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Turkish Stuffed Eggplants recipe icon

Turkish Stuffed Eggplants

Eggplants stuffed with ground meat, tomatoes, and spices. The dish is cooked in a skillet and oven, served with an aromatic sauce made from broth and paprika.

Total
60 min
Standard serving
517.3 g

Ingredients

Total 12

Instructions

  1. 1

    Step 1

    Peel the eggplants in strips, alternating between peeled and unpeeled sections.

  2. 2

    Step 2

    Soak the eggplants for 20 minutes in salted water.

  3. 3

    Step 3

    Heat a pan with olive oil. Fry the garlic for 2 minutes, add the chopped onion and fry for 5 minutes. Add the ground meat and cook for 8 minutes.

  4. 4

    Step 4

    Salt and pepper the minced meat to taste.

  5. 5

    Step 5

    Add paprika and beef broth, simmer over low heat for 5–10 minutes.

  6. 6

    Step 6

    Add sliced tomatoes and cook for 2 minutes.

  7. 7

    Step 7

    Drain the minced meat through a colander and let the sauce drain off. Set the sauce aside separately.

  8. 8

    Step 8

    In another pan, fry the eggplants until golden brown, then place on paper towels.

  9. 9

    Step 9

    Make lengthwise slits in each eggplant, keeping the edges intact. Arrange in a baking dish.

  10. 10

    Step 10

    Sprinkle the holes with sugar and fill with ground meat.

  11. 11

    Step 11

    Decorate each eggplant with a piece of green pepper and cherry tomato. Pour the sauce around the eggplants. Bake for 30 minutes at 180 °C in a preheated oven.

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