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My family's Mapo Eggplant Recipe

 ·  ☕ 3 min read  ·  ✍️ Philip Brewer

My family's Mapo Eggplant
My family's Mapo Eggplant

Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, my family's mapo eggplant. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

My family's Mapo Eggplant is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. My family's Mapo Eggplant is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have my family's mapo eggplant using 16 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make My family's Mapo Eggplant:
  1. Make ready 4 Eggplant (slim Japanese type)
  2. Prepare 200 grams Ground pork
  3. Make ready 2 tbsp Oil
  4. Take 1 medium-sized thick stalk Japanese leek (the white part)
  5. Prepare 1 clove Garlic
  6. Take 1 piece Ginger
  7. Prepare 3 tsp Doubanjiang
  8. Make ready 1 tbsp Tianmianjiang (Chinese sweet bean paste)
  9. Take 2 tsp ☆Oyster sauce
  10. Get 1 tbsp ☆Soy sauce
  11. Make ready 1 tbsp ☆Sugar
  12. Take 1 tsp ☆Chicken soup stock granules
  13. Get 1 tbsp ☆Sake
  14. Take 150 ml ☆water
  15. Get 1 tbsp Katakuriko (dissolved in 2 tablespoons water)
  16. Take 1 to 2 teaspoons Sesame oil
Instructions to make My family's Mapo Eggplant:
  1. Remove the stems from the eggplants, and cut into large easy-to-eat pieces. Finely chop the Japanese leeks, carrots, and ginger. Mix together the ☆ seasoning ingredients.
  2. Quickly fry the eggplants in 360°F/180°C oil.
  3. Heat up 2 tablespoons of oil in a pan, and saute the Japanese leeks, garlic, and ginger. Add the ground meat once it's aromatic, and saute until the meat has completely cooked through.
  4. Add the Doubanjiang spicy bean paste to step 3, and saute some more. Thoroughly drain the oil from the eggplants at step 2, and mix into the pan.
  5. Add the mixed ☆ flavoring to Step 4, and lightly boil. Thicken with katakuriko, add sesame oil for fragrance, and it is done ♪
  6. I doubled the amount of meat, added green peppers, and turned it into Mapo Eggplant over rice. Guys will love this hearty dish and will gobble it all up.
  7. Extra Box
  8. Ready to serve and ENJOY!

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