Seafood Stuffed Eggplant

Name: Seafood Stuffed Eggplant
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters beer; 0 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 71 grams day-old French bread or other firm white bread; 3 mediums eggplants, each cut in half lengthwise (about 3 pounds); 1 Tbsp chopped fresh basil; 2 teaspoons chopped fresh tarragon; 3 garlic cloves, minced; 59 milliliters finely chopped green onions; 118 milliliters chopped 33%-less-sodium ham; 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 118 milliliters chopped onion; 43 grams tablespoons grated fresh Parmesan cheese, divided; 59 milliliters chopped red bell pepper; 0 teaspoons salt; 227 grams shrimp, peeled, deveined, and coarsely chopped

Seafood Stuffed Eggplant might be just the side dish you are searching for. This recipe makes 6 servings with 222 calories, 17g of protein, and 8g of fat each. This recipe covers 17% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have beer, lemon rind, day-old bread, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 42

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Score cut side of each eggplant half in a crisscross pattern; lightly coat cut sides of eggplant halves with cooking spray.

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Cooking Spray

Eggplant

Place eggplant halves, cut sides down, on a baking sheet.

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Eggplant

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Bake at 425 for 10 minutes. Turn eggplant halves over; bake an additional 10 minutes or until tender.

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Eggplant

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Remove from oven; cool 10 minutes.

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Remove pulp from eggplant, leaving a (1/4-inch-thick) shell.

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Eggplant

Place eggplant shells on baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Chop pulp; set aside.

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Eggplant

Pasta Shells

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Reduce oven temperature to 35

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Heat olive oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.

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Olive Oil

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Add ham, 1/2 cup onion, bell pepper, and garlic; saut 5 minutes.

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Garlic

Onion

Ham

Add reserved eggplant pulp and beer; cook 10 minutes or until most of liquid evaporates, stirring occasionally. Stir in shrimp; cook 1 minute.

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Beer

Remove from heat.

Place bread in a food processor; process until coarse crumbs form.

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Bread

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Add breadcrumbs, 3 tablespoons cheese, green onions, basil, tarragon, rind, salt, and black pepper to eggplant mixture; stir gently to combine. Mound about 1/2 cup shrimp mixture into each eggplant shell.

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Black Pepper