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Turkish stuffed eggplants karniyarik garnished with parsley on a white plate.
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Turkish Stuffed Eggplant Recipe Karniyarik

Roasted whole eggplants stuffed with a spicy ground beef mixture.
Yields: 5 servings
PREP 30 minutes
COOK 50 minutes
TOTAL 1 hour 20 minutes

INGREDIENTS
  

For eggplants:

  • 5 pieces eggplants
  • 5 tablespoons olive oil

Filling:

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 small onion finely chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic finely chopped
  • 200 g ground beef
  • ¼ cup green pepper finely chopped
  • ½ cup tomatoes finely chopped
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon black pepper
  • ½ cup parsley finely chopped

Sauce:

  • cups water hot
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste

INSTRUCTIONS
 

Eggplants:

  • Preheat the oven to 200C/400F. 
  • Peel the eggplants lengthwise, leaving some stripes of the skin. Using a knife, make a slit on each eggplant but don’t cut it all. Don’t remove the stems. 
  • Soak the eggplants in salted water for about 15 minutes. Gently squeeze them and pat dry with a paper towel.
  • Place the eggplants on an oven grill or on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Brush the eggplants with olive oil, about 1 tablespoon olive oil for each. Bake them until tender, for 30 minutes. 

Filling:

  • Prepare the filling when you put the eggplants in the oven. Heat olive oil in a pan. Cook onions until translucent. Add in garlic and then ground beef. Stir well and press on the ground beef so that there won’t be any blocks left. 
  • Then cover the pan and let it release its juice first and then absorb most of it. 
  • Now add in chopped peppers and tomatoes. Season with salt and pepper. Let them cook for 5 minutes over low heat.
  • Remove from heat and add in chopped parsley. 

Assemble:

  • Now remove the eggplants from the oven. Make some space for the filling  in each eggplant by pushing the edges of the slit using a spoon. Make a boat shape.
  • Stuff the eggplants with the filling and place them in a baking pan. 
  • Preheat the oven to 200C/400F.
  • Mix water and tomato paste well.
  • Pour it all over the stuffed eggplants. 
  • Bake for 20 minutes.
  • Remove from the oven and garnish with chopped parsley before serving.

NUTRITION

Calories: 280kcalCarbohydrates: 5gProtein: 8gFat: 26gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 17gTrans Fat: 0.4gCholesterol: 27mgSodium: 551mgPotassium: 297mgFiber: 1gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 756IUVitamin C: 19mgCalcium: 29mgIron: 2mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

ADDITIONAL INFO

Course Dinner
Cuisine Turkish
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