Meat filling preparation process

1. Rinse the pork belly with clean water, cut into slices with a knife and then chop into pieces.

2. Chop the shallots into finely chopped green onions, peel and mince the garlic and ginger, put them in a small bowl and mash them into a paste with a rolling pin.

3. Add 2 tablespoons of homemade pepper water in a small bowl, stir evenly, and set aside to soak for 10 minutes to blend the aromas of the onion, ginger, garlic paste and pepper water. Strain out the onion, ginger, and garlic paste and keep it. Add peppercorn water and set aside.

4. Place the chopped meat filling in a small bowl and pour in the pepper water.

5. Use chopsticks to stir the meat filling in one direction so that the meat filling can fully absorb the moisture.

6. Add 1/2 tablespoon of oyster sauce to the meat filling.

7. Add 1/4 teaspoon of salt.

8. Sprinkle in appropriate amount of five-spice powder.

9. Use chopsticks to stir in one direction to mix the meat filling and seasonings evenly.

10. Soak the black fungus in cold water in advance and cut into mince. Wash, peel and mince the carrot, and cut the shallot into chopped green onion.

11. Put the chopped black fungus, carrots and green onions into the meat filling.

12. Use chopsticks to stir the minced vegetables and meat filling in one direction.

13. How to cut eggplant with a blade: Wash the eggplant with clean water and place it on the chopping board. Use a knife to cut off the eggplant stems at both ends.

14. Use a knife to make the first vertical cut at one end of the eggplant at a certain distance from the cut surface.

15. Cut until the edge of the knife touches the side of the eggplant that is in contact with the chopping board, but do not cut off.

16. Form a connecting blade connecting the eggplant slices to the whole eggplant.

17. Use the knife to cut the second cut vertically at a certain distance from the cutting surface and at a place equal to the thickness of the first cut.

18. Cut until the edge of the knife touches the side of the eggplant that is in contact with the chopping board, and cut off with force.

19. The cut part of the eggplant forms a continuous eggplant slice.

20. Repeat the above method to cut the whole eggplant into blades, soak it in light salt water and set aside.

21. The process of making eggplant boxes: The thumb of the left hand and the other four fingers work together to open the eggplant slices with a knife to form hinge-shaped eggplant slices.

22. Use chopsticks with your right hand to pick out the appropriate meat filling and place it in the center of the hinge-shaped eggplant slices.

23. Loosen the piece of eggplant pinched by your thumb and cover it with the meat filling. Use your thumb and the other four fingers to gently pinch the eggplant surface to evenly distribute the meat filling. On the eggplant slices, the eggplant box is ready.

24. According to the above method, fill all the eggplants with meat fillings.

25. Prepare a clean and water-free plate and pour an appropriate amount of cornstarch into it.

26. Apply a layer of cornstarch evenly to both sides of the eggplant box with the meat slices sandwiched between it.

27.? Prepare an egg and crack it into a bowl, and use chopsticks to beat it into egg liquid.

28. Place the eggplant box dipped in cornstarch in the egg liquid so that both sides of the eggplant box are evenly wrapped in the egg liquid.

29.? Microwave steaming process of eggplant boxes: Eggplant boxes dipped in egg liquid are evenly dispersed and placed in a microwave-friendly silicone tagine pot.

30. Mix 1 tablespoon of homemade chopped pepper, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, 3 tablespoons of sugar, 3 tablespoons of Shanxi mature vinegar and appropriate amount of sesame oil to make a sauce.

31. Pour the prepared sauce on the eggplant box.

32. Make the sauce evenly distributed in each eggplant box.

33.? Cover the pot, put the pot in the microwave, and heat on high heat for 10 minutes until the eggplant is cooked.

34. Take out the pot, cut the coriander into sections and sprinkle it evenly on the eggplant.

Tips:

1. If you want something saltier, you can add some salt when cooking the sauce. ?

2. You can add some chili pepper, or garnish it with red vegetables to make it look better.