Recipe of Favorite Eggplant Lasagna

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, eggplant lasagna. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Eggplant Lasagna is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Eggplant Lasagna is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

There are a few key steps for prepping eggplant for layering into a lasagna. Roasted eggplant strips take the place of pasta strips and feta cheese takes the place of mozarella. This is a fun and delicious twist on the Italian favorite. This easy eggplant lasagna recipe is all the flavor and comfort of classic lasagna but without the noodles!

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have eggplant lasagna using 15 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Eggplant Lasagna:

1. Take 1/4 Cup Olive Oil,
2. Take 1 Clove Garlic Thinly Sliced,
3. Make ready Pinch Chili Flakes,
4. Take 1/2 TSP Italian Seasoning,
5. Take 14 oz Canned Diced Tomatoes,
6. Get Pinch Sea Salt,
7. Take Pinch Black Pepper,
8. Get Canola / Peanut / Vegetable Oil, For Cooking
9. Make ready Pinch Dried Mushroom Powder,
10. Get 300 g Ground Chicken,
11. Prepare Eggplant, 4 Large
12. Make ready Pinch White Pepper,
13. Make ready 1 Handful Parmigiano Reggiano Freshly Grated,
14. Get Fresh Basil Coarsely Chopped, For Garnishing
15. Prepare Low Moisture Mozzarella Freshly Shredded, A Good Handful

It's a vegetarian lasagna that is hearty, filling, and comforting, just as any good lasagna recipe should be. Eggplant has a very mild flavor, like spaghetti squash. Because it has such a mild flavor, it's easily used in recipes that have bold flavors. In something like eggplant lasagna, the eggplant flavor itself isn't even really tasted.

Steps to make Eggplant Lasagna:

1. In a skillet or pan over the lowest heat possible, add olive oil. - - Add in garlic, chili flakes and Italian seasoning. - - The garlic should barely be sizzling.
2. If the garlic is sizzling, the heat is too high.* - - Let the oil infused with the ingredients for about 10 to 15 mins or until the garlic starts to brown. - - Remove from heat and transfer into a bowl of canned diced tomatoes. - - *You can pass the oil mixture thru a fine sieve to catch all the garlic, chili and seasonings.*
3. Taste and adjust for seasonings with salt and pepper. - - Dust some mushroom powder over the top. - - Give it a quick stir to combine well. - - Cover with cling film and set aside in the fridge until ready to use. - - This tomato sauce can be kept in the fridge for 3 days.
4. Preheat oven to 200 degree celsius or 400 fahrenheit. - - Slice the eggplants lengthwise to 6 slices per eggplant. - - Lay the eggplant slices on a wire rack.
5. Lightly seasoning with salt. - - Set aside for about 15 mins. This will allow the eggplant to release some of its bitter moisture. - - Pad the eggplant slices dry.
6. Lay on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. - - Season with more salt and pepper. - - Wack in the oven and roast for about 15 mins.
7. Remove from oven and set aside to cool down slightly. - - Do not off the oven yet. - - In the meantime, drizzle some oil onto a skillet over medium heat.
8. Once the oil is heated up, add in the ground chicken. - - Using a spatula to break the chicken into bits and pieces. - - Season generously with salt, white pepper and mushroom powder.
9. Cook the chicken until slightly brown. - - Add in about 1 cup of the tomato sauce. - - Depending on what consistency you are looking for. If you prefer saucy, add more tomato sauce. - - Stir to combine well.
10. Lastly, taste and adjust for seasonings. - - Remove from heat and set aside to cool slightly. - - Spoon some of the tomato-chicken sauce onto a slice of eggplant. - - Sprinkle some mozzarella over the top.
11. Lay another slice of eggplant on top of the cheese. - - Repeat the layering process until you have a stack of 3 eggplants. - - Scatter some parmigiano over the top. - - Repeat the process for the remaining eggplants.
12. Wack back into the oven and bake until the cheeses have melted. - - Remove from the oven. - - Transfer onto serving plates.
13. Garnish with some basil over the top. - - Serve immediately.

Because it has such a mild flavor, it's easily used in recipes that have bold flavors. In something like eggplant lasagna, the eggplant flavor itself isn't even really tasted. Just use your eggplant slices the same way you would regular lasagna sheets. Always coat the bottom of a casserole dish with meat sauce, then the first layer of eggplant. Layer the ricotta spread, add shredded cheese.

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