Recipe

Stuffed Eggplant Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Keni / All my dishes 1 year, 4 months ago Please note that this isn't a vegetarian dish...but it's still a great use of eggplant! ;) Prep:20m Cook:45m Servings:8	Keni
	italian sausage eggplant cheesy

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Ingredients

2lb Italian sausage, ground

4 eggplant

1/2 cup olive oil

16oz fresh mushrooms, sliced

2 bell peppers, chopped

1 large onion, chopped

5-6 cloves garlic, chopped

2 cups Italian bread crumbs

1 cup fresh Parmesan cheese, shredded or grated

1t Italian seasoning

2 cups Mozzarella or Italian blend cheese

salt and pepper to taste

Directions

In large skillet, brown sausage for about 5 minutes. Drain leaving a small bit of grease in the pan.

Slice eggplant in half, remove and chop meat, but make sure to leave some "meat" in the shell so it holds up to cooking.

In same skillet add small amount of olive oil to grease and add eggplant meat, mushrooms, bell pepper, onion and garlic and cook until just tender, about 5 minutes.

Add bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper to vegetables and mix to combine.

Place eggplant shells in jelly roll or large glass baking dish, lightly sprayed, and spoon stuffing mixture into each shell.

Top each with shredded cheese.

Bake for about 45 minutes at 350 until eggplant is fork tender.

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Comments

justjakesmom 1 year, 4 months ago said:
I've never cared for eggplant, but this does sound good. Jake was reading over my shoulder and said "that sounds good." He's always been so open to "new foods" - LOL I should take a lesson.

pointsevenout 1 year, 4 months ago said:
Would this recipe work for zucchini? You should see the size of my zucchini.

keni 1 year, 4 months ago said:
Ha...now, you see, there, there's a joke just waiting to come out with that comment, but I just don't know you well enough. ;) BUT, to answer the question, you betcha....zucchini would do just fine and the baking time would be about the same, even. Let me know if you try it! Also, I'll add, you can add a can of diced tomatoes to the stuffing if desired, too.

lincolntoot 1 year, 4 months ago said:
A keeper recipe!

lilliancooks 1 year, 4 months ago said:
Oh Keni...this sounds sooo good!!!Now if I can just figure out how to save this to my recipe box! LOL!

jrt_mom 1 year, 2 months ago said:
I have an egglant omelet recipe (not posted here) which everyone got tired of through the years (including me) but I continue to make it because well, how else can you make eggplant better aside from parmiggiana? This recipe sounds really good and I'm glad I saw it! Must try and high5 to you!

stewie 5 months ago said:
Hey Keni...I really like the sound of this and will try it in the near future...Have been getting into eggplant as of late....Thanks for the post...And I hope you had a Nice 4th of July...Fyi..We here in Canada just celebrated our nations birthday as well...It's July 1st...Cheers...Stewie