Are cowpeas stir-fried with eggplant your favorite food? In fact, it is often available on the home dinner table. However, to achieve a more delicious taste, it is important not to ignore some cooking techniques. Detailed steps can be found in the following method.

1. Main ingredients: 1 eggplant, an appropriate amount of cowpeas

Method/Steps

1. Wash the eggplant, cut into strips, blanch the cowpeas, drain and set aside, and mince the lean meat for later use.

2. Heat some oil in the pot, add minced meat and stir-fry until it changes color, then add minced garlic and sauté until fragrant.

3. Add the eggplant strips, stir-fry until the eggplant becomes soft, then add the cowpeas and stir-fry for about 3 minutes.

4. Add soy sauce, oyster sauce, chicken essence, sugar, and salt, and continue to stir-fry.

5. Add some water, simmer over medium heat until the sauce thickens and is ready to be served.

2. Method

Ingredients: 500g long eggplant, 100g cowpeas, 50g green peppers;辅料: 1 spoon of minced garlic

1. First, prepare the ingredients: cut the eggplant into cubes, cut the cowpeas into pieces, and slice the green peppers. Boil some water in the pot, add the cowpeas, and cook until done. Drain and set aside.

2. In another pot, add some oil, add minced garlic and sauté until fragrant. Pour it into the eggplant and stir-fry, then add shredded green peppers and stir-fry together until soft. Add pre-cooked cowpeas and mix in the seasonings, salt, MSG, and tomato sauce.

Add some cornstarch slurry, and the sauce will thicken when it’s ready to be served. Cowpeas must be fully cooked before eating, as they contain saponin toxins and plant blood coagulation toxins; the toxins are only destroyed when they are fully cooked.

3. Ingredients: 1 long eggplant, 1 small bunch of cowpeas, 2 cloves of garlic

【Ingredients】：Vegetable oil, salt, soy sauce, chicken essence, and sugar, all in appropriate amounts

Cut the eggplant into strips; cut the cowpeas into small pieces; mince the garlic for later use.