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mapo eggplant; spicy eggplant stir-fry
A Chinese-origin dish of eggplant stir-fried with ground meat in a spicy bean paste sauce. A popular adaptation of mapo tofu, substituting eggplant for tofu.
今日の夕飯は麻婆茄子にしよう。
Let's have mapo eggplant for dinner tonight.
麻婆茄子の素を使えば簡単に作れる。
If you use a mapo eggplant sauce mix, it's easy to make.
この店の麻婆茄子は山椒が効いていて、本格的な味だ。
This restaurant's mapo eggplant has a nice kick of Sichuan pepper and tastes authentic.
A Japanese adaptation of Chinese cuisine. 麻婆 comes from the name of the Sichuan dish, and 茄子 means eggplant. In Japan, this dish typically uses Japanese eggplant (茄子), which is thinner and more tender than Chinese varieties.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 麻婆茄子の素: mapo eggplant sauce mix (a popular convenience product)
- 麻婆茄子丼: mapo eggplant rice bowl
- 麻婆茄子を作る: to make mapo eggplant
RELATED DISHES:
- 麻婆豆腐: mapo tofu — the original dish; one of the most popular Chinese dishes in Japan
- 麻婆春雨: mapo glass noodles — another Japanese adaptation using bean thread noodles
- 回鍋肉: twice-cooked pork — another popular Chinese-Japanese home cooking staple
CULTURAL CONTEXT:
麻婆茄子 is a staple of Japanese home cooking, especially in summer when eggplant is in season. Packaged sauce mixes (素) from brands like Cook Do make it one of the easiest Chinese-style dishes to prepare at home.