Filipino Grilled Eggplant Salad

Name: Filipino Grilled Eggplant Salad
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
Cuisine: Philippines
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon bagoong (Filipino shrimp paste, see box; optional), or 2 anchovy fillets (also optional); 3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced crosswise; 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice, or more to taste; 1 teaspoon bagoong (Filipino shrimp paste, see box; optional), or 2 anchovy fillets (also optional); 1 to 2 small hot chiles, such as Thai bird chiles, seeded and minced (for a hotter salad, leave the seeds in); ½ medium-size sweet onion, cut into ¼-inch dice; ¼ cup vegetable oil; 1 to 2 small hot chiles, such as Thai bird chiles, seeded and minced (for a hotter salad, leave the seeds in); Coarse salt (kosher or sea) and freshly ground black pepper (a lot); Coarse salt (kosher or sea) and freshly ground black pepper (a lot); Coarse salt (kosher or sea) and freshly ground black pepper (a lot); 1 tablespoon rice vinegar, or more lime juice; 1 tablespoon rice vinegar, or more lime juice; Coarse salt (kosher or sea) and freshly ground black pepper (a lot); ½ cup loosely packed chopped fresh cilantro; 2 green or ripe mangoes; 2 green or ripe mangoes; 2 Anaheim peppers, or 1 poblano pepper; 2 Anaheim peppers, or 1 poblano pepper; 1 large or 2 medium-size luscious, red ripe tomatoes, seeded and cut into ¼-inch dice; 1 large or 2 medium-size luscious, red ripe tomatoes, seeded and cut into ¼-inch dice; One 100-year-old egg, or 2 hard-cooked eggs (optional); One 100-year-old egg, or 2 hard-cooked eggs (optional); 1 pound Asian eggplants (see Note)

Preparation info

Serves
4 to 6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Planet Barbecue

By Steven Raichlen

Published 2010

About

Grilled eggplant salads are a constant on the barbecue trail (for some more examples, see here and here). The reason is simple—only one other vegetable tastes this good when you burn it (that would be peppers, another ingredient in this salad). I like to think of this salad as a Filipino-grilled Caesar: Like a Caesar salad, it contains egg (one-hundred-year-old egg, to be precise); like a Caesar it contains a salty fish product (shrimp paste instead of anchovies); and like a Caesar it offer

Ingredients

Asia
Philippines
Salad
Spicy
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

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