Ivan Orkin's Eggplant Mazemen - Andrew Zimmern

Ingredients

• 60 milliliters eggplant sofrito (see below)
• 20 milliliters soy sauce
• 20 milliliters mirin
• 20 milliliters sake, boiled for one minute and cooled
• 10 milliliters rendered chicken fat
• 100 milliliters of vegetable stock, or half-and-half chicken stock and dashi
• 130 grams ramen noodles
• To garnish: slivered scallions, chipotle powder
• 500 grams yellow onion (small dice)
• 150 grams Japanese eggplant (large dice)
• 400 grams canned tomato (rough chop)
• 11 grams chipotle powder
• .75 liters canola oil