Miso-Garlic Broiled Eggplant

kittycatmom's Note:

Every year I plant Japanese eggplant in my garden... my favorite way to eat it is simply grilled, then sliced with soy sauce and ground roasted sesame seeds. I was overwhelmed with eggplant last season, and had to "branch" out to other methods. This is a recipe my Japanese mom taught me. Make subsitutions at your own risk! :) I can only tell you this is great as written!!!

• Total Time: 20 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1/4 cup mirin (sweet rice wine)
• 3 tablespoons yellow miso (soybean paste)
• 2 teaspoons grated peeled fresh ginger
• 1 teaspoon dark sesame oil
• 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 4 Japanese eggplants, cut diagonally into 1/2-inch-thick slices (about 1 pound)
• cooking spray
• 1 tablespoon sesame seed
• 1/4 cup thinly sliced green onion

Directions:

1. Preheat broiler.
2. Combine first 6 ingredients, stirring with a whisk. Arrange eggplant slices on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Spread mirin mixture evenly over the eggplant slices, and sprinkle with sesame seeds. Broil 8 minutes or until topping is golden. Place eggplant slices on a platter, and sprinkle with onions.

Reviews

[Sharon123]

These were different and interesting and good! I used regular eggplant and white miso. I put them in the broiler and walked off for a moment and they burned a little, but still good. Thanks! Made for PRMR.