Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, ponzu marinated eggplants. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Ponzu Marinated Eggplants is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Ponzu Marinated Eggplants is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook ponzu marinated eggplants using 7 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Ponzu Marinated Eggplants:

1. Get 2 Eggplants
2. Prepare 2 tablespoons Canola Oil OR Vegetable Oil
3. Make ready 1/4 cup Ponzu (OR Soy Sauce 2 tablespoons & Rice Vinegar 2 tablespoons)
4. Make ready 1 clove Garlic *grated
5. Take 1 tablespoon Mirin
6. Get 1 tablespoon Sugar *optional
7. Prepare Shichimi OR Chilli *optional

Instructions to make Ponzu Marinated Eggplants:

1. Cut off the green bit of Eggplants and cut in half or quarter lengthways, then make many shallow cuts on the skin, scoring it. If the pieces are long, cut in half.
2. Place Ponzu (Soy Sauce & Vinegar), Mirin and Garlic (and Sugar if you like) in a bowl and mix well to make the sauce.
3. Heat Oil in a frying pan over medium heat, cook Eggplants on the skin side down for a few minutes. Then cook other sides as well until they are slightly coloured and almost soft.
4. Pour over the sauce, then remove from heat and let cool in the sauce.
5. Sprinkle some Shichimi (Japanese Chilli Seasoning) or Chilli Flakes over and serve.

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