Recipe: Delicious Miso Cheese Eggplant and Ground Meat Bake

Miso Cheese Eggplant and Ground Meat Bake. Miso Cheese Eggplant and Ground Meat Bake Eggplant and miso are a great combination, as is eggplant and ground meat, so I just put them all together. Japanese miso and cheese is a surprising but good combination. By just adding a little twist, you can transform your normal miso stir-fry into a new dish.

This is one of my favorite eggplant recipes that I'd like to recommend. Be careful not to use too much miso or else it'll become too salty. Adjust the amount of miso to your family's preference. You can cook Miso Cheese Eggplant and Ground Meat Bake using 13 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Miso Cheese Eggplant and Ground Meat Bake

1. Prepare 2 of Eggplant (slim Japanese type).
2. It's 1/2 medium of Onion.
3. It's 1 of Green onions or scallions.
4. It's 100 of to 150 grams Ground meat (beef and pork blend).
5. Prepare of Sauce.
6. It's 2 1/2 tbsp of Miso.
7. Prepare 2 1/2 tbsp of Sugar.
8. Prepare 2 tbsp of Sake.
9. You need 1 tbsp of Mirin.
10. Prepare 1 tsp of Soy sauce.
11. It's of Toppings.
12. You need 1 of as much (to taste) Melting cheese.
13. Prepare 1 of as much (to taste) Grated cheese.

In the meantime, combine all the ingredients of sauce in a small sauce pan. Cook over medium heat and stir occasionally. In a large skillet, brown ground beef ; drain off excess fat. Smear top of eggplant slices with miso sauce.

Miso Cheese Eggplant and Ground Meat Bake instructions

1. Chop the onion coarsley. Thinly slice the green onion..
2. Cut the eggplants into quarters lengthwise and slice thinly or into a 1 cm dice. Soak in a bowl of water..
3. Combine sauce ingredients well..
4. Stir-fry the ground meat in a frying pan..
5. When the meat changes color, add the onion and green onion and stir-fry..
6. When the onion has wilted, add the well drained eggplant and stir-fry..
7. When the eggplant has wilted, add the sauce and stir-fry..
8. When all the flavors are distributed, it's done. You could serve the dish at this point..
9. Put the stir-fry in a heatproof dish..
10. Top with pizza cheese, and bake in a toaster oven until the cheese has browned slightly..
11. Optionally sprinkle with some grated cheese and serve..

Layers of pan-fried eggplant, marinara, ground beef, parmesan and mozzarella cheese are baked until bubbly. Place a layer of eggplant slices on the bottom of the ovenproof dish. Spread half of the meat sauce, add second layer of eggplant slices then the rest of the meat sauce and finish it with the last layer of eggplant slices. Saute eggplant in olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat until almost tender; drain. Layer half each of eggplant slices, shredded mozzarella cheese, grated parmesan cheese, reserved sausage, and tomato mixture.