These crispy eggplant stacks are a quick and easy recipe that is full of flavor and crunchy texture. Year round comfort food for everyone!
recipe originally published March 25, 2013
Crispy Eggplant Stacks
These crispy eggplant stacks are Southern Italian inspired comfort food!
If you are a fan of eggplant, this is the recipe for you. It is easy, it is quick, it is full of flavor. Crispy crunchy and while I can find fresh basil right now, I still cannot wait to use the fresh basil from my garden...
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Crispy Eggplant Stacks
dairy, egg, soy, and gluten free, vegan
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup coconut milk (carton, not can)
- 1 ½ tablespoons flax seed, freshly ground
- 1 medium eggplant
- sea salt
- 1 ½ cups Erewhon Corn Flakes, crushed
- double recipe of havarti cheese sauce
- 1 cup slow cooker basil marinara
- fresh basil, chiffonaded
Instructions
- Grind flax seed in blender, coffee grinder. Place 2 tablespoons flax in a shallow bowl, add coconut milk and stir. Set aside to form a gel.
- Clean and dry eggplant.
- Slice into 8 slices, about ½ inch each
- Arrange in single layer (on plate, paper towel, etcetera) and sprinkle with sea salt. This removes excess water (and bitter flavor) from eggplant - set aside. After 20 minutes, pat eggplant slices with paper towel to absorb water beading on surface.
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
- Using food processor
- or a mallet
- , crush corn flakes into crumb. Place in shallow bowl. Prepare a baking sheet (parchment, silpat, rack), and create a dipping station: first bowl coconut flax, second bowl corn flakes.
- Dip eggplant slices into coconut flax, then into corn flakes, place on baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining 7 eggplant slices, bake at 300 for 20-25 minutes, until exterior is crispy and browned and eggplant is warmed through.
- Serve over a bed of quinoa. To assemble: over quinoa, add 1-2 tablespoons marinara, then top with eggplant slice. Top with spoonful havarti sauce, a sprinkle of basil, another eggplant slice (two per serving), topped with more havarti sauce and marinara, finishing with more basil.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
4Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 202Total Fat: 8gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 355mgCarbohydrates: 22gFiber: 6gSugar: 7gProtein: 6g
nutrition calculations results vary by calculator, are for informational purposes only, and are not intended to replace medical advice or treatment.
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erinwyso says
This is such a great idea ... beautifully presented and inspiring!
Kristina Sloggett says
thanks so much, Erin!
Sarah @ The Smart Kitchen says
When I was little, and we would go to visit my grandparents in Georgia, 'the cousins' always looked forward to the night we got to have Bertha's fried eggplant. She sliced it paper thin, dredged it in SOMETHING, and fried it up in the skillet. No wonder I always had fond memories of the vegetable. Your version looks a little bit more up my (trying to be healthy) alley these days. YUM.
Kristina Sloggett says
your comment has me thinking - thinner slices might be great for people who don't really care for eggplant (like Jason...). that sounds like my Grandpa Z - he grew the BIGGEST zucchini in the summertime, and he would slice it pretty thin, and coat it (egg, flour, other yummy things) and fry it. OH SO GOOD.
Paula @ Vintage Kitchen says
I don´t like eggplant, I´m really CRAZY about it! Can´t wait to try this, the coconut milk is so intriguing. And just imagining the dog trying to figure out the rib it sound... it made my day Kristina!
Kristina Sloggett says
ha - glad I could bring some fun to your day, Paula - those frogs are still going strong (there are at least TWO now, maybe three??), even in the daytime. it was cute... 😉
Kiersten @ Oh My Veggies says
Days of Our Lives is still on?! Back in college, I used to watch Passions (stop judging!) and then if I had time, I'd catch Days of Our Lives too. Good times.
I always grow lots of eggplant over the summer, so I'm going to be saving this recipe for then!
Kristina Sloggett says
haa HAA - PASSIONS! I don't think I ever watched that one but I do remember it 😉
hmm, that is one thing I've never had in my garden - eggplant. hmm...