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Miso Glazed Aubergine Rice Bowl

Name: Miso Glazed Aubergine Rice Bowl
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 2 medium aubergines, sliced into 1cm rounds; 200g Japanese short-grain rice, cooked; 3 tbsp white miso paste; 2 tbsp mirin; 1 tbsp soy sauce; 1 tbsp caster sugar; 2 tbsp sesame oil; 1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds; ½ cucumber, thinly sliced; 1 tbsp rice vinegar; 2 spring onions, thinly sliced

Aubergine slices caramelise under a sticky white miso and mirin glaze, then sit atop fragrant Japanese short-grain rice with pickled cucumber and sesame seeds. Gloriously simple.

4.7 (3)

Prep: 10min
Cook: 20min
Total: 30min
Serves: 2

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Ingredients

For 2 servings

2 medium aubergines, sliced into 1cm rounds
200g Japanese short-grain rice, cooked
3 tbsp white miso paste
2 tbsp mirin
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp caster sugar
2 tbsp sesame oil
1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds
½ cucumber, thinly sliced
1 tbsp rice vinegar
2 spring onions, thinly sliced

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3 reviews

Omar F.
Gorgeous colours and flavours. Took slightly longer but worth it.
25 Mar 2026
Claire B.
Made this twice in a week, it is that good.
18 Mar 2026
Yuki N.
The glaze is out of this world — sticky, savoury perfection.
10 Mar 2026

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