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Eggplant with Red Pepper Sauce
Enjoy this eggplant with red pepper sauce as a snack paired with a slice of good bread or as a side dish with your main course.
⏱️ Prep & Cook: 2h 20m⏳ Prep: 1h 30m🔥 Cook: 50 min👤 Natasha of NatashasKitchen.com📖 natashaskitchen
🥘 Ingredients
Check off ingredients as you prepare them:
🍳 Cookware
- ●pan
- ●skillet
- ●dutch oven
- ●oven
- ●food processor
- ●grater
- ●casserole dish
📝 Preparation Steps
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How To Prepare and Cook Eggplant
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Slice eggplants into 1/3″ thick rounds and sprinkle salt on both sides. Let them sit on the counter for ⏱️ 45 minutes. Pat dry with paper towels. The longer you "sweat" the eggplant, the less oil it soaks up while cooking which is important because this dish is a bit on the oily side. While the eggplant is "sweating" on the counter, start your sauce (see below)
salt (plus more for sprinkling over eggplant.)1 tsp
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Heat a deep, heavy bottomed skillet or a dutch oven over medium/high heat. Add enough oil to cover the bottom of the pan. Once the oil is hot, arrange eggplant on the skillet and fry about ⏱️ 2 minutes per side. Caution: wear and apron and your cooking mitts and make sure babies have cleared the area (this is a time of substantial oil fireworks).
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Remove cooked eggplant to a pyrex dish (you may place it on paper towels to soak up excess oil). Add more oil to the skillet between batches as needed.
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How to make Red Pepper Sauce
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Grate 3 red bell peppers and 1 jalapeno (use a food processor with a grater attachment if you have one).
red bell peppers3
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In a medium sauce pan mix grated bell peppers, jalapeño, 5 pressed cloves of garlic, 1 tsp salt, 1 Tbsp sugar, 1/4 tsp pepper, 1/3 cup vinegar, 1/3 cup olive oil, and 1/2 cup water . Simmer sauce uncovered for ⏱️ 40 minutes (stirring occasionally). Add more sugar and water to taste in the end.
salt (plus more for sprinkling over eggplant.)1 tspsugar1 Tbsptsp pepper1/4cup vinegar1/3cup water1/2
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Assembly and Finishing Touches:
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Add 1/2 eggplant slices to 9×13 or 9×12 casserole dish then top with 1/2 red pepper sauce. Repeat with remaining eggplant slices and pepper sauce.
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Sprinkle the top with freshly grated parmesan cheese and place the dish in the oven on broil for ⏱️ 3 minutes to melt the cheese.
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