Fried Jalapeno Eggplant

Wes Fryer

A delicious fried appetizer and a good use of unused eggplant parmesan slices

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Course Appetizer

Cuisine American

Equipment

• 1 Cast Iron Griddle

Ingredients

  

• 0.5 cups Canola Cooking Oil
• 0.5 cups Sweet Betsy White Hushpuppy Mix
• 0.5 cups bread crumbs
• 12 slices sliced eggplant rounds (pre-sweated to remove bitter taste)
• 1 tbps Kosmos Garlic Jalapeno rub
• 2 eggs
• Ranch dressing (optional)

Instructions

 

• Heat oil in cast iron griddle over high heat.
• Cut and "sweat" eggplant into round slices (at least 20-30 minutes to remove bitterness)
• Briskly mix / whisk both eggs in a shallow bowl.
• Mix hush puppy mix and bread crumbs.
• Rinse "sweated eggplant slices" and dry on paper towels. (Remove bitter juice that has seeped out during the sweating process.)
• Dip both sides of eggplant slices in whisked eggs, dredge on both sizes in hush puppy / bread crumb mix. Set aside each prepared slice on an empty plate.
• Sprinkle a little Kosmos Garlic Jalapeno rub on the side of each eggplant slice which will be placed DOWN in the skillet first.
• When oil is very hot, put eggplant slices in the skillet to fry them about 2-3 minutes per side. (Don't let them burn!)
• After flipping each slice, sprinkle a little Kosmos Garlic Jalapeno rub on the top.
• Remove from oil / the skillet and place on paper towels on a plate.
• Allow to cool a little before serving.
• Optional (unless you are serving "long foot!"): Dip in Ranch Dressing

Keyword eggplant, fried

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These fried eggplant slices taste AMAZING!

The photo may not look great, but the taste is SUPER.

This recipe was a happy accident. When making my favorite recipe for Baked Eggplant Parmesan on an evening when I didn’t have all the ingredients, I used available ingredients to create this appetizer.