Hello meatless Monday!
How was your weekend? I hope you did have a wonderful cinco de mayo celebration filled with tasty dishes and endless margaritas, like this wonderful passion fruit Margarita.
Today I bring you a wonderful eggplant recipe, from my country, Berenjenas guisadas or stewed eggplants, so you can take on meatless Monday like a champ. This dish is full of flavor and you won’t even notice there’s no meat in your table.
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil
- 6 small eggplants or 3 large eggplants
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 pound tomatoes diced (2 cans of diced tomatoes)
- 1 pepper
- 2 teaspoons vinegar
- 1 large onion diced
- 3 garlic cloves mashed
- ¼ cup parsley chopped
- ¼ cup cilantro chopped
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1/2 cup of water
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Put the eggplants directly on the fire on your stove. When the side on the fire has blackened turn, and repeat until the whole eggplant has turned black.
- Immediately put all the eggplants in a large bowl and cover with plastic wrap and let cool down, about 15 minutes. Using a spoon, remove all the pulp and discard the peel. Mash the eggplant flesh with a fork and reserve.
- In a skillet or pan heat the oil and cook the onions, peppers and garlic until they turn soft, about 7 minutes or so. Add tomatoes and tomatoes paste. Let the tomatoes simmer for 5 minutes then add the eggplants, cilantro, bay leaves and parsley. Taste and rectify seasoning.
- Here in the DR we serve this eggplants with white rice and tostones. Enjoy
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Here in the DR we serve this eggplants with white rice and tostones. Enjoy
18 thoughts on “Berenjenas guisadas (Stewed eggplants)”
We didn’t go out, but we did have a nice Cinco de Mayo in.. and yes, I drank too many margaritas! 🙂 I love eggplant, but I’ve somehow never had stewed eggplant! Crazy right?! Clearly I need to get on this. Pronto! Cheers!
I am with ya on the margaritas!! you should have them, easy to make, hearty and full of different flavors. Cheers girl!
This is my kind of meal Gaila! Sounds so flavorful and delicious! Pinned!
Hey Mary Ann!! thank you ?????
Gaila, I love eggplant – in Sri Lanka we have an eggplant curry – sometimes eggplant is fried and then curried and sometimes it is curried straight up – and , from it’s consistency to taste – it’s hard not to have seconds – and looking at your Berenjenas guisadas or stewed eggplants,Im thinking I’d have a hard time saying no to seconds too!
Shashi! well this is such a hearty dish you will ask for seconds no doubt about that!! ☺☺☺
We did indeed have a good Cinco de Mayo…such a great way to welcome in the warmer months! So I’ve become a bigger fan of eggplant in recent years. It really does take on the flavor of what it’s cooked with quite well. And this entire dish sounds amazing! It looks like the ultimate comfort food, and I definitely need to put this one on our dinner menu sometime soon. 🙂
David! I agree with you, eggplants do take on the flavor of what it’s cooked with and this my friend are smoky and full of flavor! yay for warmer months! ????
How amazing does this sound? So good! My Cinco de Mayo was uneventful. . .is that a good thing or a bad thing? I’m not sure :). Have a great weekend!
Thank you Kelsie for stopping by!
I do love eggplant, and there’s a secret – I don’t need any meat at all! Love this simple yet hearty and delicious meal, Gaila!
Ben! yes you don’t need meat at all for this recipe! yay!
I remember when I was younger, my mom made berenjenas guisadas but myself and my brother never touched it. However, as an adult, I am coo coo for this dish. Thanks for sharing.
Looks so flavorful and delicious!
I am making this now. When do I use the vinegar?
Hello Brianna! when you put all the ingredients in, it gives it a little kick. Thanks for stopping by!
I personally don’t eat eggplant and hadn’t make it EVER!
Followed this recipe WITHOUT tasting it… before serving asked my husband to taste it for me, he said it was delicious. When we had dinner, he had seconds and said I should make it more often!!!
Hello Ninoska!
I am so glad you liked it!! Thank you so much for your kind words.
Regards, Gaila