Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, eggplant parmesan. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Eggplant Parmesan is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Eggplant Parmesan is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
Eggplant parmesan is one of those great Italian comfort foods—a layered casserole much like lasagna but with slices of globe eggplant taking the place of pasta. Eggplant parmesan will always be one of my top favorite comfort foods. There is something about the dish that feels like it's giving you a giant hug.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have eggplant parmesan using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Eggplant Parmesan:
- Make ready 2-3 large eggplants, peeled and cut into 1/2" slices. Try to only use the slices with seeds in them
- Prepare 3 cups flour
- Make ready 4 eggs, beaten with a splash of water
- Prepare 4 cups italian seasoned bread crumbs
- Take 2 cups canola or vegetable oil
- Prepare salt
- Get 1 jar your favorite italian red sauce
- Make ready 16 oz whole milk mozzarella cheese, freshly grated
- Get 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, freshly grated
- Get black pepper
To make legit eggplant parm, you'll need to fry eggplant. And to yield the best results, you're going to want to let it sit for a bit with salt to draw out. This Italian-style eggplant Parmesan recipe is lighter than most—it's made with roasted eggplant slices (not fried) and no breading. Eggplant Parmesan is a delicious classic Italian favorite!
Steps to make Eggplant Parmesan:
- Set up your dipping station. In separate mixing bowls, place your flour, egg, and bread crumbs in a row. Go down the row with each slice, covering with flour, then egg, and finally bread crumbs. Continue until all the eggplant is coated. Pro tip is to keep one hand dry and one wet.
- In a deep frying pan, heat up 1/2" of cooking oil until hot, on medium high. Add 4-5 slices at a time, cooking both sides until golden brown. Layer paper towels over a plate and place salted eggplant onto the plate. Add paper towels to every layer to soak up excess oil. Continue frying all the slices.
- On a 9"x13" pan, add 1/2 cup of sauce to the bottom of the pan. Add one layer of eggplant, a layer of red sauce, and 1/3 of the cheese. Continue layering in eggplant, sauce, and then cheese. On the third and last layer do not add in the mozzarella layer. The last 1/3 of the cheese will be added later.
- Bake covered at 350 degrees for 40 minutes
- Add the last 1/3 of the mozzarella cheese, parmesan cheese, and fresh cracked pepper on top. Place back in the oven uncovered for 10 minutes, until top layer of cheese is melted.
Tender eggplant is breaded in crispy breadcrumbs, then laid in a delicious bed of marinara sauce, topped with parmesan cheese. What does eggplant parmesan taste like? Eggplant parmesan tastes very similar to regular chicken parmesan. In something like eggplant parmesan, the eggplant flavor itself isn't even really tasted. An easy recipe for keto eggplant Parmesan made with almond flour.
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