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

Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, everyone's favorite mapo eggplant. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Everyone's Favorite Mapo Eggplant is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Everyone's Favorite Mapo Eggplant is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. 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. Get 5 Eggplants (slim Japanese type)
  2. Make ready 200 grams Ground meat (beef, pork or a mix)
  3. Make ready 1 tbsp plus Doubanjiang
  4. Get 2 clove Garlic
  5. Make ready 1 the same amount as the garlic Ginger
  6. Take 2 stalks Japanese leeks
  7. Take 1 Vegetable oil
  8. Prepare 1 Sesame oil
  9. Get 2 tbsp Katakuriko
  10. Prepare 1 Sansho pepper or Sichuan pepper
  11. Get Mixed Seasoning Ingredients:
  12. Get 3 tbsp Tianmianjiang - Chinese sweet bean paste
  13. Get 2 tbsp Soy sauce
  14. Make ready 1/2 cup - 100 ml Japanese sake
  15. Prepare 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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