eggplant boats stuffed with minced meat baked in the oven

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make eggplant stuffed baked in the oven with minced meat? Prepare the specified products. Eggplants are better to choose a small size, with a whole strong skin. You can take any minced meat to your taste. Cheese is hard or any other, which forms an even appetizing crust when baked. Salt and ground black pepper, as well as other spices to taste. Prepare a baking dish in the oven.

2. Step 2:

   

   Wash the eggplants and dry them with a towel. Cut each vegetable lengthwise into two equal parts. Using a sharp knife, make a slit along the edges of the eggplant about 5 cm thick from the edge. Then make cross-shaped incisions throughout the pulp, but try not to damage the skin of the vegetable. Add salt to each vegetable and leave aside. After about ten minutes, rinse the eggplants and remove the pulp from each half and cut.

3. Step 3:

   

   Heat the frying pan, pour vegetable oil. Fry the chopped onion and garlic until transparent. Put the minced meat in a frying pan and, breaking it with a wooden spatula, fry until the color changes. Try to keep the pieces small.

4. Step 4:

   

   Add chopped eggplant pulp and chopped tomato to the minced meat. Fry everything together until the liquid evaporates. Add salt and pepper to taste.

5. Step 5:

   

   When the mass is ready, add the chopped dill greens and mix. Turn on the oven to warm up to 180 degrees.

7. Step 6:

   

   Put the eggplant boats in a baking dish. It can be pre-lubricated with vegetable oil, or it can be covered with baking paper.

8. Step 7:

   

   Put the prepared stuffing of minced meat in each half of the eggplant.

9. Step 8:

   

   Sprinkle with grated cheese and put a baking dish with stuffed eggplants in a preheated oven for 50 - 60 minutes.

10. Step 9:

    

    Ready stuffed eggplant to serve hot. Also, such boats with stuffing are good in a warm form. This is an independent dish that does not need a side dish.