Japanese Eggplant (Aubergine) Saute

"A great way to enjoy one sadly overlooked vegetable. The Eggplant. Add your favorite protein for a great one dish meal! This is my version of my friend Mayumi's recipe. I prefer the long and thin Japanese or Chinese eggplant. They taste less acidic."
 
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Ready In:
25mins
Ingredients:
5
Serves:
4
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ingredients

  • 5 Japanese eggplants, sliced thinly the short way (they're long and thin- if you only have the larger eggplant, one medium is plenty, diced)
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 1 slice fresh ginger
  • 14 cup soy sauce (or tamari)
  • 2 teaspoons mirin (you can use a bit more if you prefer your sauce a little sweeter)
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directions

  • Combine Soy sauce, mirin, crushed garlic and ginger in a bowl.
  • Slice your eggplant thinly and into small pieces.
  • Toss eggplant in hot pan (I use a spray oil like Pam) with the sauce mixture.
  • Sauté at a medium heat until very tender, about 10 minutes.
  • Add a little water to keep the veg moist if necessary.
  • Great as a side dish for fish or chicken.
  • Add diced medium firm tofu or any other protein for a very simple, quick meal.

Questions & Replies

  1. do you remove the skin for this eggplant type?
     
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Reviews

  1. Great, simple dish. I find it hard to saute eggplants without using a lot of oil( since they soak it up easily).But the addition of a little water did the trick. It is now a rather healthy,low-fat dish! Thanks! ( and i reduced the soy sauce too!)
     
  2. I thoroughly enjoyed this dish, I did it with Soy but I do think it would be better with tamari as it would not be quite as salty. It is so easy to do and it is something I will do again but with tamari.
     
  3. I loved this dish when eating in my favorite restaurant, and now I love this recipe. Because of quarantine, I did not have mirin readily available, so I substituted a sweet marsala wine. I also discovered that "a dry white wine or rice vinegar with about a 1/2 teaspoon of sugar for every tablespoon would work well too."
     
  4. I used Sake since I didn’t have Mirin with a touch of Splenda. It was sweet and excellent with Scallops.
     
  5. Easy and very delicious way to cook fresh eggplant. Ping Tung Long eggplants, cut into coins, and soaked in the sauce for about 5 minutes before cooking. Great flavor.
     
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Tweaks

  1. 1/4 cup soy sauce 1/4 cup mirin 1/4 cup rice wine vinegar 1/4 sesame oil 1 TBL minced Garlic 1 tsp minced Ginger Slice eggplant long way brush with marinade GRILL till tender
     

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