Best Garlic Infused Chicken Eggplant And Roasted Red Peppers Stacks Recipes

EASY ONE-PAN EGGPLANT CHICKEN DINNER [VIDEO]

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large sauté pan over medium heat. Add garlic, onion and eggplant and let cook for 5 minutes, stirring often until onions are translucent and eggplant is beginning to soften.
• Add chicken and let cook until no longer pink on the outside, about 5 minutes.
• Add tomatoes and spices and let simmer until chicken is cooked through and the sauce has slightly thickened, about 7-10 minutes.
• Add in fresh spinach, mix and let cook until spinach wilts.
• Garnish with fresh basil and season to taste.

MEDITERRANEAN CHICKEN IN EGGPLANT SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first five ingredients. Add chicken; toss to coat. In a large skillet, brown chicken in oil in batches. Transfer to a 4-qt. slow cooker., Add wine to the skillet, stirring to loosen browned bits from pan. Stir in the eggplant, red peppers, onion, jalapeno, tomato paste, brown sugar and garlic. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes. Cool slightly. Transfer to a blender; cover and process until pureed. Pour over chicken., Cover and cook on low for 5-6 hours or until chicken is tender, adding olives and parsley during the last 30 minutes. Just before serving, sprinkle with feta cheese. Serve with naan.

GARLIC INFUSED CHICKEN, EGGPLANT AND ROASTED RED PEPPERS STACKS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425. Season chicken and eggplant with salt and pepper, set chicken aside.
• In a medium pot and add diced tomatoes, paste, olives, honey, oregano, parsley and salt and pepper to taste. Bring to a boil and let simmer uncovered.
• In a small pot heat oil then fry the garlic slices to a golden color. Remove and set garlic aside.
• Brush eggplant with the garlic infused oil and place on a non stick sheet pan. Bake to brown both sides. About 10 minutes per side. Remove from oven and set aside. Or pan fry to brown both sides.
• Lower oven to 350 degrees.
• Meanwhile In a fry pan heat 2 tablespoons of the garlic infused oil over medium high heat, when hot brown chicken pieces. 1-2 minutes per side. Remove and set aside. Will not be cooked through at this point.
• Add the basil to the sauce.
• Oil a casserole dish with the garlic infused oil and spoon 1 cup sauce into casserole dish.
• Place the chicken slices in casserole dish, top with eggplant rounds, arrange the roasted red peppers over the eggplant top with the cheese. Spoon sauce over the cheese.
• Sprinkle with Parmesan.
• Bake 20 minutes.
• Garnish with the fried garlic.

CHICKEN EGGPLANT STIR-FRY

Steps:

• Sprinkle salt evenly over both sides of eggplant slices; set aside for 5 minutes. Cut eggplant into cubes.
• Cook and stir chicken, garlic, and soy sauce together in a large skillet over medium heat until the chicken is nearly cooked through, 7 to 10 minutes.
• Stir mushrooms and black pepper into the chicken mixture; continue cooking until the mushrooms brown, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Heat canola oil in a separate skillet over medium heat. Cook eggplant in hot canola oil until lightly browned; add to skillet with the chicken.
• Stir spinach through the chicken and eggplant mixture; cook and stir until the spinach wilts, 2 to 3 minutes.

EGGPLANT PARM STACKS

Steps:

• Set aside or prepare the roasted tomatoes.
• Salt the eggplant and drain in colander, 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat a little extra-virgin olive oil, 2 turns of the pan, over medium-high heat. Add the onions, garlic, chile pepper, if using, marjoram, salt, and pepper. Cover the pan with a lid and sweat the onions 10 to 15 minutes, until very soft and sweet. Add the roasted tomatoes and stir, then let the sauce thicken 15 minutes, uncovered over medium heat. Cook's Note: The mixture should be very thick.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• While the sauce cooks make a breading station (3 sections) for the eggplant: flour, beaten egg, and panko bread crumbs mixed with cheese, corn meal, and fennel. Coat the eggplant slices in order and arrange on a plate. Heat a thin layer of frying oil in a large heavy-bottom skillet over medium to medium-high heat and cook the eggplant 3 to 4 minutes on each side. Drain the eggplant on a cooling rack, wipe out the skillet and repeat. Sprinkle the hot eggplant with a little salt. When all of eggplant has been cooked, wipe the pan clean again and heat 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil in the skillet over medium heat, add the garlic and stir 1 minute. Add the greens and wilt them, season with salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Turn off the heat. Build stacks on cooling rack placed over baking sheet: eggplant, chard, tomato-onions, basil leaves, mozzarella, and eggplant. Place in oven 5 minutes to melt the mozzarella. Serve immediately.
• For the tomatoes:
• Heat the oven to 500 degrees F.
• Arrange the tomatoes on a baking sheet or baking sheets in a single layer. Scatter the garlic among the tomatoes, dress with extra-virgin olive oil to coat and season with salt and pepper. Roast the tomatoes until they burst and skins split and begin to char, about 30 minutes. Cool the tomatoes until cool enough to handle and peel. Place the tomatoes in a bowl.