Re: [CH] Recipe Search: Eggplant Chili
Inagaddadavida, Baby (raelsixfour@home.com)
Sun, 12 Aug 2001 19:04:02 -0600
>The most bountiful vegetable in our summer garden is eggplant. My wife
>has found many Italian and Greek recipes that use eggplant but nothing
>Tex-Mex. Does anyone have a eggplant chili or eggplant Tex-Mex recipe
>they care to share?
deepfried eggplant is deeeee-lish assuming one ain't afraid of fried
foods, and the process is fairly simple too. In a nutshell:
*flour for dredging
*milk/egg wash (1 egg to 1/2 cup milk)
*breadcrumbs, seasoned with your favorite "tex-mex"/cajun seasoning,
or whatever...i've a tried and true "recipe" from Paul Prudhomme if
desired.
Follow your basic breading proceedure and go, mon, go...
I also think eggplant would be good added into a basic chili recipe
or other stew-like dishes as it tends to cook down but adds flavor.
For example, tonight for dinner into a pot I threw some white beans,
a cooked hamburger, some leftover marinara, water, basil, oregano, a
bit of grnd cumin, thought about sage but desided against it, some
sea salt, and some ground chile; let it all cook on a low simmer for
about 1 hour (maybe). What was it? White bean ragu' ? White bean
chili? Beats me, but it was *damn* tasty...
...and to get back to the Point of Eggplant (PE):
some roasted eggplant would have added a very interesting (good)
dimension to the dish, methinks. Roasted eggplant (entire eggplant
into a very very hot oven, e.g. 500 degrees F, until soft to the
grasp...they will burn tho!) is quite good mixed into other things.
Has a unique favor, i think.
Anywho...suggestions you desired.
Peace, Hendrix, and Chiles.......
Rael64