Everyone's Favorite Mapo Eggplant
Everyone's Favorite Mapo Eggplant

Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, everyone's favorite mapo eggplant. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Everyone's Favorite Mapo Eggplant is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Everyone's Favorite Mapo Eggplant is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have everyone's favorite mapo eggplant using 16 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Everyone's Favorite Mapo Eggplant:
  1. Make ready 5 Eggplants (slim Japanese type)
  2. Make ready 200 grams Ground meat (beef, pork or a mix)
  3. Prepare 1 tbsp plus Doubanjiang
  4. Get 2 clove Garlic
  5. Take 1 the same amount as the garlic Ginger
  6. Prepare 2 stalks Japanese leeks
  7. Prepare 1 Vegetable oil
  8. Take 1 Sesame oil
  9. Prepare 2 tbsp Katakuriko
  10. Take 1 Sansho pepper or Sichuan pepper
  11. Get Mixed Seasoning Ingredients:
  12. Take 3 tbsp Tianmianjiang - Chinese sweet bean paste
  13. Prepare 2 tbsp Soy sauce
  14. Get 1/2 cup - 100 ml Japanese sake
  15. Take 200 ml Chinese soup stock (using 1 1/2 tablespoons of chicken soup stock granules)
  16. Prepare 2 tsp Sugar
Instructions to make Everyone's Favorite Mapo Eggplant:
  1. Make the ★ mixed seasoning ingredients. (Just combine them together.)
  2. Roughly chop the eggplants into pieces, and stir-fry in sesame oil, then transfer to a plate.
  3. Mince the garlic, ginger, and Japanese leek (1/2 stalk), and briefly stir-fry in a generous amount of oil.
  4. Add the doubanjiang and continue stir-frying (Very thoroughly!). If you don't have enough oil, add more.
  5. Add ground meat and continue stir-frying.
  6. Add all the mixed flavouring ingredients at once and bring to a boil.
  7. Add stir-fried eggplants and simmer for 2-3 minutes while stirring occasionally.
  8. Add sesame oil, and remaining chopped Japanese leeks, and briefly stir.
  9. Turn off the heat, and thicken the sauce with katakuriko dissolved in water.
  10. Serve onto a plate and it's done! Sprinkle sansho pepper or sichuan pepper to your liking.
  11. Please try my original Mapo Tofu recipe!

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