Eggplant Kabayaki (Plant-Based "Unagi" Bowl)

Name: Eggplant Kabayaki (Plant-Based "Unagi" Bowl)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 3 eggplants; 1 tbsp cooking oil; ½ tbsp all-purpose flour; 1 tbsp dark brown sugar (muscovado or similar); 2 tbsp Japanese dark soy sauce (koikuchi shoyu); 2 tbsp sake; 1 ½ tbsp mirin; 2 portions cooked Japanese short-grain rice; kizami nori (shredded nori); wasabi ((optional)); finely chopped green onions; toasted white sesame seeds

Instructions

Prep:10minCook:10min

This melt-in-mouth Eggplant Kabayaki is mind-blowingly tender and coated in an unbeatably easy and delicious kabayaki-style sauce. It's budget-friendly, plant-based and only takes 20 minutes!

Updated at: Fri, 19 Dec 2025 00:05:05 GMT