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Japanese eggplant recipe "Agebitashi" 揚げ浸し
Find out the secret and how to make delicious Japanese eggplant recipe "Agebitashi" which no one told you before!
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Additional Time
8 hrs
Total Time
8 hrs 20 mins
Servings:
4
Calories:
71 kcal
Course:
Side Dish, Appetizer
Cuisine:
Japanese
Ingredients
- 1 eggplant
- 1 cup dashi *1
- 3 tbsp soy sauce *2
- 2 tbsp mirin *3
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp ginger optional, grated, for garnish
- 1 leaf shiso leaf optional, green
- 3 cups vegetable oil for deep frying
Instructions
Soaking Sauce
- Place one cup of the dashi stock, soy sauce, mirin, and sugar in a saucepan over medium-high heat, bring it to a boil and then turn the heat off and set aside.
Cup of Yum
Deep frying Eggplant
- Cut the tops off the eggplant then cut the eggplant in half lengthways.
- Score the eggplant skin diagonally in 0.2 inch (5mm) intervals.
- After scoring the skin cut the eggplant halves in half again lengthwise.
- Soak the cut eggplant pieces in water for 10 min.
- Heat enough oil to cover the pieces of eggplant in a deep frying pan.
- Pat dry any moisture from the eggplant pieces with a paper kitchen towel.
- Deep fry the eggplant pieces for 2-3 minutes.
- Remove the eggplant pieces from the oil and put them onto paper kitchen towels layered on a wire rack.
- Soak the eggplant pieces in the prepared sauce in a container for a minimum of 1 hour.
- Garnish with grated ginger and chopped shiso leaf before serving.
Notes
- *1 I used Umami dashi pack, if you are going to use this too, instructions are in the above post, or you can make it from scratch following this recipe, or following your instant dashi pack instructions.
- *2, 3 If you don't have soy sauce, see substitution options in "Japanese food substitution"
Nutrition Information
Calories
71kcal
(4%)
Carbohydrates
14g
(5%)
Protein
4g
(8%)
Fat
1g
(2%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
(6%)
Monounsaturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Sodium
1015mg
(42%)
Potassium
343mg
(7%)
Fiber
4g
(16%)
Sugar
9g
(18%)
Vitamin A
29IU
(1%)
Vitamin C
3mg
(3%)
Calcium
31mg
(3%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4 Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 71
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 71kcal | 4% |
| Carbohydrates | 14g | 5% |
| Protein | 4g | 8% |
| Fat | 1g | 2% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Sodium | 1015mg | 42% |
| Potassium | 343mg | 7% |
| Fiber | 4g | 16% |
| Sugar | 9g | 18% |
| Vitamin A | 29IU | 1% |
| Vitamin C | 3mg | 3% |
| Calcium | 31mg | 3% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.