Everyone's Favorite Mapo Eggplant

Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I'm gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, Everyone's Favorite Mapo Eggplant. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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As for the number of servings that can be served to make Everyone's Favorite Mapo Eggplant is 2 servings. So make sure this portion is enough to serve for yourself and your beloved family.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have Everyone's Favorite Mapo Eggplant using 16 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

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

Ingredients and spices that need to be Take to make Everyone's Favorite Mapo Eggplant:

1. 5 Eggplants (slim Japanese type)
2. 200 grams Ground meat (beef, pork or a mix)
3. 1 tbsp plus Doubanjiang
4. 2 clove Garlic
5. 1 the same amount as the garlic Ginger
6. 2 stalks Japanese leeks
7. 1 Vegetable oil
8. 1 Sesame oil
9. 2 tbsp Katakuriko
10. 1 Sansho pepper or Sichuan pepper
11. Mixed Seasoning Ingredients:
12. 3 tbsp Tianmianjiang - Chinese sweet bean paste
13. 2 tbsp Soy sauce
14. 1/2 cup - 100 ml Japanese sake
15. 200 ml Chinese soup stock (using 1 1/2 tablespoons of chicken soup stock granules)
16. 2 tsp Sugar

Instructions to make 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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