Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, my family's mapo eggplant. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Mapo Eggplant, or what we call Mabo Nasu (麻婆茄子) in Japan, is a delicious stir-fried eggplant dish with ground pork and seasoned with a bold savory sauce. It may remind you of Mapo Tofu, one of the most popular Sichuanese classics. The Japanese have our very own version of Mapo Tofu (my recipe. Mapo eggplant is wonderful over hot steamed rice or even atop noodles.

My family's Mapo Eggplant is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They are nice and they look fantastic. My family's Mapo Eggplant is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook my family's mapo eggplant using 16 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make My family's Mapo Eggplant:

1. Get 4 Eggplant (slim Japanese type)
2. Make ready 200 grams Ground pork
3. Take 2 tbsp Oil
4. Prepare 1 medium-sized thick stalk Japanese leek (the white part)
5. Take 1 clove Garlic
6. Take 1 piece Ginger
7. Prepare 3 tsp Doubanjiang
8. Prepare 1 tbsp Tianmianjiang (Chinese sweet bean paste)
9. Get 2 tsp ☆Oyster sauce
10. Prepare 1 tbsp ☆Soy sauce
11. Prepare 1 tbsp ☆Sugar
12. Get 1 tsp ☆Chicken soup stock granules
13. Make ready 1 tbsp ☆Sake
14. Get 150 ml ☆water
15. Prepare 1 tbsp Katakuriko (dissolved in 2 tablespoons water)
16. Take 1 to 2 teaspoons Sesame oil

Make a trip to the Asian market and make one of your favorite Chinese food dishes at home! Notes for the cook: Ingredients can be found at any Asian market. You can just buy ONE type of eggplant or you can use a mixture of both as indicated below. Mapo Eggplant is a spin on the famous Szechuan Mapo Tofu.

Instructions to make My family's Mapo Eggplant:

1. Remove the stems from the eggplants, and cut into large easy-to-eat pieces. Finely chop the Japanese leeks, carrots, and ginger. Mix together the ☆ seasoning ingredients.
2. Quickly fry the eggplants in 360°F/180°C oil.
3. Heat up 2 tablespoons of oil in a pan, and saute the Japanese leeks, garlic, and ginger. Add the ground meat once it's aromatic, and saute until the meat has completely cooked through.
4. Add the Doubanjiang spicy bean paste to step 3, and saute some more. Thoroughly drain the oil from the eggplants at step 2, and mix into the pan.
5. Add the mixed ☆ flavoring to Step 4, and lightly boil. Thicken with katakuriko, add sesame oil for fragrance, and it is done ♪
6. I doubled the amount of meat, added green peppers, and turned it into Mapo Eggplant over rice. Guys will love this hearty dish and will gobble it all up.
7. Extra Box
8. Ready to serve and ENJOY!

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