Day recipe. If you don’t want to go out for dinner, this is a simple, quick and easy recipe for you and your family.

Eva, aka my mom loves eels and eggplants so this is how this recipe came to life. Let us know in the comments what your mom likes to eat so we can see what kind of recipes we can create!!

INGREDIENTS:

• 3 eggplants  (621g)
• 396g frozen grilled eel
• 3 whole of garlic
• 20g capers
• 3 green onions
• A dash of sesame

INSTRUCTIONS:

Cut eel into pieces.

Cut green onion into pieces.

Grind the garlic into minced. Add one cup of oil and fry the garlic on low heat until it turns golden. Put them aside.

Wash the whole eggplant. Brush garlic oil that was used to fry the garlic earlier on to the surface of the eggplant. Steam for about 8 minutes on high heat.

Cut each eggplant into half (but don’t break them into two). Take away half of the eggplant meat and put the garlic minced into.

Mix up the eel, green onion, capers , eggplant meat and 1 tbsp of garlic minced and fill up the eggplant. Add one more layer of minced garlic and sprinkle sesame on the top.

Preheat the oven for about 400F and bake for 15 minutes. Serve.

TIPS:

• Don’t put too much oil inside the eggplant when you put the garlic minced inside. After you put all the ingredients inside the eggplant, add ½ tsp of garlic oil on the top of each eggplant.

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Eggplant & Eel with Garlic Recipe (蒜香茄子鰻魚)

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Ingredients

  

• 3 eggplants (621g)
• 396 g frozen grilled eel
• 3 whole of garlic
• 20 g capers
• 3 green onions
• A dash of sesame

Instructions

 

• Cut eel into pieces.
• Cut green onion into pieces.
• Grind the garlic into minced. Add one cup of oil and fry the garlic on low heat until it turns golden. Put them aside.
• Wash the whole eggplant. Brush garlic oil that was used to fry the garlic earlier on to the surface of the eggplant. Steam for about 8 minutes on high heat.
• Cut each eggplant into half (but don’t break them into two). Take away half of the eggplant meat and put the garlic minced into.
• Mix up the eel, green onion, capers , eggplant meat and 1 tbsp of garlic minced and fill up the eggplant. Add one more layer of minced garlic and sprinkle sesame on the top.
• Preheat the oven for about 400F and bake for 15 minutes. Serve.

Notes

Don’t put too much oil inside the eggplant when you put the garlic minced inside. After you put all the ingredients inside the eggplant, add ½ tsp of garlic oil on the top of each eggplant.