It has a salty, savory flavor that is perfect for this dish. Miso paste is a fermented food that is made from soybeans, salt, and koji (a type of fungus). Miso Paste: Miso paste is the key ingredient in this miso eggplant dish.Vegetable Oil: Any neutral flavored cooking oil will work well for this recipe.Rounder eggplants with an indentation that is elongated tend to be female. Slimmer eggplants with a round indentation mark at the bottom tend to be male. A good way to check the sex of an eggplant is to look at the bottom. Male eggplants also tend to have fewer seeds. They tend to be less bitter than larger eggplant. Eggplant: When I make this dish, I like to use eggplant that are on the small side.It’s SO good! Ingredients for Nasu Dengaku The flavor is savory, smoky and sweet – with a toasted, nutty essence skirting around the edges. My version is a little different – I cook the eggplant halves for a few minutes in a skillet and finish them in a baking tray under a broiler, until the miso sauce caramelizes and bubbles. The translation literally means eggplant grilled over a fire, which is exactly how it’s done in Japan. Nasu Dengaku is a classic Japanese side dish made with eggplant sliced in half, scored and brushed with a sweet and savory miso sauce. This nasu dengaku recipe was my first major success in cooking with eggplant, and boy is it a good one! What is Nasu Dengaku?
Today, I’m excited to share with you the delicious Japanese eggplant dish that finally broke the curse and turned me into an eggplant expert! It wasn’t until I started perusing Japanese cookbooks that I learn amazing, no fail, ways to cook eggplant. It either had a mushy texture or was undercooked, with that awful spongy crunch. No matter what I did to it, I never seemed to get it right! I used to have a lot of trouble cooking eggplant. This is a traditional Japanese nasu dengaku recipe you will fall in love with! Tender broiled eggplant slices brushed with a sweet and savory miso sauce – it’s simply irresistible and ready in just 15 minutes!
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