Korean Banchan - Classic Korean BBQ Side Dish Recipe (video)

More eggplant! This is an amazing classic Korean BBQ side dish called banchan, and involves steaming eggplant and tossing it in a really flavourful dressing. It is incredibly delicious, and the steamed eggplant has an excellent creamy texture. It is best to put this recipe together the day before you wish to eat it, though even a couple of hours ahead will allow the flavours to really permeate the eggplant.

It is ideal to use Chinese eggplant for this. They are slimmer and longer and easier to get into the shape and size for the dish. Using regular eggplant will work okay, but the texture will be a little different, and not all of the pieces will have the skin on them. We prefer the flavour and texture of the Chinese eggplant for this recipe. Also, if you are unable to find Korean gochugyaru (the Korean pepper spice mix), you can use whatever sort of spicy pepper flakes mixture you can get your hands on. Even Just plain cayenne will work in a pinch.

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