Eggplant meatballs. Better than any eggplant recipes I get in a restaurant! There's a restaurant in my neighborhood that recently closed down and the eggplant meatballs are the one item on the menu I'll miss the most. These hearty, delicious eggplant morsels can be used as a replacement for meatballs, or they can be fried into patties and eaten like burgers.

Today I want to share with you a simple and delicious Eggplant Meatball recipe. Eggplant meatballs satisfy the taste buds of meat-lovers and vegetarians alike. Its sweet aroma will increase your appetite. You can cook Eggplant meatballs using 6 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Eggplant meatballs

1. It's 1 1/2 lbs of eggplant.
2. You need 1 1/2 cup of Italian bread crumbs.
3. You need 2 oz of parmesan grated.
4. You need 1 of egg beaten.
5. You need 2 of tblsp fresh basil diced.
6. It's 1 of tblsp fresh oregano diced.

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Eggplant meatballs step by step

1. Pre heat 425°. Cut your eggplant into 1 inch squares..
2. Heat oil in a large saute pan. Add eggplant. Add 1/4cup water and salt pepper to taste..
3. Saute till tender, 10 -12 minutes..
4. Add eggplant to a food processor. Pulse until chopped fine...
5. In a large bowl, add bread crumbs,cheese, egg, eggplant, basil, oregano.
6. Make your meatballs and place on a greased baking sheet. Bake 15 minutes, flip, then bake another 10 minutes..
7. Add your meatballs into some sauce and simmer for 5 minutes. Serve over pasta enjoy..
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I love growing eggplant in my vegetable garden, and even though it can be a temperamental plant to grow, once it's established it. Mix everything but the breadcrumbs when eggplant is cool. Then add breadcrumbs and mix until you get the consistency you want to form. These vegetarian eggplant meatballs were one of those recipes. Roasted eggplant and sautéed mushrooms give these "meatballs" from Nikki Dinki's Meat on the Side: Delicious Vegetable-Focused Recipes for Every Day plenty of heft.