Ingredients

  • 5 Eggplant
  • 2 small pieces Garlic (finely chopped)
  • 1 tsp Red chili peppers (sliced into rounds)
  • 1 tbsp Soy sauce
  • 1 pinch Sugar
  • 1 tsp Beef stock granules (Dashida)
  • 1 dash Salt
  • 1 dash Pepper
  • 2 tsp Sesame oil
  • 1 tbsp Toasted sesame seeds
  • 2 tbsp Japanese leek (finely chopped)
  • 1 tbsp Salt (for rubbing)

Method

  • Slice the eggplant into 6-8 equal slices.
  • Then follow Steps 1-4 ofto prepare the eggplant and get rid of excess moisture.
  • Grease a frying pan with some sesame oil and add the garlic and chili peppers.
  • Heat them up up until they sizzle.
  • Add the drained eggplant and once it's coated in the oil, season the ingredients with salt, pepper, dashida beef stock, and sugar.
  • When the ingredients are cooked through, pour in the soy sauce from the edges of the pan and stop the heat.
  • Add the Japanese leek and sesame seeds then adjust the flavour if you feel that the taste isn't salty enough.
  • The vegetables will keep cooking through with the residual heat so be careful not to overcook them in the pan.
  • You can use chili pepper powder instead of chili peppers if you'd prefer.
  • In that case, you should mix the powder in after you've stopped the heat.