Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, eggplant parmesan bake. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
This Baked Eggplant Parmesan recipe is lightened up a bit with baked (instead of fried) panko-crusted roasted eggplant, and layered up with a zesty combination of marinara, cheeses and fresh herbs. Eggplant slices are coated with bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese and baked between layers of tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese for a filling Italian-inspired meal. Eggplant parmesan is one of those great Italian comfort foods—a layered casserole much To deal with the oil absorption issue, instead of frying the breaded eggplant slices, we bake them in the oven.
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To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook eggplant parmesan bake using 13 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Eggplant Parmesan Bake:
- Get 1 lb Eggplant
- Take 1 small Zucchini
- Make ready 1 small Yellow Squash
- Make ready 1 large Red Pepper
- Prepare 1 large Red onion
- Make ready 1 cup Of Sliced Mushrooms
- Take 1/2 cup Of Mozzarella Cheese
- Make ready 1/2 cup Parmesan Cheese
- Get 2 tbsp Of Italian Seasoning
- Take 1 Red Pepper Flakes
- Prepare 1 Lemon pepper seasoning (optional) or Salt & Pepper
- Take 1 Parsley Flakes for Garnish
- Take 1 jar Of your choise of pasta sause
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Instructions to make Eggplant Parmesan Bake:
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Roughly chopp and Saute Zucchini, Yellow Squash, Red onion, Red pepper and Mushrooms till crisp tender (about 5-8 min). Remove from heat and season with 1 tblspoon of Italian seasoning, red pepper flakes and lemon pepper or salt & pepper to taste.
- In a bowl mix together Parmesan and Mozzarella Cheese. Slice Eggplant into 8 1in slices, lightly season and pan fry over medium heat with a little butter or olive oil (about 2 min on each side).
- In a 8x8 baking dish lay 4 slices of Eggplant to cover the bottom of the dish. Add Sauteed Veggie mixture over the Eggplant. Top with half Jar of pasta sauce (enough to cover Veggies) then top with 1/2 cup of cheese mixture. Next, lay the last 4 slices of Eggplant to cover the Veggie mixture. Top with remaining pasta sauce and cheese. Think of it as if you were layering lasagna.
- Bake till the Cheese is golden brown. Garnish with Parsley Flakes and Remaining Italian Seasoning. Let it sit for 10 min before serving
If you like eggplant, I am certain that you will consider this recipe a delicacy. This Baked Eggplant Parmesan is a lighter twist on the classic Italian recipe. It's coated in panko breadcrumbs, then baked with layers of cheese & marinara. My eggplant parmesan recipe will be the one you use over and over again. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
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