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

Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, everyone's favorite mapo eggplant. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Everyone's Favorite Mapo Eggplant is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Everyone's Favorite Mapo Eggplant is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook everyone's favorite mapo eggplant using 16 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Everyone's Favorite Mapo Eggplant:
  1. Prepare 5 Eggplants (slim Japanese type)
  2. Prepare 200 grams Ground meat (beef, pork or a mix)
  3. Get 1 tbsp plus Doubanjiang
  4. Get 2 clove Garlic
  5. Prepare 1 the same amount as the garlic Ginger
  6. Prepare 2 stalks Japanese leeks
  7. Make ready 1 Vegetable oil
  8. Get 1 Sesame oil
  9. Get 2 tbsp Katakuriko
  10. Take 1 Sansho pepper or Sichuan pepper
  11. Make ready Mixed Seasoning Ingredients:
  12. Make ready 3 tbsp Tianmianjiang - Chinese sweet bean paste
  13. Get 2 tbsp Soy sauce
  14. Take 1/2 cup - 100 ml Japanese sake
  15. Get 200 ml Chinese soup stock (using 1 1/2 tablespoons of chicken soup stock granules)
  16. Take 2 tsp Sugar
Steps 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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