Keyword: cheese, Dinner, Eggplant, Healthy, Italian
Servings: 4people
Ingredients
1large or 2 small eggplants - sliced into ~3/4 inch slices
Salt - to sprinkle liberally on each side of the eggplant slices.
olive oil - enough to coat the bottom of a frying pan.
For lighter batter:
1teaspoongarlic powder
1/2teaspoonsalt
1cupflour
1tablespoonItalian herbs
4eggs
For heavier and traditional breading:
1cupmilk
1cupflour
1tablespoonItalian herbs
4eggs
1cupItalian bread crumbs
For sauce and toppings:
3cupsspaghetti sauce
1cupmozzarella
Optional - 1/2 cup provolone
1/4cupParmesan cheese
Instructions
Slice eggplant and sprinkle each slice on each side with salt and let sit for 20-30 minutes.
Rinse salt off eggplant.
Preheat the oven to 350 F.
If making with a lighter batter then do the following otherwise, if doing the traditional breading skip to step #8.
Mix together garlic powder, salt, flour and Italian herbs.
Mix eggs up in another bowl.
Dip each eggplant piece in the egg mixture, then in flour mixture.
For traditional breading; Set up four separate bowls, one with milk, one with flour and herbs, one with whisked eggs and one with bread crumbs. Dip each eggplant piece in the milk, then flour and Italian herbs mixture then dip in whisked eggs then into the bread crumb mixture.
Heat up oil until it is hot but not smoking.
Add each piece of eggplant and brown on each side.
Place into a oven proof baking dish and add spaghetti sauce over the tops.
Bake for 40 minutes covered, remove cover and sprinkle with mozzarella, provolone and Parmesan cheese and bake for another 10 minutes.