How to cook spicy eggplant with garlic

Trying to document how my mom cooks ... It isn't easy

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Cut up ~6 medium sized Japanese eggplant (6 cups)

Cut up ~6 medium sized Japanese eggplant (6 cups)

Peel and chop 6 to 7 cloves of garlic

Peel and chop 6 to 7 cloves of garlic

Heat saut\u00e9 pan on high heat

Heat sauté pan on high heat

Add garlic while you heat up 4 tbsp of oil. Don't do this when the oil is hot or the garlic will burn.

Add garlic while you heat up 4 tbsp of oil. Don't do this when the oil is hot or the garlic will burn.

Add hot pepper to taste

Add hot pepper to taste

When oil starts sizzling add eggplant

When oil starts sizzling add eggplant

Stir the eggplant a bit. Add 2 tbsp of water to help steam them a bit.

Put on a lid to steam the eggplant. Stir them to evenly coat them in oil.

Put on a lid to steam the eggplant. Stir them to evenly coat them in oil.

Create a mixture out of 1 tbsp brown sugar, 1 tbsp oyster sauce, and water.

Create a mixture out of 1 tbsp brown sugar, 1 tbsp oyster sauce, and water.

Add the oyster sauce / sugar mixture. Drizzle eggplant with sesame oil, steam for 5 minutes. Add soy sauce if it tastes too sweet.

Eat it!

  • 6.0 Japanese Eggplant
  • 6.0 Garlic cloves
  • Crushed red pepper
  • Canola oil
  • Soy sauce
  • 1.0Tbsp Oyster sauce / hoisin sauce
  • Sesame oil
  • 1.0Tbsp Brown sugar