🍆 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/eggpl... 🍜 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:    • 😋  Dad's Taro Cake (芋頭糕) - Chef's secrets ...   Turnip Cake:    • 😋  Preserving my dad's Turnip Cake recipe ...   Other great Eggplant recipes: Kenji's:    • Sichuan-Style Hot and Sour Eggplant (Yu Xi...   Chinese Cooking Demystified:    • Pork, Eggplant, Anything - Make Sichuan Fi...   Chef Wang Gang:    • 厨师长分享：“川味烧茄子”的家常宽油做法，口感软嫩，特别适合牙口不好的老人   Fuschia Dunlop:    • Fuchsia Dunlop & Sichuan Flavors: Fish Fra...   Articles: https://www.finecooking.com/article/t... https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/... 🎵 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 -   / 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 👋   / madewithlau     / madewithlau     / madewithlau     / 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.   / madewithlau