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Steamed Eggplant \u2013 Hunan Style, from Eric Hsu, staff member at Chanticleer Garden, adapted from\u00a0The Woks of Life. Steaming is not an approach many consider using when cooking eggplant, but the texture and consistency of the finished product is delectable and adaptable to the sauce below or simply being dressed with a little chili oil and soy sauce or miso.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":816,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[18,7,8],"class_list":["post-815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipes","tag-eggplant","tag-growing-guide","tag-learn"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nRecipe: Steamed Eggplant \u2013 Hunan Style - SeedSavers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Steamed Eggplant Hunan Style. 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