Roasted Eggplant with Garlicky Shrimp
An easy eggplant dish that will be done in just 20 minutes! Eggplants are roasted till tender, topped with a Thai garlicky shrimp stir fry. Delicious and gluten free!
Ingredients
- 1 Japanese eggplant, sliced ½ inch on a bias
- A pinch of salt
- 8 cloves garlic
- 1 Thai chili, optional
- 1 ½ tablespoon Thai shrimp paste in oil
- 350 g medium sized shrimp
- 2 teaspoon fish sauce
- ½ teaspoon sugar
- 1 ½ cups cherry tomatoes, halved
- 8 sprigs cilantro
- Jasmine rice for serving
Notes
Please keep in mind that this is part of a "live" ingredient challenge (see video) so I did not measure exactly how much of each ingredients are put in. So treat all amounts as an "estimate" and use the video as a visual guideline for how much was added!
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and drizzle with cooking oil. Place the eggplant slices on it and brush it tops of the eggplant with more cooking oil. Sprinkle with a couple of pinches of salt and roast for about 15 mins.1 Japanese eggplant, A pinch of salt
- Crush garlic in a mortar and pestle just until they're broken into big chunks, or you can smash and roughly chop them.8 cloves garlic
- Crush the chilies until broken and the seeds are released, but the chili is still in one piece. Alternatively, mince the chilies into small pieces.1 Thai chili
- In a wok or a large saute pan, add just enough oil to coat the bottom. Add the garlic and chilies and heat slowly over low heat until the garlic starts to turn golden around the edges.
- Add shrimp paste, shrimp, fish sauce and sugar. Turn the heat up to high and toss just until the shrimp are cooked.1 ½ tablespoon Thai shrimp paste in oil, 350 g medium sized shrimp, 2 teaspoon fish sauce, ½ teaspoon sugar
- Add halved cherry tomatoes and toss briefly. Turn off the heat and keep tossing for another 30 seconds, using the residual heat to soften the tomatoes.1 ½ cups cherry tomatoes
- Taste and adjust seasoning with more fish sauce or sugar as needed.
- If the eggplant is not done at this point, let the sauce hang out in the pan for now. When the eggplant is done, place the eggplant in one layer on a large serving plate. Turn the heat back on the shrimp to reheat briefly, then add the chopped cilantro and toss to mix. Pour the shrimp and all the sauce over the eggplant. Serve with jasmine rice. Enjoy!8 sprigs cilantro, Jasmine rice for serving
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