Recipe: Yummy Sweet Miso Eggplant Don

Sweet Miso Eggplant Don. 'Sweet Miso Sauce' is one of them. I simply stir-fry Eggplant and Green Capsicum, then add Pork Mince, and seasoned with the 'Sweet Miso Sauce' with chilli bean sauce for spiciness. So easy to cook and so yummy.

This dish, known in Japan as nasu dengaku, is more traditionally served as a thick miso sauce I prefer this version for home cooking, as it suits the larger European eggplants, and the extra roasting of the miso gives a lovely nutty-sweet flavour. Miso Eggplant is a delicious Japanese vegan side dish, made from eggplant coated in a tasty sweet miso glaze! An authentic recipe with step by step Nasu is eggplant in Japanese. You can have Sweet Miso Eggplant Don using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Sweet Miso Eggplant Don

1. It's 2-4 of Eggplant *about 600g, cut into small pieces.
2. You need 1 of Green Capsicum *cut into small pieces.
3. You need 250-300 g of Pork Mince (OR Chicken Mince, Beef Mince, Tofu).
4. You need 3-4 tablespoons of Oil.
5. It's of Freshly Cooked Rice 4 servings.
6. You need 1 of Spring Onion *finely chopped.
7. It's of <Sauce Ingredients>.
8. Prepare 3 tablespoons of Miso.
9. Prepare 1 tablespoons of Sugar.
10. Prepare 2 tablespoons of Mirin.
11. You need 1/2-1 tablespoon of Soy Sauce.
12. It's 1/2 tablespoon of Toban Djan (Chilli Bean Sauce).

Sweet miso paste can glaze dishes with ingredients such as tofu or konnyaku. This video is about How to make it in easy way(grilled eggplant with sweet miso sauce). On my youtube videos, I especially focus. Sweet miso goes so well with eggplant, which melts in your mouth.

Sweet Miso Eggplant Don step by step

1. Place all the Sauce Ingredients in a small bowl and mix well. Adjust the amount of Sugar, Mirin and Soy Sauce depending on the flavour and saltiness of Miso you use..
2. Heat Oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat, and cook Eggplant and Capsicum..
3. When vegetables are cooked and almost tender, add Pork Mince and cook well..
4. Add the sauce and combine well..
5. Half fill a bowl with Freshly Cooked Rice and cover it with the Eggplant mixture. Sprinkle some finely chopped Spring Onion on top..

The secret to my miso sauce is the egg yolk. I don't have a sweet tooth, as I have often mentioned in my blog. So, my dengaku miso is probably not extremely sweet like you sometimes find at some Japanese restaurants. This Japanese eggplant recipe is all about that umami-rich miso glaze, which you can use on all kinds of root vegetables. Everyone has certain ingredients that give them trouble in the kitchen.