Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, stuffed eggplant. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Scoop out the flesh of the eggplant, chop, and reserve. Season shells with salt and pepper, and coat with some olive oil; set aside. Cut the eggplant in half and scoop out the center, leaving enough meat inside the skin so that it holds its shape when baked.
Stuffed Eggplant is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Stuffed Eggplant is something which I have loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have stuffed eggplant using 13 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Stuffed Eggplant:
- Make ready 1 eggplant
- Make ready 1/2 lb shrimp
- Make ready 1 tomato
- Get 1/2 cup pasta sauce
- Get 1 spring onion
- Prepare 1 tsp crushed garlic
- Take 1/4 green pepper
- Make ready 1/4 cup Panko
- Get 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- Prepare 1 basil leaf
- Prepare pinch salt and pepper
- Make ready 3 dash onion & garlic powder
- Make ready 1/4 cup olive oil
This easy stuffed eggplant recipe begins with tender roasted eggplant halves that are filled with a simple vegan Mediterranean stuffing with couscous, chickpeas, tomatoes, and fresh herbs. Great as a vegetarian main or as a side next to your favorite protein. In a large skillet over medium heat, heat oil. Stir in chopped eggplant and season with oregano, salt, and pepper.
Steps to make Stuffed Eggplant:
- Pre heat oven 350°. Cut eggplant in half and scrap out the meat. I used a ice cream scooper and a knife
- Microwave eggplant meat for 2mins. Place both halves on a baking sheet and drizzle some olive oil into eggplant shell and place in broiler for less than 2mins. Remove and place to the side
- Cut shrimp into 2/3 pieces each. Season with 1 dash each of garlic and onion powder. Save the rest for later
- In pan put butter and cook shrimp until pink. Remove shrimp had remaining olive oil and cook the crushed garlic, onions, and green pepper. After about 2 mins and eggplant meat and cook until it softens up.
- Add remaining ingredients minus cheese and panko. Cook for about 5 mins and then add the cooked shrimp
- Mix well, cook for 2 mins and then transfer entire mixture to both halves. Sprinkle cheese and then Panko on top. Cover with foil and Place in oven for 30mins. Remove foil increase temp to 375/400° and bake for additional 10/25 mins, until panko is brown. Let it cool and ENJOY!
Cook, stirring often, until golden and. Cut the eggplant in half and scoop out the center, leaving enough meat inside the skin so that it holds its shape when baked. Cube pulp; set shells and pulp aside. In a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray, saute onion and garlic until onion is tender. This is vegetarian comfort food at its finest.
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