1 lb 5 oz (600 g) eggplants (1-2 large) Cooking oil, for deep-frying 1 1/2 tbsp Sichuan chili bean paste 1 1/2 tbsp finely chopped garlic 1 tbsp finely chopped ginger 10 tbsp (150 mL) hot stock or ...

To make it, place in each of the two serving bowls: “2 1/2 tsp light soy sauce, 2 tsp crushed peanuts or sesame paste, 1/4–1/2 tsp ground roasted Sichuan pepper, 1/2 tsp crushed garlic, 1 1/2 ...

But I wouldn't really understand until I'd sampled it myself. "Sauerkraut fish" makes a convenient shorthand for what turns out to be a hot and sour Sichuan soup.

Suan cai yu at Tai 2 Chinese Sauerkraut Fish The Sichuan cuisine boom in the San Gabriel Valley continues. There’s now a restaurant that serves a single main dish, a Sichuan hot-and-sour fish soup.