Baba Ghannouj

Name: Baba Ghannouj
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 eggplant; 2 cloves garlic; 57 grams fresh lemon juice; 1 bunches parsley, leaves only; 4 servings Salt and pepper; 2 Tbsps tahini

Baba Ghannouj is a gluten free, primal, and whole 30 recipe with 4 servings. One portion of this dish contains around 3g of protein, 4g of fat, and a total of 79 calories. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It works well as a very reasonably priced side dish. If you have tahini, garlic, lemon juice, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 40 minutes.

Instructions

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Pierce some holes in the skin of the eggplant (to avoid explosion) and grill over medium-high heat turning every 7 minutes, until the skin is blackened and the body is nice and soft. Total time for grilling is about 30 minutes. If you do not have a grill you can roast your eggplant in a 375 degree F oven for about 30 minutes.

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Eggplant

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Grill

Oven

Remove eggplant from the grill and let cool.

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Eggplant

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Grill

Once the eggplant is cool enough to handle, peel away the skin and discard.

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Eggplant

Place the eggplant flesh in a colander and drain for 10 minutes. In a food processor, combine garlic, lemon juice, tahini and parsley and pulse to combine.

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Lemon Juice

Eggplant

Parsley

Garlic

Tahini

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Food Processor

Colander

Add the eggplant flesh. Season with salt and pepper and pulse to combine. Adjust the flavor with more Tahini or lemon juice if you prefer. If it's bitter, some sugar or honey will help. Research shows that the white variety of plant is sweeter in flavor.

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Salt And Pepper