Miso Glazed Eggplant (Nasu Dengaku)
Silky Japanese miso-glazed eggplant, oven-roasted until melting inside. Roasting it cut-side down first softens the flesh all the way through before the glaze goes on to caramelise under the grill.
Total time
25 min
Prep
5 min
Cook
20 min
Difficulty
easy
Cuisine
Mediterranean
comfortvegetarianhearty
Ingredients
4Japanese eggplants, halved
miso glaze: 3 tbsp white miso, 2 tbsp mirin, 1 tbsp sake, 1 tbsp sugar
sesame seeds and spring onionto garnish
steamed riceto serve
Instructions
1
Score eggplant flesh in crosshatch; brush with oil.
2
Roast cut-side down at 220°C for 15 min.
3
Flip; spread miso glaze generously.
4
Grill under broiler 3-4 min until glaze caramelises.
Nutrition (estimated)
Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.
Calories
0
Protein
0g
Fat
0g
Carbs
0g
Fiber
0g
Sodium
0mg
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