RECIPE
Miso, garlic, and crushed red pepper give this dish an intense flavor. Serve this as an appetizer or side.Yield
4 servings
Ingredients
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
2 garlic cloves, minced
4 Japanese eggplants, cut diagonally into 1/2-inch-thick slices (about 1 pound)
Cooking spray
1 tablespoon sesame seeds
1/4 cup thinly sliced green onions
Preparation
Preheat broiler.
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.
Nutritional Information
Calories:115 (26% from fat)
Fat:3.3g (sat 0.5g,mono 1.1g,poly 1.5g)
Protein:3.3g
Carbohydrate:16.1g
Fiber:4g
Cholesterol:0.0mg
Iron:1.1mg
Sodium:475mg
Calcium:46mg
Japanese cooking@home
by cooking lover
