How To Make Tasty Fried Eggplant Balls
You’ll never have boring eggplants again with this! These bite-sized eggplant balls are made with cheese, onions, and spices, fried into golden perfection.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1¾tspsalt
- 1largeeggplant,peeled and cubed
- ¼cuponion,chopped
- ¾cupgreen bell pepper,chopped
- 1½cupsbread crumbs
- 2eggs
- ½ozcheddar cheese,shredded
- 1tsppaprika
- ¼tspground black pepper
- ½cupall-purpose flour
- 4cupsvegetable oil,for frying
Instructions
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In a medium-size pot, place one inch of water, ½ teaspoon salt, and eggplant.
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Cover pot and cook for 15 minutes, or until eggplant is tender. Drain well, then chop the cooked eggplant.
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In a large bowl, combine eggplant, onion, green pepper, ¾ cup bread crumbs, 1 egg, cheese, paprika, pepper, and remaining salt. Cool and chill 2 to 3 hours or overnight.
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Place flour in a bowl. Beat the remaining egg in a separate small bowl.
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Drop mixture by heaping teaspoonfuls into the flour and coat completely. Then dip the eggplant balls into the beaten egg. Finally, coat the balls with the remaining bread crumbs.
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In a large skillet, heat vegetable oil and fry eggplant balls until they are heated through.
Nutrition
- Calories: 1531.02kcal
- Fat: 153.32g
- Saturated Fat: 11.03g
- Trans Fat: 1.18g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 108.54g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 26.57g
- Carbohydrates: 35.99g
- Fiber: 5.51g
- Sugar: 6.56g
- Protein: 8.47g
- Cholesterol: 55.73mg
- Sodium: 798.53mg
- Calcium: 90.27mg
- Potassium: 399.54mg
- Iron: 2.48mg
- Vitamin A: 43.11µg
- Vitamin C: 17.98mg
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