Eggplant and Beef Creole

Name: Eggplant and Beef Creole
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: creole
Ingredients: 1 pound eggplant; Nonstick cooking spray; 12 ounces whole onion or 11 ounces chopped, ready-cut onion (2 1/4 to 2 1/2 cups); 1 teaspoon olive oil; 2 large cloves garlic; 8 ounces extra-lean ground beef; 8 ounces whole yellow or red bell pepper or 7 ounces chopped, ready-cut pepper (1 1/2 cups); 3 cups canned plum tomatoes, drained; 1/4 cup dry red wine; 2 sprigs fresh oregano to yield 1 tablespoon chopped; 1/8 teaspoon hot red pepper flakes or more to taste; 1/8 teaspoon salt; Freshly ground black pepper to taste

By Marian Burros

Total Time: 30 minutes
Rating: 4(25)
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Ingredients

Yield:2 servings

1pound eggplant
Nonstick cooking spray
12ounces whole onion or 11 ounces chopped, ready-cut onion (2¼ to 2½ cups)
1teaspoon olive oil
2large cloves garlic
8ounces extra-lean ground beef
8ounces whole yellow or red bell pepper or 7 ounces chopped, ready-cut pepper (1½ cups)
3cups canned plum tomatoes, drained
¼cup dry red wine
2sprigs fresh oregano to yield 1 tablespoon chopped
⅛teaspoon hot red pepper flakes or more to taste
⅛teaspoon salt
Freshly ground black pepper to taste

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Preparation

Step 1
Turn on the broiler and cover broiler rack with aluminum foil. Wash and trim eggplant, but do not peel. Slice off both ends. Cut remaining eggplant into ¼-inch thick slices and spray lightly with pan spray. Arrange in pan, and broil 2 to 3 inches from heat source, about 5 to 7 minutes.
Step 2
Chop whole onion. Heat nonstick pan large enough to hold all the ingredients until it is very hot. Spray pan and add 1 teaspoon oil; reduce heat to medium high and saute onions until they begin to soften and turn golden.
Step 3
Mince and add garlic. After 30 seconds, push the onions and garlic to one side. Add ground beef, breaking it into small pieces. Stir and brown.
Step 4
Turn eggplant, spray with pan spray and continue broiling to brown on second side.
Step 5
Wash, dry, trim, seed and chop pepper. When beef is brown, stir in the peppers and the onion mixture.
Step 6
Drain the tomatoes, and squeeze them in hands to crush. Add to pan along with the wine.
Step 7
Remove the eggplant.
Step 8
Wash and dry the oregano and chop; stir in with the hot pepper flakes.
Step 9
Cut up the eggplant and stir into the pan, seasoning with salt and pepper.