Eggplant stewed with minced meat is a delicious and nutritious dish that can be either a great lunch or dinner. The dish cooks quickly, but it turns out very tasty.
Recipe content:
- Ingredients
- Step by step cooking
- Video recipe
Eggplant is a vegetable that is not eaten raw. But we are used to seeing them on our tables, cooked in a variety of ways. It should be borne in mind that unripe and old eggplants contain solanine, which can cause poisoning. Therefore, the vegetable must be soaked in a saline solution. It will help get rid of this harmful substance.
In this review, I want to share a recipe for stewed eggplant with minced meat. This is a very satisfying, juicy and tasty dish that can be eaten alone, along with a side dish, or used as a pie filling. You can use any meat for the recipe: pork or beef, lamb or chicken. In addition, absolutely any vegetables can be additionally used here: red or yellow peppers, ripe tomatoes, carrots and others. The dish can be cooked on the stove in a heavy-bottomed saucepan or pan, or over a fire in a cauldron.
The food is prepared very quickly, while with minimal labor costs. It turns out delicious and nutritious. Any member of the family will be able to get enough of it, both the smallest and representatives of the older generation. Especially it will appeal to the male sex. I use minced pork for the recipe, but you can replace it with another variety if you like. The proportions of the products can be varied depending on the taste. Reduce the amount of meat for weight-watchers, and increase the amount of meat for men who are meat-eaters.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 100, 7 kcal.
- Servings - 3
- Cooking time - 40 minutes
Ingredients:
- Minced pork - 500 g
- Eggplant - 2 pcs.
- Onions - 2 pcs.
- Garlic - 2 cloves
- Salt - 0.5 tsp or to taste
- Ground black pepper - a pinch
- Vegetable oil - for frying
- Any spices and spices to taste
Step by step cooking of stewed eggplant with minced meat:
1. Wash the eggplants, cut off the ends and cut into small cubes with sides of about 1 cm. If the fruit is ripe, i.e. old, then I recommend soaking it in saline solution to remove unpleasant bitterness. For some, however, it is spicy. To remove this bitterness, you can sprinkle the eggplant cut into two halves with salt and leave for half an hour. The droplets that appeared on it, this is the bitterness that came out of them. Then just rinse the vegetable under running water. You can also dip the vegetable in 1 liter of water with 1 tbsp dissolved. salt, where to stand for 30-40 minutes.
2. Peel the onions, wash and cut into small cubes.
3. Place the pan on the stove and pour in the vegetable oil. Heat it well and add the minced meat, eggplant and onions.
4. Heat medium-high and fry food until almost cooked. Keep in mind that eggplants love oil. They absorb it like a sponge. Therefore, I recommend using a cast iron or non-stick skillet. To use less oil without burning food.
5. When the meat with eggplant gets a golden crust, add salt, ground pepper and any spices to them. I use ground ginger powder, dried basil, dill and hop-suneli.
6. Stir the ingredients, cover the pan with a lid, reduce heat to low and simmer for 5-7 minutes until cooked through. Then serve the food to the table or use it for filling in the pie.
See also a video recipe on how to cook stewed eggplant with minced meat.
