Everyone's Favorite Mapo Eggplant

Name: Everyone's Favorite Mapo Eggplant
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 5 Eggplants (slim Japanese type); 200 grams Ground meat (beef, pork or a mix); 1 tbsp plus Doubanjiang; 2 clove Garlic; 1 the same amount as the garlic Ginger; 2 stalks Japanese leeks; 1 Vegetable oil; 1 Sesame oil; 2 tbsp Katakuriko; 1 Sansho pepper or Sichuan pepper; 3 tbsp Tianmianjiang - Chinese sweet bean paste; 2 tbsp Soy sauce; 1/2 cup - 100 ml Japanese sake; 200 ml Chinese soup stock (using 1 1/2 tablespoons of chicken soup stock granules); 2 tsp Sugar

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I created this recipe to make a variation of mapo tofu. This is a very popular dish at our house. This recipe is great for people who like eggplant better than tofu! Please check out my popular mapo tofu recipe as well!!

Stir-fry the doubanjiang very well, just like when you cook mapo tofu! This is the key. Even if it's troublesome, stir-fry the eggplant separately.
You don't have to add garlic.
You can adjust the spiciness by adjusting the amount of doubanjiang. For 2-3 servings. Recipe by Tabunhirose

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

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Ingredients

2 servings

5Eggplants (slim Japanese type)
200 gramsGround meat (beef, pork or a mix)
1 tbspplus Doubanjiang
2 cloveGarlic
1the same amount as the garlic Ginger
2stalks Japanese leeks
1Vegetable oil
1Sesame oil
2 tbspKatakuriko
1Sansho pepper or Sichuan pepper
Mixed Seasoning Ingredients:
3 tbspTianmianjiang - Chinese sweet bean paste
2 tbspSoy sauce
1/2 cup- 100 ml Japanese sake
200 mlChinese soup stock (using 1 1/2 tablespoons of chicken soup stock granules)
2 tspSugar

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Steps

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.
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Serve onto a plate and it's done! Sprinkle sansho pepper or sichuan pepper to your liking.
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Please try my original Mapo Tofu recipe!