Mediterranean
Beef Stuffed Eggplant
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Beef Stuffed Eggplant is Mediterranean home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Heat the oven to 400F.
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Peel the eggplants in stripes, brush them with olive oil, and roast them whole until soft, about 25 minutes.
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Meanwhile brown the ground beef with the onion and garlic, then stir in the chopped tomatoes, tomato paste, cumin, parsley, and salt and cook 10 minutes.
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Cut a lengthwise slit in each roasted eggplant and gently open a pocket.
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Spoon the beef filling into each eggplant and top with a strip of green bell pepper.
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Return them to the oven and bake until the eggplants are very tender and the filling is bubbling, about 25 minutes.
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Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Beef Stuffed Eggplant carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish |
|---|---|
| Peanuts | No |
| Tree nuts | No |
| Dairy | No |
| Gluten | No |
| Shellfish | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Soy | No |
| Fish | No |
| Sesame | No |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 560 kcal
- Protein
- 25 g
- Carbs
- 20 g
- Fat
- 42 g
- Fiber
- 11 g
- Sugar
- 4 g
- Sodium
- 650 mg
- Saturated fat
- 11 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Beef Stuffed Eggplant takes about 75 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a proper project. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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