Eggplant Deluxe Casserole
From notyourmomma 16 years ago
- 80 minutes to make
- Serves 6
Different way to fix eggplant, I made this for my son weekly, he had a swallowing disorder and this was one of his favorite ways to eat a vegetable with little chance of choking.
Ingredients
- 2 large eggplants, peeled shopping list
- 4 strips of bacon cut fine shopping list
- 1 large onion minced shopping list
- 2 stalks of celery minced (tough strings removed) shopping list
- 2 teaspoons of adobe seasoning shopping list
- 2 eggs beaten shopping list
- 4 tablespoons of finely crushed cracker crumbs shopping list
- 1 cup of finely shredded cheddar cheese shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon of salt shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon of pepper shopping list
- squeeze of lemon juice shopping list
- 1 tablespoon of butter cut in little pieces shopping list
How to make it
- Peel eggplant, cut in one inch chunks,
- Steam in colander over boiling water until very easily pierced witha fork.
- Mash, season with salt and pepper and a little lemon juice
- Fry bacon in large skillet, slowly.
- When nearly done, push to the edge of the pan; add onion and celery.
- Continue to cook very slowly until the vegetables are clear but not brown.
- Add two tablespoons of cracker crumbs to the eggplant mixture along with the bacon, onion and celery mixture. Mix well.
- Add the adobo seasoning (sub grill seasoning if you want).
- Stir in eggs and cheese.
- Pour into a buttered 1 1/2 quart to 2 quart casserole.
- Sprinkle rest of cracker crumbs on top.
- Dot with butter.
- Bake at 325 degrees for one hour.
- Delicious reheated too!
The Rating
Reviewed by 9 people-
Sounds lovely. I'm into veggie casseroles these days.
chihuahua
in Sonoma County loved it
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Found this just in time! Harvesting eggplant for week and sick of same old. This is great. TQ, Mare
theiris
in Garden City loved it
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This is wonderful I had to add it to the group A Taste of Eggplant run by Julia I am sure she will like this.
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