For those who love eggplant, this dish might be what you’ve been looking for. This salad is really nice as part of the meal or as a starter. It’s easy to make and delicious, with a nice ting from fresh lime juice and accents of cilantro, green onion and fresh chilis.
Ingredients
- 1 big eggplant
- 1-2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1-2 fresh squeezed lime juice
- 1-2 chilis, or 1/2 sweet pepper (for less spicy) cut to small pieces
- 1/3 whole sweet onion or 2 shallots, chopped
- 1 stalk green onion, chopped
- 1-2 stalks cilantro, chopped
Preparation
- Turn oven to broil and cook eggplant for 15-20 minutes until eggplant softens
- While the eggplant is cooking, prepare the seasoning sauce. In a mixing bowl add soy sauce, lime juice, chilis and sweet onion. Mix well.
- When the eggplant is ready, turn off and remove from oven. When eggplant has cooled, peel off the skin; it should come off easily. With your hands pull the meat of the eggplant off in long strips.
- Lay the eggplant strips on a plate and ladle the seasoning sauce over it. Top with chopped green onion and cilantro.
Serve
Serve with rice or noodles.
Enjoy!
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