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	'''Fish-Fragrant Eggplant''' (Simplified Chinese: 鱼香茄子; Traditional Chinese: 魚香茄子; Pinyin: ''Yúxiāng qiézi'') is a [[Sichuan Food\|Sichuan]] dish of eggplant cooked in '''yuxiang''' (“fish-fragrant”) sauce—sweet, sour, salty, and chili-aromatic—despite containing no fish. It belongs to the same flavor family as [[Yuxiang Shredded Pork]].		'''Fish-Fragrant Eggplant''' (Simplified Chinese: 鱼香茄子; Traditional Chinese: 魚香茄子; Pinyin: ''Yúxiāng qiézi'') is a [[Sichuan Food\|Sichuan]] dish of eggplant cooked in '''yuxiang''' (“fish-fragrant”) sauce—sweet, sour, salty, and chili-aromatic—despite containing no fish. It belongs to the same flavor family as [[Yuxiang Shredded Pork]].<ref name="wp">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuxiang English Wikipedia: Yuxiang / fish-fragrant flavor]</ref>

	== Characteristics ==		== Characteristics ==

	Eggplant pieces turn soft and glossy in a red-tinged sauce with garlic, ginger, scallion, and pickled chili notes. The taste should be ~~balanced~~, ~~not~~ only spicy.		Eggplant pieces turn soft and glossy in a red-tinged sauce with garlic, ginger, scallion, and pickled chili notes. The taste should be balanced—sweet, sour, salty, and chili-aromatic—not only spicy.<ref name="se">[https://www.seriouseats.com/fish-fragrant-eggplants-sichuan-braised-eggplant-with-garlic-ginger-and-chilies Serious Eats / Fuchsia Dunlop: fish-fragrant eggplants overview]</ref>

			Yuxiang (“fish-fragrant”) names a Sichuan flavor profile historically associated with seasonings used for freshwater fish cookery—pickled chilies, garlic, ginger, scallion, vinegar, sugar, soy, and often chili bean paste—not seafood in the pan. Soft English-menu confusion: American “eggplant with garlic sauce” is often sweeter and less doubanjiang-forward; treat the names as overlapping diaspora labels, not perfect synonyms.<ref name="wol">[https://thewoksoflife.com/fish-fragrant-eggplant-yuxiang-qiezi/ The Woks of Life: fish fragrant eggplant overview]</ref>

	== Ingredients (overview) ==		== Ingredients (overview) ==
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	== History and culture ==		== History and culture ==

	Yuxiang seasoning is a Sichuan classic applied to pork, eggplant, and other ingredients. The eggplant version is a vegetarian-leaning restaurant favorite that showcases the sauce without meat as the star.		Yuxiang seasoning is a Sichuan classic applied to pork, eggplant, and other ingredients. The eggplant version is a vegetarian-leaning restaurant favorite that showcases the sauce without meat as the star. Soft folk tale: a house cook pouring leftover fish-braise sauce over eggplant—shop/folk claim, not a hard archival invention date.<ref name="yux">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuxiang English Wikipedia: Yuxiang]</ref>

			Peer dishes include [[Yuxiang Shredded Pork]] and other yuxiang-labeled plates; everyday Sichuan neighbors on this wiki include [[Mapo Tofu]] and [[Dry-fried Green Beans]]. The flavor family spread beyond Sichuan restaurant menus across China as diners embraced the sweet-sour-chili balance.

	== Serving and variations ==		== Serving and variations ==

	Served with rice as a main vegetable dish. Cross-link: [[Yuxiang Shredded Pork]]; see also [[Mapo Tofu]] and [[Sichuan Food]].		Served with rice as a main vegetable dish. Cross-link: [[Yuxiang Shredded Pork]]; see also [[Mapo Tofu]] and [[Sichuan Food]]. Some cooks deep-fry eggplant first for a silkier soak; others stir-fry or braise more lightly—method variation, not separate dishes.

	== See also ==		== See also ==
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	* [[Red Cooked Eggplant]]		* [[Red Cooked Eggplant]]
	* [[List of dishes (A-Z)]]		* [[List of dishes (A-Z)]]

			== References ==
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| country = China
| region = Sichuan
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'''Fish-Fragrant Eggplant''' (Simplified Chinese: 鱼香茄子; Traditional Chinese: 魚香茄子; Pinyin: ''Yúxiāng qiézi'') is a [[Sichuan Food|Sichuan]] dish of eggplant cooked in '''yuxiang''' (“fish-fragrant”) sauce—sweet, sour, salty, and chili-aromatic—despite containing no fish. It belongs to the same flavor family as [[Yuxiang Shredded Pork]].

== Characteristics ==

Eggplant pieces turn soft and glossy in a red-tinged sauce with garlic, ginger, scallion, and pickled chili notes. The taste should be balanced, not only spicy.

== Ingredients (overview) ==

Chinese eggplant, doubanjiang or pickled chilies, vinegar, sugar, soy, garlic, ginger, and scallion. Pork mince is optional in some restaurant versions. Overview only—not a recipe card.

== History and culture ==

Yuxiang seasoning is a Sichuan classic applied to pork, eggplant, and other ingredients. The eggplant version is a vegetarian-leaning restaurant favorite that showcases the sauce without meat as the star.

== Serving and variations ==

Served with rice as a main vegetable dish. Cross-link: [[Yuxiang Shredded Pork]]; see also [[Mapo Tofu]] and [[Sichuan Food]].

== See also ==

* [[Sichuan Food]]
* [[Yuxiang Shredded Pork]]
* [[Mapo Tofu]]
* [[Dry-fried Green Beans]]
* [[Red Cooked Eggplant]]
* [[List of dishes (A-Z)]]

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