Over the weekend I found this recipe for an eggplant and I thought this is perfect since I'm not eating rice lately. It was good even though I opted not to put the cheese.
I will be making this again when hubby gets home.
Eggplant Pizza (adapted from casaveneracion.com)
makes 2-4 servings
Ingredients
1 large fat eggplant
1/2 cup flour
1 egg,beaten
1 cup panko or japenese bread crumbs
salt and pepper
1 and 1/2 cup vegetable cooking oil
2-3 tomatoes
1 cup shredded cheese
chopped basil leaves
Directions
Place the flour,egg and panko in bowls. Stir 1 tsp salt and 1/2 tsp pepper into each bowl.
Slice the eggplant about one-fourth thick. Dredge each eggplant slice in flour making making sure that both sides are coated. Then dip the floured eggplant slices in the beaten egg (make sure the surface is coated with egg.) Drop the eggplant slices in the bowl of panko, pressing as much bread crumbs.
Heat the cooking oil. Fry the eggplant slices, a few pieces at a time. Flip the eggplant slices after a minute or so to brown both sides well. Once cooked, scoop them out and drain on a stack of paper towels.
Slice the tomatoes(about one-fourth inch thick) and sprinkle with salt, pepper and chopped basil.
Place a slice of tomatoes on top of each fried eggplant slice. Smother with shredded cheese. Use a kitchen torch to melt the cheese or put it under a very hot broiler for 2minutes. Sprinkle with more basil. Serve and enjoy!
