Eggplant Salad with Spicy Dressing

• 5 Eggplant (slim Japanese type)
• 1 Extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tbsp Soy sauce
• 1 tbsp Vinegar
• 1 tbsp Mirin
• 1 tsp Doubanjiang
• 1 dash Grated garlic
• 1 dash Salt
• 1 dash Pepper
• 3 leaves Lettuce
• 1 bunch Daikon radish sprouts
• 1/4 large Red onion (or regular onion)
• 1 Toasted sesame seeds

1. Combine the ingredients - vinegar, mirin, doubanjiang, grated garlic, salt and pepper.
2. Take the blossom ends off the eggplant, peel strips off the skin randomly, and slice into 1 cm wide rounds.
3. Pour about 1 to 2 cm of olive oil in a frying pan over medium heat, and fry the eggplant.
4. Drain the eggplant well, and add to the combined ingredients from Step 1 and mix.
5. Wash the lettuce and dry them off, and rip up into easy to eat pieces.
6. Cut the radish sprounts, wash and dry.
7. Slice the red onion thinly.
8. Put the salad ingredients onto a serving platter, pour the eggplant and sauce over, and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
9. The sauce is also delicious served over tofu or somen noodles!

slim japanese type, extra virgin olive oil, soy sauce, vinegar, mirin, doubanjiang, garlic, salt, pepper, sprouts, red onion, sesame seeds

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/169016-eggplant-salad-with-spicy-dressing (may not work)