Di San Xian Potatoes Eggplant and Green Pepper

Ingredients

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• 1eggplant
• 1potato
• 2green pepper
• 3 clovesgarlic
• 2 spoonfulslight soy sauce
• 1 spoonfuloyster sauce
• 1/2 spoonfuldark soy sauce
• a few grainssugar
• 1 spoonfulstarch for sauce
• starch for coating
• 1 spoonfulsalt for curing
• slightly more than half a bowlwater
• cooking oil

Step-by-Step Instructions

1. 01

   Cut the eggplant, potato and peppers into chunks and mince the garlic. Toss the eggplant with 1 spoonful salt for 10 minutes, squeeze out its moisture and lightly coat with starch. Mix the soy sauces, oyster sauce, sugar, sauce starch and water.

2. 02

   Pan-fry the potato over medium-low heat for at least 1 minute on each side until golden, then cover for 1 minute, until a chopstick can pierce it. Fry the green peppers until blistered. Set the potato and peppers aside.

3. 03

   In the same pan, fry the eggplant over medium-low heat for 1 minute, turn and fry until its color changes, then drizzle water around the edge and cover for 1 minute, until soft.

4. 04

   Add the potato, sauce, half the garlic and half the peppers. Cover and cook over high heat for 1 minute.

5. 05

   Add the remaining garlic and peppers and toss while reducing the sauce.

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