Name: Baked Eggplant with Ground Beef
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: Bread crumbs - ¼ cup; Vegetable oil, or more to taste - 2 tablespoons; Ground beef - ½ pound; Onion, chopped - 1 small; Garlic, chopped - 1 clove; Eggplant, halved lengthwise and pulp scooped from peel leaving two shells - 1; Whole tomatoes with juice, divided - 1 (14.5 ounce) can; Cooked rice - ¼ cup; Shredded Italian cheese blend - ¼ cup; Hard-boiled egg, diced - 1; Dried basil - ¼ teaspoon; Salt and ground black pepper to taste - 1 pinch

Ingredients for - Baked Eggplant with Ground Beef

1. Bread crumbs ¼ cup

2. Vegetable oil, or more to taste 2 tablespoons

3. Ground beef ½ pound

4. Onion, chopped 1 small

5. Garlic, chopped 1 clove

6. Eggplant, halved lengthwise and pulp scooped from peel leaving two shells 1

7. Whole tomatoes with juice, divided 1 (14.5 ounce) can

8. Cooked rice ¼ cup

9. Shredded Italian cheese blend ¼ cup

10. Hard-boiled egg, diced 1

11. Dried basil ¼ teaspoon

12. Salt and ground black pepper to taste 1 pinch

How to cook deliciously - Baked Eggplant with Ground Beef

1 . Stage

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

2 . Stage

Put bread crumbs in a bowl with enough water to cover; set aside to soak.

3 . Stage

Heat oil in a large skillet. Cook and stir ground beef, onion, and garlic in hot oil until the beef is completely browned and no large chunks remain, 7 to 10 minutes.

4 . Stage

Stir eggplant into ground beef mixture; cook and stir until eggplant is tender, about 5 minutes. Remove the skillet from heat and set aside to allow the mixture to cool.

5 . Stage

Drain excess water from bread crumbs and put in a large bowl; add ground beef mixture, half the tomatoes, rice, cheese, egg, and basil. Stir the mixture until ingredients are evenly mixed, adding more liquid from the tomatoes if too dry; season with salt and pepper. Fill the eggplant shells with the mixture and put into a large baking dish. Top with remaining tomatoes and cover the dish with aluminum foil.

6 . Stage

Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes, remove foil, and continue baking until beginning to brown around the edges, about 10 minutes more.