Description
The ultimate simple dish omnipresent on Northeast Chinese dining tables. Cucumbers, radishes, raw eggplants, and scallions are served completely raw (just chopped). Diners dip them heavily into a piping hot, savory soybean paste fried with eggs or pork (Ji Dan Jiang / Rou Jiang).
Restaurants serving Zhan Jiang Cai (Raw Veggies with Soybean Dip)
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Various raw veggies(Cucumber/Radish/Raw Eggplant/Scallion)
- Northeast Da Jiang(Soybean paste)
- Eggs(or Minced pork)
- Oil
- Sugar
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- (Veggie Prep) Chop cucumbers, green radishes, soaked raw eggplants, bell peppers, white scallion stalks, and cilantro into sticks. Add sheets of dried tofu skin (Tofu Pi). Pile everything high on a massive platter. (Literally just chopping).
- (Dip 'Ji Dan Jiang' Prep) Beat eggs. Heat generous oil in a wok, scramble the eggs fluffy, chop finely, and remove.
- Add more oil, fry minced scallions, then dump in
- tbsp of 'Northeast Da Jiang' (or Huang Jiang - salty soybean paste). Fry slowly until the oil and paste separate, releasing a deeply roasted aroma.
- Return the eggs, add a splash of water and sugar, and reduce for a few minutes into a thick, piping hot, savory 'Egg Miso' (Ji Dan Jiang). Pork mince versions (Rou Jiang) are also popular.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Intense soy umami and saltiness of Da Jiang
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Japanese raw veggies + Moromi Miso (or Meat Miso)
Pairing
Boiled Dumplings / Corn Congee
Trivia
[Trivia] Shatters the image that 'Chinese food is always cooked'. A rustic farmer's meal from the Northeast. Eating 'raw eggplant' dipped in miso is highly unique to the region, offering an addictive, spongy crunch.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Spread a sheet of dried tofu skin on your palm, place the raw veggies on it, smear generously with the piping hot egg-miso paste, roll it up like a hand-roll sushi, and take a massive bite.
Allergen
Soybeans, Eggs, Wheat