Clay Pot Eggplant and Minced Pork Recipe

by Dec 23, 2014

When eating at a Chinese restaurant, one of the default dishes for my bff and I especially when we can’t decide what to eat is claypot eggplant and minced pork. After ordering it for some umpteenth time, we decided we have a claypot at home so why not try to make it ourselves.

Ingredients

  • One large eggplant
  • 1 chili (what can I say, I like it spicy)
  • 1 pound of minced pork
  • 3 garlic cloves
  • 2 shallots
  • 1 tablespoon of dark soy
  • 1 tablespoon of regular soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce
  • 2 tablespoons of chili sauce
  • ginger (½ nub)
  • 1 green onion stalk
  • ½ cup of water

Raw Ingredients for Clay Pot Eggplant and Minced Pork Recipe

Sliced Green Onion, Garlic and Ginger Recipe

Slice ginger, shallots, chili and garlic

Directions

  1. Cut eggplant into thin stalk like pieces
  2. Slice ginger, shallots, chili and garlic
  3. Heat oil in claypot, add ginger, shallots and garlic and cook through
  4. Add ground pork and brown until cooked
  5. Add soy sauce, dark soy, oyster and chili sauce
  6. Add eggplant and ½ cup of water
  7. Cover with lid until all is cooked (approximately 20 minutes)

Clay Pot with Oil Recipe

Heat oil in claypot

Adding the Sliced Ginger, Garlic, and Green Onion to Clay Pot and Oil Recipe

Add ginger, shallots and garlic and cook through

Adding the Ground Pork to Clay Pot Recipe

Stirring Up the Mixture within the Clay Pot Recipe

The Mixture Starting to Brown Within the Clay Pot Recipe

Add ground pork and brown until cooked

Adding Sauces to the Clay Pot Recipe

Add soy sauce, dark soy, oyster and chili sauce

Browned Sauced Pork in the Clay Pot Recipe

Adding Eggplant to the Clay Pot Recipe

Add eggplant and ½ cup of water

Cooked Clay Pot Eggplant and Minced Pork

Serve in claypot with rice.

F8T Tip I love to put a fried egg on top of this…. I love to put an egg on top of everything.   What dish would you love to learn to cook at home?

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