Eggplant with Meng's Sauce
1.
Remove the stems and wash the eggplant. It is best not to leave too much water on the washed eggplant skin.
2.
Cut the cross knife. Mom said that this part is not well cooked and not very tasty, so I cut the flowers with a knife.
3.
This frying pan is 28cm and can hold 7 eggplants. Put a small amount of oil in the pan, low heat, and fry slowly.
4.
Close the lid to cook faster, and flip as much as possible halfway.
5.
Fry until the eggplant is soft.
6.
Press it with a spatula and continue frying. This eggplant is too fat and takes a long time.
7.
Tohoku miso is here. Before amplifying the sauce, the eggplant must be thoroughly fried in order to be delicious, even if the crust is mushy, don’t use a high fire, slowly fry it over a medium and small fire, and stir frequently.
8.
Put a spoonful into a bowl, add some water, and stir the soybean paste to boil.
9.
Pour the stirred soybean paste evenly into the soft eggplant.
10.
Add appropriate amount of salt, cover and simmer for a few minutes, sprinkle some chopped green onion or chili before serving.
Tips:
1. If the soybean paste is particularly salty, don't add salt in the last step.
2. After the eggplant is washed, it is best to wipe off the moisture on the surface, otherwise the oil will splash out of the pan when it is fried.
3. Fried eggplant must be thoroughly fried to be delicious. I used to enlarge the sauce when the eggplant was not fully fried, but the taste was far from what my mother made, haha.