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Little Spicy Eggplant Lasagna - Recipe Video

A simple and easy to understand recipe video shows how to make Little Spicy Eggplant Lasagna.
How about an eggplant lasagna with an addictive peppery spiciness? Homemade meat sauce with lots of eggplants umami flavor added pepper sauce for a peppery finish. The chewy lasagna is exquisitely mixed with the thick meat sauce and béchamel sauce (Japanese white sauce), and it's very delicious.
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Cook time

40 minutes

Ingredients
4 servings

  • Lasagna
    10 sheets
  • Hot water
    1500 ml
  • Salad oil
    2 tbsp
  • Salt
    2 tsp
  • Béchamel sauce (Japanese white sauce)
    300 g
  • Meat Sauce
  • Ground beef and pork mix
    150 g
  • Eggplant
    2
  • Canned diced tomatoes
    200 g
  • Ketchup
    1 tbsp
  • Japanese worcestershire sauce
    1 tbsp
  • Pepper sauce
    1 tbsp
  • Granulated Japanese consomme soup stock
    1 tsp
  • Grated garlic
    1/2 tsp
  • Salt and pepper mix
    2 three finger pinches
  • Salad oil
    1 tsp
  • Mozzarella cheese
    100 g
  • Shredded pizza cheeze
    40 g
  • Parsley
    as needed

How to make

  1. Prepare. Cut off the eggplant stem.
  2. 1. Cut the eggplants into 0.8-inch cubes.
  3. 2. Cut the mozzarella cheese into 0.8-inch cubes.
  4. 3. Place cooking oil, salt, and lasagna in a pot of boiling water without overlapping. Boil, rinse with running water, and drain according to package instructions.
  5. 4. Add ground beef and pork mix in a heated pan over medium heat, stir-fry, and when the color changes, add Step 1 and stir-fry.
  6. 5. When the eggplants get softer, add the remaining meat sauce ingredients, simmer over medium heat for about 3 minutes, and remove from the heat.
  7. 6. Spread cooking oil on a heat-resistant container, arrange 2 slices of Step 3, spread 1/4 amount of Step 5, 1/5 of béchamel sauce (Japanese white sauce), and 1/4 of Step 2. Repeat the process 4 times.
  8. 7. Spread the rest of Japanese white sauce, sprinkle shredded pizza cheese, and cook on a toaster oven for about 8 minutes until golden brown and shredded pizza cheese has melted, sprinkle with parsley, and it's ready to serve.

Tips for cooking

The cooking degree depends on the type of toaster you are using, so please adjust the temperature as you check the conditions. This time it's baked at 1000W 220°C (430°F). You can use the Japanese white sauce that you like. We used a 100ml (4 1/4 cups) heat-resistant dish.

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