# Gochujang Orzo with an Eggplant Schnitzel

This dish features a creamy gochujang orzo topped with a crispy eggplant schnitzel.

- Total time: 28 min
- Cuisine: Korean
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 whole eggplant
- 2 tbsp corn starch
- 0.5 cup water
- 1 cup Panko breadcrumbs
- 0.5 cup cornflour
- Veg oil
- 1 cup orzo
- 2 large cloves garlic
- 1 thumb piece of ginger
- 1 onion
- 2 tbsp butter
- Salt
- pepper
- 1 tbsp gochugaru (red pepper flakes)
- 1 tsp gochujang
- 1 can coconut milk
- 0.5 can water
- 0.5 tsp miso paste
- 1 tsp minced lemongrass
- Juice of half a lime
- hot maple syrup
- sesame seeds
- spring onions

## Instructions

1. Finely dice the onion.
2. Slice the garlic into big chunks.
3. Get a thumb piece of ginger.
4. Pierce the whole eggplant all over, oil it, and place it in the oven at 190C for 15-20 minutes until the skin is blistered and it softens.
5. Add the butter to a large pan with the onion and ginger, season and stir until translucent.
6. Add in the garlic for 30 seconds.
7. Add the gochugaru and gochujang to the onion and stir to combine.
8. Add the orzo to toast slightly.
9. Add the coconut milk and water, stir, then add the miso paste, lemongrass, and lime juice.
10. Bring to a boil and then reduce, letting the orzo cook in the liquid and soak up all the flavor, stirring regularly for 5-8 minutes.
11. Once the eggplant is cooked, let it cool and then peel off the skin.
12. Mix together the corn starch and water until combined, coat the eggplant flesh in the batter, then press onto the breadcrumbs and remaining corn starch until completely covered.
13. Heat up some veg oil and shallow fry the eggplant until golden and crispy.
14. Set the fried eggplant aside on a cooling rack.
15. Serve up your gochujang orzo, top with the crispy eggplant schnitzel, some hot maple syrup, spring onions, and sesame seeds.

## Equipment

- oven
- pan
- skillet
- cooling rack

## Source

- Original video: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGdHyc1f5/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/448e064d-f445-4176-aa77-a624ce3cbedc
- Extracted: 2026-05-06

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