Eggplant with minced meat is a tasty and hearty dish that can be a great choice for a family dinner or a festive table. The combination of tender eggplant flesh with juicy minced meat creates a harmonious composition of flavors and textures.
There are many recipes for preparing this dish, which can vary depending on the preferences of the cook. In some recipes, eggplants are stuffed with a mixture of fried minced meat with the addition of vegetables and spices, and then baked in the oven.
Other recipes suggest frying eggplants first, and then stuffing them with minced meat and stewing them until ready.
Let’s tell you a simple recipe for eggplants with minced meat.
Ingredients:
- Pork mince – 400 g;
- Sweet pepper – ½ pc;
- Onion – 1 pc;
- Dried garlic – ½ tsp;
- Cilantro – bundle;
- Parsley – a bunch;
- Salt – ½ tsp;
- Eggplant – 2 pcs.
Ingredients for the sauce:
- Onions – 1 pc;
- Sweet pepper – 2 pcs;
- Tomatoes – 4 pcs;
- Paprika – 1 tsp;
- Basil – 1 tsp;
- Salt – a pinch.
Preparation of eggplants with minced meat:
Chop finely sweet pepper and onion, add the vegetables to the mince along with dry garlic and salt.
Mix all the ingredients in the mince
and
leave for 10 minutes. At this time, cut eggplants into plates lengthwise, about 1 cm thick.
Salt each plate of eggplant and leave for 15 minutes. For the sauce, chop finely onions and peppers, fry in a frying pan in vegetable oil.
Chop tomatoes, add to the onions and peppers in the pan, under a lid stew vegetables for 5-7 minutes. For now, rinse the eggplant plates in water.
Dry the eggplants with a paper towel. Sprinkle the stewed vegetables with paprika, basil and salt, fry for 3-4 minutes.
Put the stuffing on the eggplant plates, roll the plates into rolls with the stuffing inside.
Put the rolls in the pan with the sauce, pour water over them.
Braise the rolls under a lid for 25-30 minutes on low heat, until the meat is ready.
After cooking, let the dish stand under the lid for another 10 minutes. You can sprinkle rolls with cilantro and chopped garlic.
