Filipino eggplant omelette
This Filipino eggplant omelette has smoky roasted eggplant, savoury pork mince and crisp golden edges, served with soy sauce and banana ketchup.
Ingredients
Directions
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- Step 1: Preheat oven to 180°C fan forced (356°F).
- Step 2: Pierce the eggplant with a sharp knife 4-5 times all over the skin.
- Step 3: Place eggplant on a large oven tray lined with baking paper.
- Step 4: Bake for about 30-40 minutes, until soft to touch, then set aside to cool for 15 mins.
- Step 5: Peel skin off eggplant and discard, leaving stem intact.
- Step 6: Heat 1 tbsp oil in a small frying pan on medium.
- Step 7: Cook onion for 2-3 minutes, until softened. Add garlic, cook for a further minute.
- Step 8: Add pork mince and cook, breaking up with the back of a wooden spoon, until browned.
- Step 9: Stir in oyster sauce and season with salt to taste.
- Step 10: Remove from the heat and allow to cool for 5 minutes.
- Step 11: Whisk 1 egg in a shallow bowl, then stir through the mince mixture.
- Step 12: Whisk remaining eggs in a medium bowl, season with salt and pepper.
- Step 13: Heat remaining oil in a large frying pan over medium.
- Step 14: Pour some of the egg mixture onto a large plate with a rim.
- Step 15: Gently flatten 1 eggplant with a fork in the egg mixture and fan out to a teardrop shape.
- Step 16: Place eggplant straight into a hot pan, then spread ¼ of the mince mixture onto the top.
- Step 17: Drizzle with a little more egg, then cook for 2 minutes until edges start to crisp.
- Step 18: Flip over and cook for a further minute on the other side until golden brown.
- Step 19: Transfer to a lined oven tray and keep warm, while cooking remaining eggplants.
- Step 20: Serve eggplants drizzled with a little soy sauce and banana ketchup.
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About this recipe
Tortang Talong is a classic Filipino eggplant omelette—soft roasted eggplant flattened and dipped in egg, then pan-fried with (optional) savoury pork filling until golden. It’s smoky, meaty, and properly comforting, especially with a good drizzle of soy sauce and a squirt of banana ketchup on the side. Sort of like an omelette, but better.
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