Noodle Dipping Sauce With Fried Eggplant

Name: How to cook Noodle Dipping Sauce With Fried Eggplant - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Hiroko Liston

Noodle Dipping Sauce With Fried Eggplant

Deep-frying is a very popular method to cook Eggplant for this dish, but I would much prefer pan-frying as Eggplant sucks up a lot of Oil. This dipping sauce with meltingly soft Eggplant is absolutely delicious. Chill it and enjoy with cold noodles.

Ingredient

Food ration :

4 servings

medium Eggplant *about 250g

1/2

Green Capsicum *optional

Spring Onion *finely chopped

300 ml

Water

2/3 teaspoon

Dashi Powder *’Katsuobushi’ type recommended

4 tablespoons

Mirin

5 tablespoons

Soy Sauce

small piece Ginger *grated

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Place all the sauce ingredients except Ginger in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Keep boiling for a few minutes. Place in a large bowl. Add grated Ginger and mix well.

* Step 2

Cut Eggplant and Capsicum into bite-size pieces.

* Step 3

Heat a generous amount Oil in a frying pan, cook Eggplant and Green Capsicum in batches. When nicely browned and cooked, add to the sauce in the bowl.

* Step 4

Allow to cool, then chill in the fridge. Add some Spring Onion and enjoy with cold Somen Noodles, Soba Noodles or Udon Noodles (thinner type recommended). *Note: You may wish to add some Chilli.

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