Air-fried eggplant: three recipes you’ll love

eggplant chips

Ingredients for preparing eggplant chips in a pan deep fryer These are: 2 eggplants, 15 grams of thyme, 1 clove of garlic, half a teaspoon of ground red pepper, extra virgin olive oil (EVOO), 1 egg, wheat flour and salt to taste. Preparation is done in the fryer with 4 minutes of preparation time and 15 minutes of cooking time.

Eggplants are very low-calorie vegetables that are ideal for losing weight. Pixabay

To prepare the eggplant chips, thinly slice the eggplants without peeling them, add salt and ground red pepper. Then, eggs are beaten in a bowl and the eggplants are placed in it so that they are thoroughly wet. Then the chips are coated with wheat flour on a flat plate. After that, put the eggplant chips in the fryer basket and spray with EVOO spray making sure all the chips are wet. Add thyme and minced garlic to it and cook in a deep fryer at 200ºC for 15 minutes.

It is important to shake the fryer basket from time to time during cooking to ensure all eggplant chips cook evenly. The cooking time can be adjusted as desired to achieve a more crispy or golden texture.

eggplant with tuna

To make this dish we will use eggplant, half clove of garlic, half onion and half red pepper, two cans of canned tuna, three tablespoons of fried tomatoes and two tablespoons of olive oil.

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The process of preparing this dish begins by grating the garlic and mixing it with some oil and salt. The eggplant is then cut lengthwise and some cross cuts are made in the meat without actually touching the skin. Then brush the eggplant with the prepared oil and garlic and cook in an air fryer at 180ºC for 15 minutes. After cooking, the meat of the eggplant is removed with a fork or spoon.

In parallel with this, chop the onion and red pepper very finely and cook until soft. Then add the drained tuna, chopped eggplant and tomato sauce, mix it all together and cook for a few minutes to let the flavors meld. Finally, fill the eggplants with this mixture and make them ready.

Eggplant with honey in the Air Fryer

• 1 or 2 eggplants

• Honey

• Fame

• Oil

• Salt

Eggplant can be cooked in many different ways.

1. Slice the eggplants into 1 cm thick slices and soak them in salted water for 10 minutes.

2. Dry thoroughly with absorbent paper after 10 minutes.

3. Cover them with flour. Then pass the sticks through a sieve to remove excess flour.

4. Put the eggplants in the deep fryer, drizzle some oil on them and bake at 180ºC for 15 minutes.

5. When the time is up, remove the eggplants from the fryer and add honey and a pinch of salt to taste.