Roasted Eggplants with Garlic (蒜香烤茄子)
Easy to make roasted eggplants with fresh garlic
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 3 long purple eggplants ( ,Japanese eggplants)
- 3 whole garlic ( ,peeled)
- 1/2 cup oil
- 2 tbsp. light soy sauce
- 1 tbsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. Chinese five spice powder
- 2 green onions ( ,green part only, finely chopped)
- garlic chili sauce or other sauce ( ,optional for a spicy taste)
Instructions
- 1
In a small bowl, mix oil with salt, light soy sauce and Chinese five spice powder.
- 2
Wipe the eggplant clean and slice them in half lengthwise. With the tip of a knife, score the flesh deeply in a diamond cross-hatch pattern by making several long cuts, cutting at a steep angle, and then rotating the eggplant to make another set of similar cuts. This step helps the eggplants to absorb the oil and seasonings.
- 3
Heat oven to 210 degree C. Then brush 1/2 of the oil mixture on the surface and then roast for 15 minutes. Take out and brush the remaining oil mixture. Continue roasting for another 15 minutes until the eggplants become soft and the edges are slightly curly.
- 4
Prepare the garlic