Eggplant with Chopped Meat

Flavor: Reddish-Brown: Red-cooked — Meal: Easy, Made in Advance

There are some combinations of foods that are so perfect they crop up in many cuisines. Eggplant and chopped meat is such a one. The two have an affinity for each other all around the globe, though the marriage is most brilliantly consummated in Szechwan. Mrs. Chiang’s hongshao eggplant with meat sauce is, quite simply, the best eggplant dish I’ve ever eaten. It’s also easy to make. It can be prepared i