Baked Eggplant chips

This week’s Vindicate the Vegetable is eggplant. I’ve never actually bought eggplant or cooked with it before. I found quite a few recipes that sounded good (including my mother-in-law’s eggplant-Parmesan) but decided on these baked chips. I bought two baby eggplant instead of one big one.
My mother-in-law said to pick an eggplant that was long and skinny instead of fat. She said the fat ones have more seeds and the skinny ones are more “meaty” These chips went great with our turkey meatball subs and were very easy to make. We’ll definitely make these again!
Eggplant Chips – adapted from The Foodie Fashionista (originally from Cooking Light)
1 medium zucchini – I used 2 baby eggplant
1 Tbsp Kraft Free Italian Salad Dressing
1/8 cup seasoned bread crumbs
1/2 Tbsp grated Parmesan cheese

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Slice zucchini (eggplant) into 1/4″ slices. Toss in bowl with Italian dressing.

Mix breadcrumbs and cheese in a bowl and dredge coated zucchini slices through mixture. Spray a baking sheet with non-stick cooking spray and lay zucchini (eggplant) flat.

Bake for 20 minutes, flipping chips once halfway through. After 20 minutes, remove baking sheet from oven and turn broiler on high. Broil on each side for 2-3 minutes. Serve with a side of marinara sauce for dipping.

Yields 2 servings.

Note: Definitely be sure to keep the slices at least 1/4″ thick.

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4 Responses to “Turkey Chili”

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    The Methods Guy — June 3, 2009 at 1:26 am

    Pretty cool recipe – I usually end up spritzing the ground turkey with Worcestershire Sauce when it’s browning – helps make it taste a little more beefy 🙂

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    Joelen — June 3, 2009 at 4:40 am

    I’m a sucker for chili all throughout the year and I especially like that this is made with ground turkey for something healthier!

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    cjmills — June 5, 2009 at 5:17 am

    I tried this tonight and it was WONDERFUL! Thanks for posting it 🙂

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    JimmyDahGeek — November 21, 2010 at 5:09 pm

    I make chili a lot but instead of ground beef or ground turkey I use venison and cut it into small pieces.

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