Recipe: Eggplant in Chilli Garlic Sauce

My version of this famous Szechuan dish.

Ingredients

Garlic
Onions
Green onions
Ginger (just a little)
Salt
Pepper
Ground pork
Chilli oil or toubanjan
Sesame oil
Dried shrimp powder or Shrimp
Ketchup
Thai sweet chilli sauce
Oyster sauce
Soy sauce
Brown sugar
Shaoxing wine
Chinese eggplant (cut on the bias)
Chicken stock
Cornstarch slurry

Directions

Saute first 4 ingredients. Season ground pork with just a little salt and pepper and saute until it gains a little collor. Add chilli oil and sesame oil. Add shrimp powder or shrimp. Turn up heat then add ketchup, Thai sauce, and Oyster sauce. Add brown sugar. Deglaze with wine then add eggplant. Coat and cook the eggplant. Add chicken stock and simmer until eggplant is cooked. Thicken with cornstarch slurry if desired. Done!