Sautéed Eggplant That Tastes Like Mushrooms
You can't beat a good eggplant appetizer! Cooked with egg, eggplant takes on a taste remarkably like mushrooms — this dish has real charm and works just as well for a holiday spread as for a weeknight. It has an unusual, savory flavor and is delicious served either warm or cold. Go for medium-sized eggplants without big seeds, and look for firm, dense flesh.
Julia
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Sautéed Eggplant That Tastes Like Mushrooms
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 17 %
3 g
Fats 50 %
9 g
Carbohydrates 33 %
6 g
95 kcal
GI:
100
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0
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0
- Eggplant with egg that tastes like mushrooms takes very little effort:
- rinse the eggplants and cut them into cubes;
- crack the eggs into a bowl and whisk with a whisk or fork;
- pour the beaten eggs over the eggplant and let it sit for an hour, until the cubes fully soak up the egg;
- peel the onion, rinse it, and cut into small dice;
- fry the eggplant with the onion in sunflower oil for 25 minutes over medium heat until lightly golden, stirring as you go;
- season the finished dish with salt and pepper to taste.
- Serve garnished with fresh herbs, if you like.
- Dig in!
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- How do you take the bitterness out of eggplant? Cut it into slabs, rounds, or cubes, salt it, and let it sit about 10 minutes until it releases its juices. Drain off the liquid, rinse the eggplant, and go ahead and cook.
Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish
- Eggplant - 24 kcal/100g
- Ground black pepper - 255 kcal/100g
- Salt - 0 kcal/100g
- Onion - 41 kcal/100g
- Sunflower oil - 898 kcal/100g
- Refined sunflower oil - 899 kcal/100g
- Fresh frozen soup greens in a package - 41 kcal/100g
- Greenery - 41 kcal/100g
- Chicken egg - 80 kcal/100g
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