Side Dishes

Stir-Fried Eggplant가지볶음

Name: Stir-Fried Eggplant
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: 0.5 g Ginger; 2 장 Gochujang; 2 g Rice syrup; 0.5 g Sesame seeds

Tender eggplant stir-fried over high heat with perilla oil and lightly coated in a sweet-spicy gochujang and ginger sauce.

Ingredients

1
Wash the eggplant thoroughly and cut it into 1 x 1 x 4 cm pieces.
2
Finely mince the ginger.
3
Mix the ginger with the gochujang, corn syrup, and sesame seeds to make the seasoning sauce.
4
Heat the perilla oil in a pan and stir-fry the eggplant over high heat.
5
Once the eggplant is cooked, add the seasoning sauce and stir-fry only until evenly coated.
6
Transfer to a plate.

Ingredient substitutions

Ginger: Ground ginger works in a pinch but is sharper and less fresh.
Gochujang: Combine miso, gochugaru, and a little sweetener for a functional substitute. It will not reproduce the same fermented flavor.
Rice syrup: Honey or corn syrup can add sweetness, but flavor and thickness change.
Sesame seeds: Omit if necessary; the dish loses some aroma.

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