Eggplants- I love eggplants in any way you can possibly cook them. They are easy to cook and you can’t screw them up.
This recipe is inspired by my trip to Turkey where I had the best stuffed eggplant with minced beef- I obviously can’t replicate it so I made something up.
Eggplants with minced beef
For one person use half large eggplant diced.
Diced one thick slice of onion and brown in olive oil with one clove of garlic- Add the #eggplant and more olive oil because eggplants will absorb liquids quickly- add dry herbs (oregano, thyme, tarragon, etc.), salt and pepper. Stir frequently. Add half cup of beer (IPA) or cooking wine. Continue stirring. If the eggplant seems to dry up add broth but do not cover the vegetable with too much. Cook until soft and creamy.
What you have here it is a good base for multiple dishes. At this point you can add tomato sauce and serve on pasta. You can leave it like that and still serve on #pasta with fresh parsley. You can use a mixer and make a dipping sauce. The choices are endless.
I added ground #beef which had been cooked in #Mexican dry herbs. My husband had some left over from his tacos and I just stole it to put it on my eggplants:)
It was delicious:)
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I love eggplant too – I think it is totally under rated. Would have never thought to cook it with beer though, what gave you that idea?
Thank you for the comment. Abt the beer… Well that was what I had in the fridge;) I wanted to use wine but I was out!!! Do u hv any good recipes for eggplants?
Hahahaha I love it! Do you think it worked out better with the beer (instead of wine?)
hmm I love eggplant but don’t cook it often so don’t have any good recipes. However some chinese have ‘salt n pepper eggplant’ it’s battered eggplant that’s been deep fried and sprinkled with salt and pepper and chilli flakes. It is amazing – I am always on the look out for it. Give it a go if you see it!
I truly think it was the same and I was lucky it did not turn to be bitter- ahah
It s true Asian cuisine uses a lot of eggplants- I m not a good fry cooker but I like to eat tempura- mmmmh now I want to try what u suggested – will see what I can find- I need to ask my Asian friends:)
I tried to make it at home after googling it – I remember you need rice flour for the batter. I am totally scared by hot oil so it didn’t turn out that well. Hope you have better luck!