Deluxe japanese eggplant with sesame-ginger glaze

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deluxejapaneseeggplantwithsesame-gingerglaze

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Preparation Time:

10 Min

Serves:

Difficulty:

Easy

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Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

1 tb Rice-wine or cider vinegar
1 tb Soy sauce
1 tb Hoisin sauce (optional)
3 tb Toasted sesame oil
1 tb Sugar
2 tb Minced fresh ginger
3 Garlic cloves; minced
8 sm Japanese eggplant (4 oz ea.)
-- halved lengthwise
2 tb Oil
Salt
Freshly ground black pepper
2 Scallions; minced

Whisk together vinegar, soy sauce, hoisin sauce (if using), sesame
oil, sugar, ginger and garlic in a small bowl. Brush oil over all
surfaces of eggplant and sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste.
Prepare barbecue grill (medium heat). Place eggplant, cut side down,
on grill and let cook 5 minutes. Turn eggplant and brush with glaze;
continue cooking until eggplant is very soft. Transfer eggplant to
serving platter and drizzle with more glaze. Sprinkle with minced
scallions and serve.

Adapted by Karen Mintzias, from a recipe in: "Fine Cooking"
(August/September 1995)