Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, miso stir-fry with eggplant & green bell pepper. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Miso Pork and Eggplant Stir Fry (豚肉とナスの味噌炒め) is one of my go-to recipes when I have eggplants in my kitchen. I love the eggplants when they soak up all the delicious savory flavors, especially with miso and soy sauce-based sauce. When served over a bowl of steamed rice, the dish. This recipe for Japanese eggplant stir-fried with ginger in a miso sake sauce comes from my friend Nancy Hachisu's stunning new cookbook, Japanese Farm Food (great book!), and according to Nancy, is her husband Tadaki's "soul food".
Miso stir-fry with eggplant & Green bell pepper is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Miso stir-fry with eggplant & Green bell pepper is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have miso stir-fry with eggplant & green bell pepper using 9 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Miso stir-fry with eggplant & Green bell pepper:
- Get 3 eggplants (remove the stem, cut into half and chop into chunks.)
- Make ready 3 green bell peppers (cut into half, seed and chop into chunks.)
- Make ready 1/2 onion (peeled and thickly sliced)
- Get pork back ribs (if you have, as much as you want)
- Get 2 Tbsp vegetable oil
- Make ready 2 Tbsp miso *
- Prepare 2 1/2 Tbsp sugar *
- Prepare 2 Tbsp each sake, mirin *
- Take Shredded shiso leaves (optional)
No wonder this dish is a classic 'miso itame' dish in Japan. Nasu-miso is pan-fried eggplant dressed with a savory-sweet miso glaze. Nasu miso is easy to prepare especially if you already have the miso glaze in the freezer. Many good cooks always make extra and keep it in the freezer.
Instructions to make Miso stir-fry with eggplant & Green bell pepper:
- Combine the * ingredients in a bowl and mix well to make sauce.
- Heat the oil in a pan over medium heat. Add pork (if you have), and when pork is slightly cooked, add eggplant and stir fry for 1-2 minutes. Add onion, next green bell pepper and sauté for 2-3 minutes.
- Pour the sauce in and cook over the low heat until the liquid is almost gone (3-4 mins).
- Top with shredded shiso leaves to finish (optional)
Nasu miso is easy to prepare especially if you already have the miso glaze in the freezer. Many good cooks always make extra and keep it in the freezer. Stir-fry until eggplant is tender and tofu is golden. Reduce heat to medium and add reserved sauce. Sprinkle stir-fry with sesame seeds and serve with rice and broccolini.
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