Eggplant boats with minced meat and cheese in the oven

Many housewives are well aware of the variety of dishes that can be prepared from eggplants. It can be a vegetable or meat stew, casserole or “boats” with filling. Believe me, this dish looks unusual on the holiday table and surprises with its excellent taste.

Juicy eggplant boats with minced meat and cheese in the oven

To prepare a delicious and satisfying side dish of eggplant, you only need a small set of ingredients. It is better to choose eggplants that are not very large in size so that the boats bake faster.

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   How to cook eggplant boats with minced meat and cheese in the oven? We prepare all the ingredients and start preparing the eggplants. We cut both fruits into two halves. Now you need to cut out the pulp. Under no circumstances do we throw it away, as we will be adding it to the dish. Add salt to the “boats” inside and leave for 10 minutes so that the bitterness goes away.
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   After 10 minutes, wash and dry the eggplants.Place them on a baking sheet. Chop the onion and garlic, after removing the skins. Fry both ingredients until translucent.
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   Before cutting the pulp of tomatoes, you should first remove the skin from the tomatoes. Pour boiling water over the tomatoes, after cutting the tops (the cut should be in the shape of a cross). After 1-2 minutes, the water should be poured out and replaced with cold water.
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   Place the minced meat in the pan along with the onions and garlic. Fry it until white, and then add the pulp of tomatoes and eggplants, cut into cubes. When the liquid has completely evaporated, pour the dill, previously washed and chopped, into the mixture. Salt and pepper.
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   After mixing the filling, fill the “boats” with it. Bake the dish in a preheated oven for 50 minutes. The temperature should be 180 degrees. 10 minutes before the eggplants are completely ready, grate the cheese and sprinkle it on the “boats”. We check the readiness of the side dish with a fork, which we pierce the eggplants: they should become soft.

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How to bake eggplant boats with minced meat, cheese and mushrooms?

We suggest preparing a very tasty and juicy dish with eggplants and mushrooms. The hardest part is shaping the eggplant boats and preparing the filling. If you prepare the delicacy often, the cooking process will really speed up.

Cooking time – 1 hour 25 minutes.

Cooking time – 55 minutes.

Number of servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• Eggplant – 2 pcs.
• Minced pork – 200 gr.
• Onions – 2-3 pcs.
• Mushrooms – 200 gr.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Cheese – 100 gr.

Cooking process:

1. Let’s start forming eggplant “boats”. We wash both fruits and cut them into halves. Now we get rid of the pulp.The result was blanks that looked quite similar to boats. Rub salt inside the eggplants and leave for 15 minutes.

2. Let's start processing mushrooms. First they need to be sorted and then washed. Finely chop the peeled onion and do the same with the eggplant pulp.

3. Fry the onion in a frying pan. When it softens, add the eggplant pulp and mushrooms. After a few minutes, pour in the minced meat. Salt and pepper the filling to your taste.

4. Wash the eggplants. When they are dry, add the filling. Then we move them to a baking sheet. When the oven is heated to 220 degrees, place the baking sheet with the eggplants inside and bake for half an hour.

5. Now you should grate a piece of cheese and sprinkle it on the dish 10 minutes before it is completely ready.

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Eggplant boats with minced meat, cheese and tomatoes in the oven

The amount of ingredients can be adjusted depending on taste preferences. If desired, the amount of vegetables can be increased and the portion of meat reduced. In any case, the dish will turn out very tasty and juicy.

Cooking time – 1 hour 10 minutes.

Cooking time – 40 minutes.

Number of servings – 6.

Ingredients:

• Eggplant – 3 pcs.
• Sweet bell pepper – 1 pc.
• Cheese – 100 gr.
• Onion – 1 pc.
• Salt – ½ tsp.
• Greens - to taste.
• Minced pork – 300 gr.
• Tomato – 1-2 pcs.
• Garlic – 1 tooth.
• Vegetable oil – 1 tbsp.
• Mixture of ground peppers – 2 pinches.

Cooking process:

1. All eggplants must first be thoroughly washed and then cut into halves. Now you need to make the eggplants look like “boats”. Helping yourself with a knife or spoon, remove the pulp from the halves. Eggplants contain bitterness that needs to be removed.Salt, which we cover the inside of the “boats” with, will cope well with this. Leave the preparations for 10 minutes.

2. Chop the eggplant pulp. Remove the peel from one onion and a clove of garlic. They need to be chopped very finely and fried until soft.

3. When the onions and garlic are ready, you can safely add the minced meat. In 4-5 minutes it will be half-ready. At this point you can add the eggplant pulp. Continue frying the mixture for another 5 minutes.

4. During frying, wash the eggplants. Leave them for a while to dry. Wash the remaining vegetables - tomatoes and peppers. Remove the stem and core from the pepper. Cut the vegetables into small cubes. Add them to the rest of the filling ingredients. Season the mixture with salt and pepper. Mix.

5. After 3 minutes, when the filling is completely ready, put it in the “boats”. Transfer the preparations to a baking sheet. Grate the cheese. Sprinkle it over the eggplants. When the oven warms up to 180 degrees, place the baking sheet inside for 30 minutes.

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Delicious and juicy eggplant boats with minced meat, cheese and garlic

We invite you to enjoy a fragrant dish with minced chicken, seasoned with finely chopped garlic, which will add a little piquant spiciness to the “boats,” and a golden cheese crust.

Cooking time – 1 hour 25 minutes.

Cooking time – 55 minutes.

Number of servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• Eggplant – 2 pcs.
• Minced chicken – 400 gr.
• Tomato – 1-2 pcs.
• Onion – 1 pc.
• Garlic – 3 teeth.
• Parsley – 3 branches.
• Georgian adjika – ½ tsp.
• Italian herbs - optional.
• Ground pepper - to taste.
• Salt - to taste.
• Vegetable oil – 4 tbsp.
• Butter – 7 gr.
• Cheese – 150 gr.
• Sour cream – 200 gr.
• Dill – 1-2 branches.

Cooking process:

1. Eggplants should be large enough. Cut them into two parts, after washing them with water. Remove the pulp with a regular spoon and sprinkle the eggplants with salt on the inside. After 20 minutes, the bitterness will disappear from the fruit.

2. We do not throw away the pulp extracted from the eggplants, but cut them into cubes. We will fry it with onions, which we will first peel and then finely chop. The process will take no more than 10 minutes.

3. Now add minced meat to the pulp and onions. Fry the workpiece for about seven minutes. Cut the washed tomato into cubes and add to the pan. The ingredients must be mixed and fried for 2 minutes.

4. For the filling we need a couple of cloves of garlic. We clean them, chop them and add them to the filling. Wash and chop the washed greens. Pour it into the filling along with adjika, Italian herbs, salt and pepper. Mix the ingredients. The filling is ready.

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How to cook eggplant boats with chicken and cheese?

Eggplants are considered a seasonal dish, with recipes that would fill a very large cookbook. We suggest you prepare eggplants according to one of these recipes - with chicken fillet, vegetables and cheese. The fillet for the filling must first be cut and then fried with onions.

Cooking time – 2 hours 10 minutes.

Cooking time – 1 hour 30 minutes.

Number of servings – 16.

Ingredients:

• Chicken fillet – 400 gr.
• Eggplant – 8 pcs.
• Tomato – 2 pcs.
• Onion – 1 pc.
• Cheese – 100 gr.
• Garlic – 2 teeth.
• Sour cream – 4 tbsp.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Salt - to taste.
• Vegetable oil – 2 tbsp.

Cooking process:

1. Let's form “boats” from eggplants. To do this, you must first wash all the fruits. Then, after wiping, cut the eggplants into two parts.Now you need to remove the pulp from each part to make boats. The stalk can be removed or left. Cut out the pulp with a knife or scrape it out with a spoon. Sprinkle the “boats” with salt and leave for half an hour.

2. Let's make the eggplant filling. Wash the chicken fillet. After the chicken is dry, cut the fillet into cubes. Remove the peel from the onion and cut into small pieces.

3. Wash the tomatoes. We cut out only the stalk. We leave the skin. Cut the tomatoes into small cubes.

4. Remove the husks from the garlic and squeeze out a couple of cloves using a garlic press. Place sour cream in a separate container and add garlic to it.

5. Now you need to fry the onion and chicken fillet in a frying pan. To do this, first heat the oil and then pour the onion into it. When it softens, add the chicken fillet. Fry until done for 15 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. After mixing the mixture, add chopped tomatoes to it. Stirring constantly, simmer the filling for about 15 minutes.

6. The bitterness has come out of the eggplants. Drain the juice into the sink and wash the eggplants. When they are dry, put the filling in the “boats” and immediately transfer to a baking sheet. Pour sour cream and garlic sauce over the filling.

7. Grind the cheese coarsely on a grater and sprinkle it over the filling. Let's wait until the oven warms up (set the temperature to 180 degrees). Then put the baking sheet in the oven and bake the eggplants for 40 minutes.

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