Japanese Eggplant Garlic Recipe
Generously coat the tops of the eggplants w the garlic mixture.
Japanese eggplant garlic recipe. If you like eggplant in garlic sauce from your favorite chinese restaurant this is the dish for you. Let it get really mushy creamy on the inside while the skins crisp slightly. Carefully score the flesh w short diagonal cuts sprinkle generously w sea salt. It s spicy and slightly sweet but not sticky sweet like some restaurant versions tend to be.
Line the eggplant on a baking sheet flesh side up. Keep some basic asian condiments in your arsenal and you can easily and quickly pull off this garlic eggplant recipe at home. Add the eggplant to the garlic ginger mixture and sauté for 7 8 minutes until eggplant lightly browns and becomes tender. Pour the sauce into the skillet toss to coat the eggplant and cook for another 5 6 minutes until eggplant slices are soft yet not falling apart.
Trim the ends from the eggplants slice in half the long way. Roast at 400 degrees for 30 40 min. Also because this whole dish comes together very fast have everything. Mix the ingredients for the sauce in a small bowl and whisk until well combined.
Score each half and sprinkle generously with sea salt. Cut off the ends of the ggplant and slice in half.