Easy Baked Eggplant is a perfect golden brown, tender roasted vegetable, lightly flavored, with a mild taste, and fantastic for a side dish.
You don’t have to smother layers of eggplant in cheese like Classic Eggplant Bake or deep fry slices of eggplant like Classic Eggplant Parmesan to enjoy this purple veggie. The mild eggplant flavor shines in this simple oven roasted eggplant recipe.
Sabrina’s Baked Eggplant Recipe
Baked Eggplant is a fantastic way to showcase this tasty, nutritious vegetable in a simple, yet flavorful manner. In addition to being delicious, eggplant is also a healthy option for those seeking to incorporate more vegetables into their diet as a low-calorie, nutrient-dense food packed with vitamins, minerals, and fiber. This recipe can be served as a side dish, appetizer, or main dish in a vegetarian meal. The light herb seasoning makes it the perfect side for Mediterranean meat dishes like Chicken Souvlaki.
Ingredients
- 2 medium eggplant
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic , minced
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
- ¼ teaspoon dried basil
- 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cut the eggplant in half and score into an x shape throughout the cut part about 1/2" deep in the flesh.
- Brush the eggplant with olive oil.
- Top with garlic, kosher salt, black pepper, basil, oregano, and thyme evenly.
- Cook for 25-30 minutes until the flesh is golden brown and the eggplant is tender.
- Garnish with a drizzle of extra olive oil if desired when serving.
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