Because we like Asian spicy aubergine, I have made many variations of the recipe. Today I used lean ground beef for the meat; usually I use ground veal or pork but I had lean ground beef. So that’s why 🙂
After I took this picture, I realized that I had “grain” vinegar, a mixture of cheap grains, and not rice vinegar. I thought I had thrown all these bottles out. I “binned” it and went back to the pantry for the real rice vinegar. The fake vinegar bottle is the second bottle on the left.
We like this dish with noodles or just alone. In both cases it’s filling and satisfying. I had some dried udon noodles that, after cooking, I washed and rinsed about 10 times. That way they can be eaten warmed or cold without sticking together. I ate some cold with mentsuyu sauce 😉
This variation was good but I think I prefer pork or veal. Still….
Spicy Aubergine with Beef and Udon Noodles
3 tbsp sambal oelek
3 tbsp soy sauce
3 tbsp rice vinegar
3 tbsp sake
2 tbsp mirin
1 1/2 lb lean ground beef
8 tbsp peanut oil
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 inch fresh ginger, minced
1 yellow bell pepper, diced
2 large aubergine, cut into chaos chunks
Scallions, sliced
4 bundles of dried udon noodles cooked, washed and rinsed at least 10 times
In a little bowl, mix together the sambal oelek, soy sauce, vinegar, sake and mirin. Set aside.
Cook the beef in a large skillet with 1 tbsp of the oil , remove, drain and set aside.
Wipe out the skillet, add 1 tbsp of peanut oil and fry the garlic, ginger and bell pepper until the pepper is crisp tender, then remove from the skillet and set aside.
Wipe out the skillet, add 3 tbsps of peanut oil, then brown half of the aubergine chunks, remove when done, add the last 3 tbsp of oil and brown the other half of the aubergine. Put all of the aubergine into the skillet along with the sauce, beef and vegetable mixture. Bring to a boil, then simmer covered for 5 minutes. Sprinkle with scallions and serve with the noodles.
This looks delicious Rosemary. I should steal it and use it in my Easy Oriental series.
You are welcome to it Conor. It’s good too 🙂
Gorgeous and I am convinced chaos chunks taste so much better than perfectly diced chunks!
They certainly make me feel cheerful 😀
Ooh! Looks delicious.
Thank you Nadia.
Looks quite delicious, and very easy to do 🙂
Thank you Jess. It is an easy recipe and I always enjoy making it.
I could eat those for lunch!
Well, yeah 🙂
Wonderful…..just working out how to make it as delicious without the meat and the range of Chinese condiments….:)
The peppers, garlic and perhaps diced fresh tomatoes. The aubergine chunks have a meaty texture.
This recipe looks awsome..i love everything with aubergine 🙂
Ooh, this looks very good. I will try it soon x
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