Soy-Garlic Chinkiang Eggplant Sauce

Name: Soy-Garlic Chinkiang Eggplant Sauce
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: about ½ cup (100 ml)
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 10 g Chile; 3-5 garlic cloves, minced Garlic; 3 1/2 Tbsp soy sauce (52.5 ml) Soy Sauce; 1 tsp sugar (4 g) Sugar; 1 Tbsp Chinkiang vinegar (15 ml) Chinkiang Vine; 1/2 tsp sesame oil (2.5 ml) Sesame Oil; 1 Tbsp hot vegetable oil (15 ml) Vegetable Oil

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Hannah Che recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Hannah Che.

FINISHING SAUCE · STEAMED EGGPLANT & VEGETABLES

In the published recipe, this is the finishing sauce for steamed eggplant.

Che's soy-garlic sauce for steamed eggplant.

Ratio

SOY SAUCE 53 mlVEGETABLE OIL 15 ml

Ingredients

Chile10 g
Garlic3-5 garlic cloves, minced
Soy Sauce3 1/2 Tbsp soy sauce (52.5 ml)
Sugar1 tsp sugar (4 g)
Chinkiang Vine1 Tbsp Chinkiang vinegar (15 ml)
Sesame Oil1/2 tsp sesame oil (2.5 ml)
Vegetable Oil1 Tbsp hot vegetable oil (15 ml)

Method

Pour to the lines in order (bottom → top): SOY SAUCE, VEGETABLE OIL.
Shake-to-line (dashed marks): add GARLIC. Spoon in, shake, and top up until the settled level reaches each dashed line.
Add by count: 3 CHILES.
Season to finish: SUGAR (about 1 Tbsp), CHINKIANG VINE (to taste), SESAME OIL (about 1½ tsp).
Cap the jar and shake until emulsified.

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Provenance

Hannah Che is a cookbook author working in Chinese / plant-based; recognized with James Beard Book Award: Vegetable-Focused Cooking 2023 (The Vegan Chinese Kitchen).

Adapted from a Hannah Che recipe (Hannah Che / Sunset (Steamed Eggplant with Soy Sauce and Garlic)).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

Yes. Its liquids pour to printed fill-lines, so it can be one of the sauces on a PantryFlex jar.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). A PantryFlex jar makes a 3× batch of it. The jar's printed lines, counts, and QR guide are already scaled to match, so follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Hannah Che / Sunset (Steamed Eggplant with Soy Sauce and Garlic) (published as “Soy-Garlic Chinkiang Eggplant Sauce”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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