Nasu Dengaku ナス田楽

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  • Prep Time

    5 mins

  • Cook Time

    5 mins

  • Total Time

    20 mins

  • Servings

    2 serves

  • Calories

    219 kcal

  • Course

    Side Dish

  • Cuisine

    Japanese

Nasu Dengaku ナス田楽

Nasu Dengaku is a delicious Japanese dish made from eggplant coated in a tasty sweet miso glaze! It's super easy to make!

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Ingredients

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Miso glaze

  • 1.5 tbs Miso paste
  • 1.5 tbs sugar
  • 1/2 tbs mirin
  • 1/2 tbs sake
  • 1/2 tsp dashi powder *4
  • 1 tbs olive oil
  • 1 eggplant
  • 1 tbsp grated ginger to garnish
  • 1 tbsp sesame seeds to garnish
  • 1 tbsp chopped Shiso leaves to garnish
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Instructions

Sweet miso paste for glazing *1

  1. Put all the miso glaze ingredients in a small sauce pan and simmer for a couple minutes over low heat until the sugar has dissolved and the glaze become shiney. 
  2. Remove from heat and set aside.

Prepare eggplant

  1. Cut the eggplant in half lengthwise. 
  2. Score around the eggplant and diagonally. 
  3. Soak the eggplant in water in a large bowl for about 5 minutes to take off the bitter taste.
  4. Take the eggplant out of the water and wipe off the excess water with a paper towel.
  5. Gently wrap the eggplant with cling wrap microwave for 5 min.

Grill and glaze

  1. Start to preheat the oven on grill setting *2
  2. Put the olive oil in a frying pan and cook the eggplant until the cut side becomes brown about 5 minutes and turn the heat off. *3
  3. Glaze the eggplant surface with about 1 tbs of miso mixture each.
  4. Put the frying pan in the preheated oven and grill for 3-5 minutes.
  5. Serve it on a plate and top with grated ginger, garnish with shiso and sprinkle sesame seeds over.

Notes

  • *1 make this miso glaze while the egg plant is being soaked in water.
  • *2 my conventional oven has grilling settings and temperature for that setting is 200°C.
  • *3 I used open proof iron skillet pan.
  • *4 For Vegan, use 1 tbs of shiitake mushroom dashi stock or if you can find powder form of shiitake mushroom dashi, use 1 tsp of the powder. 
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Nutrition Information

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Calories 219kcal (11%) Carbohydrates 29g (10%) Protein 4g (8%) Fat 10g (15%) Saturated Fat 1g (5%) Cholesterol 0mg (0%) Sodium 517mg (22%) Potassium 572mg (16%) Fiber 8g (32%) Sugar 18g (36%) Vitamin A 55IU (1%) Vitamin C 5mg (6%) Calcium 72mg (7%) Iron 1.5mg (8%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 2serves

Amount Per Serving

Calories 219 kcal

% Daily Value*

Calories 219kcal 11%
Carbohydrates 29g 10%
Protein 4g 8%
Fat 10g 15%
Saturated Fat 1g 5%
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 517mg 22%
Potassium 572mg 12%
Fiber 8g 32%
Sugar 18g 36%
Vitamin A 55IU 1%
Vitamin C 5mg 6%
Calcium 72mg 7%
Iron 1.5mg 8%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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