🍆 Dad's Eggplant with Garlic Sauce (鱼香茄子)!

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Watch Daddy Lau teach us how to make Eggplant with Garlic Sauce, also known as Yuxiang Eggplant. 🍴 WRITTEN RECIPE + INGREDIENTS🍴 Visit our blog for step-by-step instructions: https://madewithlau.com/recipes/eggplant-with-garlic-sauce 🍜 JOIN THE CANTO COOKING CLUB 🍜 Develop the intuition and foundation to cook Cantonese food with exclusive classes from Daddy Lau! Take a free peek inside: https://bit.ly/mwlclub 🍳 COOKWARE WE USE/LOVE 🍳 - Chinese Cleaver: https://amzn.to/4eMSoL9 - Carbon Steel Wok: https://amzn.to/3BH16fq - Stainless Steel Spatula: https://amzn.to/4fomqVZ - Non-Stick Wok: https://amzn.to/47Q8fGk - Non-Stick Spatula: https://amzn.to/489rWsY - Gas Burner: https://amzn.to/3XYAQVI - Electric Burner: https://amzn.to/4eLoXZO - Steaming rack: https://amzn.to/4eKewpQ - Steaming rack with holes: https://amzn.to/408qPYu 🥢 KITCHEN ACCESSORIES WE USE/LOVE 🥢 - Infrared Laser Temperature Gun: https://amzn.to/3ZRioAK - Wireless Meat Thermometer: https://amzn.to/3BE6iRg - Food Scale: https://amzn.to/47QRIC6 👨‍🍳 DAD'S SPECIAL INGREDIENTS 👨‍🍳 - Light Soy Sauce: https://amzn.to/3NcsQva - Dark Soy Sauce: https://amzn.to/3Y6uyV8 - Chicken Bouillon: https://amzn.to/3ZQWn4V - Sesame Oil: https://amzn.to/3XJGef6 - Rice Cooking Wine: https://amzn.to/4gJG405 - Shaoxing Cooking Wine: https://amzn.to/3TWiBib - Premium Oyster Sauce: https://amzn.to/4drBPTS - Chili Oil: https://amzn.to/3Y7w1uo - Hoisin Sauce: https://amzn.to/3Y9mwuJ - Vegetarian Oyster Sauce: https://amzn.to/47RJ0U5 - Gluten-Free Oyster Sauce: https://amzn.to/3NdKPRK - Handcrafted Soy Sauce: https://bit.ly/handcrafted-soysauce 🎥 MY CAMERA GEAR! 🎥 - Workhorse Camera: https://amzn.to/3UaMdsd - Lens for Wide Shots: https://amzn.to/3YpCUHD - Lens for Detail Shots: https://amzn.to/4h781if - Macro Lens: https://amzn.to/3Y6ANXF These links are affiliate links, which means that if you use our links to purchase these ingredients, Amazon pays my family a small amount for the sale - at no extra cost to you. If you use these links, we really appreciate the support! ⏲ CHAPTERS ⏲ 00:00 - Intro 00:37 - What is Yuxiang Eggplant? 01:10 - Wash & pick eggplant 01:28 - Background on Eggplant 02:07 - Prepare and steam eggplants 03:49 - Cut vegetables 06:14 - Prepare sauce 07:18 - How to tell if eggplant is done 08:06 - Cook sauce 09:20 - Mix eggplant with sauce 09:57 - Plate eggplant 10:23 - Meal Time! 11:04 - On Yuxiang sauce 11:43 - Did you eat this in China? 13:08 - How to pick the best eggplant? 14:51 - Making with Italian / American eggplants 15:37 - Should you salt your eggplant? 17:10 - How to maintain purple color when cooking? 18:22 - Microwaving eggplant 18:45 - How to not overcook it & get the perfect texture? 19:09 - How does the Sichuan style differ? 19:45 - Mom bought dad flutes! 🔗 LINKS MENTIONED 🔗 Recipes in Meal Time: - Taro Cake: http://youtu.be/SNjFzm_5dW0 - Turnip Cake: http://youtu.be/hN3hdW2it-0 Other great Eggplant recipes: Kenji's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUiKiHbgIZk Chinese Cooking Demystified: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH5pP5Yd85A Chef Wang Gang: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0seR92vpTMc Fuschia Dunlop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uU6DwAi2S8 Articles: https://www.finecooking.com/article/the-science-of-salt https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/eggplant-benefits 🎵 OTHER CREDITS 🎵 Intro Flute Music - Performed by Daddy Lau Copyright Chillhop Music - https://chll.to/49e6fa9c Copyright Chillhop Music - https://chll.to/4ca8cc15 Cloudchord, Soul Food Horns - Noodlez https://chll.to/a957f372 Overhead Camera Rig built by P.Oak - https://www.instagram.com/p.oak.co/ 💛 OUR FAMILY 💛 Learn more about the Lau family, and why we started this channel + blog: https://madewithlau.com/family 👋 CONNECT WITH US 👋 https://www.tiktok.com/@madewithlau https://www.instagram.com/madewithlau https://www.facebook.com/madewithlau https://www.pinterest.com/madewithlau 🙏 SUPPORT OUR CHANNEL 🙏 If you enjoy these videos and want to support us being able to continue creating content for many years to come, we’d love for you to consider becoming a patron of Made With Lau. https://www.patreon.com/madewithlau