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Ensaladang talong (charred eggplant salad) 🍆

Tortang talong’s cousin, basically. If you don’t have a gas stove or open flame, you can broil it on high until the skin chars all over and its flesh becomes soft. It won’t be as smoky in taste, but the roasty notes will be there. Just be sure to poke holes in the eggplant or it will burst!! (I had to learn that the hard way).

If you love eggplant, there’s also my recipe for tortang talong in the book. And if you haven’t already, my debut cookbook FILIPINO STYLE is available for preorder now 🫶

As always, the full recipe is live on the blog: https://www.iankewks.com/ensaladang-talong-filipino-eggplant-salad/