Easy homemade Eggplant Parmesan 🥘

I thought of eating something healthy the other day, and was browsing through my fridge.
Saw an eggplant and thought .."Hmm, I could make something healthy out of this!"

But my dominant and unhealthy side took over and I ended up making Eggplant Parmesan 😅
Well, good for you guys, you got a nice recipe to try out!

Ingredients :

 1 eggplant 

 2-3 cups of shredded mozzarella cheese (depending on how cheesy you want your dish to be)

 1 cup of shredded Mexican cheese blend

 Marinara sauce (enough to cover the eggplant pieces. I used 3/4th bottle of Ragu Marinara Sauce) 

 Salt
 1/2 cup all purpose flour
 1 egg, beaten
 1 cup breadcrumbs

Servings : 

2-3 servings

Prep time : 

1 hour

Cook time : 

40- 45 minutes

Recipe : 

1. Cut the eggplant into round pieces. The pieces should not be thicker than 1/4 inch.

Spread the pieces on a paper towel, sprinkle with some salt and let them sit for 1 hour.

This lets out all the bitter juices from the eggplant.
2. After 1 hour, remove all the excess water / juices from the eggplant and preheat the oven to 375 ℉.
3. Start breading the pieces, dipping them one by one in flour, egg and then breadcrumbs. Put them on a baking sheet, placed on a baking pan.
4. Once you are done breading all the eggplant pieces, bake them in the oven for 20 minutes at 375℉.
5. Take a baking dish which will fit all of your eggplant pieces.

• Start layering by putting the marinara sauce at the bottom. 
• Add the baked eggplant pieces on top of the sauce.
• Add half of the mozzarella cheese and half of the Mexican cheese blend.
• Add a little bit more sauce on the top.
• Put the remaining eggplant pieces and top off with the remaining mozzarella and Mexican cheese blend. Drizzle a little salt for taste.

6. Bake for 20-25 minutes at 375℉.

7. Your cheesy homemade Eggplant Parmesan is ready. Serve hot 😍

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