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Miso Glazed Eggplant

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Miso Glazed Eggplant

Nasu dengaku — broiled eggplant with a sweet white miso glaze. Grilling the eggplant cut-side down first softens the flesh through before the glaze goes on to caramelise under the heat.

Total time
20 min
Prep
5 min
Cook
15 min
Difficulty
easy
Cuisine
Japanese
vegan

Ingredients

4Japanese eggplants, halved lengthways
4 tbspwhite miso
3 tbspmirin
2 tbspsake
1 tbspsugar
sesame seeds and spring onionto garnish
vegetable oilto brush

Instructions

1

Score eggplant flesh in cross-hatch.

2

Brush with oil.

3

Grill cut-side down 5 minutes.

4

Mix miso, mirin, sake and sugar.

5

Flip eggplant. Spread miso glaze thickly.

6

Grill 5 more minutes until glaze caramelises.

7

Scatter sesame seeds and spring onion.

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
51
Protein
0g
Fat
0g
Carbs
8.3g
Fiber
0g
Sodium
1mg

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