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The Best Way to Cook Eggplant
If you’re looking for the best way to cook eggplant, look no further! I found the best way to cook/bake eggplants. This recipe is super easy and makes the juiciest eggplants ever.
The Best Way to Cook Eggplant
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Prep Time 40 minutes mins
WORK TIME 10 minutes mins
DIFFICULTY Easy
Cuisine World
Servings 4 yields
Ingredients
- 1 eggplant
- 6-7 tablespoons Olive oil
- Salt
- ¼ onion chopped
- 1-2 garlic cloves minced
- ½ can 200g Crushed tomatoes/tomato sauce
- Black pepper to taste
- 2 oz 60g Feta cheese
- Parmesan cheese
- Basil for garnish
Instructions
- DIRECTIONS
- Preheat oven to 400F (200C).
- Cut the eggplant in half lengthwise. The score each half as shown in the video. Drizzle 2-3 tablespoons of olive oil over each half. Season with salt.
- Bake for about 30 minutes or until golden and tender.
- Meanwhile make the sauce: heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil over medium heat. Add chopped onion and sauté until lightly golden, add minced garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add crushed tomatoes, season with salt and pepper to tase and cook for 3-5 minutes. Turn the heat off and set aside.
- Take the eggplants out of the oven, spread 3 tablespoons of tomato sauce over each half. Then sprinkle some feta cheese and grate some parmesan cheese on top.
- Bake for 5-10 minutes, or until the cheese is melted.
- Garnish with basil leaves and serve.
I made this and loved it. Could eat the whole eggplant! delicious. I added Italian seasonings to the tomatoes, and prefer with no cheese.