Meat Stuffed Eggplant

10 ingredients
9 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 eggplant
  • 1/2 lb. ground meat (pork, turkey or beef, lean)
  • 1/2 c. bread crumbs
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1/8 tsp. pepper
  • 1/4 c. green pepper, chopped
  • 1 c. chopped celery
  • 1 c. chopped onion
  • 2 Tbsp. chopped garlic
  • 1 (16 oz.) can whole tomatoes, quartered

Directions

  1. 1
    Cut top but don't peel eggplant; remove pulp leaving 1/2 inch shell.
  2. 2
    Parboil shell 3 minutes.
  3. 3
    Combine chopped pulp with meat, crumbs and seasonings.
  4. 4
    Stuff the eggplant with meat mixture. Replace top with toothpicks.
  5. 5
    Brown green pepper, celery, onion and garlic.
  6. 6
    Add tomatoes.
  7. 7
    Season and simmer for 15 minutes. Pour sauce over and around eggplant in baking dish.
  8. 8
    Bake at 350° in oven for 1 hour.
  9. 9
    Serves 6.

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