Miso-Glazed Eggplant

Name: Miso-Glazed Eggplant
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 17 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 Japanese eggplants, halved lengthways; miso glaze: 4 tbsp white miso, 2 tbsp mirin, 2 tbsp sugar, 1 tbsp sake; sesame seeds and spring onion to garnish; oil for brushing; steamed rice to serve

Japanese miso-glazed eggplant (nasu dengaku) — caramelised, smoky, and deeply satisfying. Scoring the cut side of the eggplant in a crosshatch before grilling lets the miso glaze soak into the flesh instead of just sitting on the surface.

Total time

17 min

Prep

5 min

Cook

12 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

American

comfort

Ingredients

4Japanese eggplants, halved lengthways

miso glaze: 4 tbsp white miso, 2 tbsp mirin, 2 tbsp sugar, 1 tbsp sake

sesame seeds and spring onionto garnish

oilfor brushing

steamed riceto serve

Instructions

Score cut side of eggplant; brush with oil.

Grill cut-side down 5 min; flip.

Brush with miso glaze; grill cut side up 3-4 min until caramelised.

Garnish and serve with rice.

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

Protein

Fat

Carbs

Fiber

Sodium

0mg

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