Mabo Nasu - Recipe

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Directions

Cut eggplants into quarters. Make diagonal cuts on the skin of eggplants. Heat 4 tbsp. of vegetable oil in a wok. Fry eggplants in the wok for a few minutes. Remove eggplants from the wok. Put 2 tbsp of vegetable oil in the wok and heat. Add minced ginger and garlic in the wok and sautÃ©. Add tobanjan and stir well. Put ground pork in the wok and sautÃ© well. Pour chicken soup stock over the meat. Add soy sauce, sugar, mirin, and sake in the wok. Bring it to boil. Mix katakuriko and 2 tbsp of water in a small bowl and pour over the boiling soup. Stir quickly and stop the heat.

makes 4 serving

Ingredients
-		6 Japanese eggplants
-		1/2 pound ground Pork
-		1 tablespoon minced garlic
-		1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
-		2 teaspoons tobanjan (Chinese hot bean paste)
-		1/2 cup chicken soup stock
-		2 tablespoons Sugar
-		1 tablespoon Sake
-		2 tablespoons Soy Sauce
-		1/2 tablespoon mirin (sweet Japanese cooking wine)
-		1 tablespoon Katakuriko/corn starch
-		6 tablespoons vegetable oil