Eggplant Pomodoro

[thirteenblackbirds]

so quick and so delicious.  one of the best, and definitely the simplest, eggplant recipes I have tried. I make this often and usually just use a jar of spaghetti sauce because I'm lazy like that. 

[prettyin_punk]

this was AMAZING!!!!!!!!! i'm not a huge eggplant fan but this made me into one. i used one extremely tiny eggplant and made a homemade sauce of cherry tomatoes, basil, and garlic. thank you so much for this wonderful recipe! 

[sirdoug2002]

I just made this recipe. I added hemp hearts to the breadcrumbs. I have made and experimented with other eggplant pomodoro recipes before and found this one the easiest yet. I did not make the sauce, but I am using a homemade tomato sauce I already have.

[sarahanne4animals]

YES, this was so amazingly delicious! It made four generous servings (served over angel hair) and it was an impressive looking & tasting dish. A few things I'm planning on doing the next time I make it: Use 5-8 roma tomatoes for more sauce, shred up the basil leaves so it's less tough/chewy, add a dash of balsamic to the sauce. I used a mayo recipe from the book "Instead of Chicken, Instead of Turkey" and it came out too watery, so I added a box of silken tofu, and that was just right. Can anyone suggest another vegan mayo recipe?

if you can find veganiase thats an awesome brand, but if you make your own, use a food processor, thats all i know

[tofuisgood]

This recipe was awesome!!  My whole family loved it.  I never thought I would get my husband to eat nayonaise, but he did...and he liked it!   

[Lenorre]

YUMMY!! but there's a sad story to go along with this: I was cooking my eggplant in the kitchen at about 11:30pm (I'm a student, I sleep, eat and read at the weirdest hours, I know). So anyway, I'm cleaning up as the eggplant is baking away and then all the sudden BEEEEEEP!!!! BEEEEEP!!!! BEEEEEP!!!! BEEEEEP!!! the smoke alarm went off!! There was no smoke and I didn't know what to do and I was home alone so I ran downstairs to my neighbor's (I live in a converted house) and I was all panic-y and was all "What do I do?!?!?!" and she told me to wave something something over it until it stopped. But ya know what? She was SO rude to me about it (the way she said it and she slammed the door in my face) that I cried  I was so scared and it was so loud and it took me like 10 minutes of waving to get it to stop. I was so upset. And it wasn't like she was in bed or anything, she was fully clothed and her hair was even done up. Gah, what a not so fun experience. Sorry, I just wanted to share. The eegplant is spectacular though!! 

[pearl_combs]

Gosh this was darn delicious!  I baked them 20 minutes on one side, flipped them to the other side, and baked them 20 minutes again.  They came out crispy and delicious.  The mustard taste is really complex and warm and I ended up not even making the tomato topping--I just put the baked eggplant slices on some bread to make a sandwich with some ketchup and olives.  This is a great way to eat them if you don't have the tomato topping ingredients handy, or if you have leftover eggplants.   

[nmpixie]

It was very easy to make--my toddler helped. She ate two pieces, although my husband won't because it tastes like, well, eggplant. I thought it was great, but better without the tomato stuff.

[animal_g]

So very delicious. I followed the recipe exact... I used panko breadcrumbs with some Italian spices thrown in as someone suggested.
I made the sauce but next time I will double it because I ran out of it before I ran out of eggplant.Still it was scrumptious by itself.
This is my favorite dish I've ever eaten that contains eggplant!
thank you

[karla_marx]

I was skeptical of the veganaise / dijon combo with this dish, but it was amazing! This is the best breaded eggplant I've had in a while, maybe ever! I haven't even tried it with the pomodoro sauce yet, but alone this was amazing.

I used Panko and added spices to it, and baked it 20 minutes on one side and 10 minutes on the other, and now it is melting in my mouth.

Guess I should go try it with the sauce...

Excellent idea and recipe!

[NoIllusions]

My bf loved it and he realy doesn't like eggplant. Def. will make again.

[aifos]

awesome! 

[bulletshapedkiss]

oh man! i made this last night and it was sooo good!  i served the eggplant over angel hair pasta with sauteed garlic, parsley, red pepper flake, chopped tomatoes, sliced black olives, and artichoke hearts and then i topped it all with a little marinara. talk about yum! will be making it again!

[propinecone]

this was awesome.  i used regular breadcrumbs and added some italian seasoning.  i flipped them over halfway thru and the texture was perfectly crunchy on the outside and melt in your mouth on the inside.  (btw - i didnt bother letting them drain at all) I think next time i may try using the tofu sour cream recipe on this side instead of the mayo to reduce the oil content.

i know ill crave this, and im totally not really even an eggplant person.  Thank you!

[beverly_wretched]

This was really good. My oldest son didn't like it on top of noodles with marinara, but the next day I made him a sandwich with the leftovers, and he loved it. My youngest son who doesn't like anything but cereal, scarfed it down.