Note: I accidentally deleted 6 months of the blog so this is a repost. All comments on the original posts were unfortunately lost. Sorry!
Yeah. I'll admit it. This one is a little out there. But there was this Facebook video and I was all Oooo....maybe? lol
And so eggplant 'bacon' was had.
And it really wasn't that bad! I'll make it again. Noms!
There's not much to this one. Grab a nice eggplant and then some seasoning. Olive oil, soy sauce, paprika, maple syrup, a little salt and pepper.
It originally called for smoked paprika and liquid smoke but I don't care for a smoke flavor so I skipped those.
Slice up the eggplant in strips then brush each side with the sauce.
And bake at 300 for... a long ass time.
The recipe called for 45 minutes in the oven but I ended up just over an hour for mine.
Then plate and serve!
Yall. I liked it! It wasn't bacon but it was a pretty good substitute and a fun way to use up some eggplant. I'd totally do this for a picnic or summer outing. I might do the seasoning a little different next time--thinking brushing the eggplant mid-cook to increase the flavor or even letting the eggplant strips marinate for a bit first-- and cut the slices a bit thicker but other than that...it's a keeper!
Ingredients:
Directions:
- 1 eggplant
- 2T extra virgin olive oil
- 2T soy sauce
- 1t maple syrup
- 1/2t smoked paprika
- 1/2t liquid smoke
- pepper/salt
- Heat oven to 300
- Cut eggplant into thin strips
- Whisk together olive oil, soy sauce, maple syrup, paprika and liquid smoke
- Brush each slice of eggplant and place on parchment lined baking sheet
- Bake 45-50 minutes until beginning to crisp.
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