Always delicious and moist, this slow cooker pot roast. It is prepared with potatoes, carrots, onions, and celery.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 30 mins |
| Servings: | 2 |
| Yield: | 2 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 medium eggplant, halved lengthwise
- 4 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 1 pinch kosher salt, divided
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper, divided
- 1 cup marinara sauce
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 teaspoon chopped fresh basil
Instructions
- Score eggplant all the way through the flesh lengthwise, being careful not to cut through the skin. Score again widthwise to create cubes. Gently turn the eggplant inside out. Repeat with second half. If eggplant breaks, manipulate the outer edges to stand up or use a long skewer to hold it open.
- Drizzle both halves with 2 tablespoons oil, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Place in an air fryer basket.
- Air-fry at 390 to 400 degrees F for 10 minutes.
- Open the air fryer and top each eggplant with marinara sauce, mozzarella cheese, and Parmesan cheese, trying to fill each groove. Air-fry 5 minutes longer.
- Serve immediately sprinkled with fresh basil.
- Great served with a spicy jarred marinara like arrabiata sauce.
- Add ground beef or chicken if desired!
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 580 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 35 g |
| Cholesterol | 43 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 13 g |
| Protein | 21 g |
| Saturated Fat | 11 g |
| Sodium | 1145 mg |
| Sugars | 18 g |
| Fat | 41 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I loved the idea of air frying eggplant halves with minimum prep! I followed the recipe exactly. But my eggplant halves broke in the middle when I tried to flip them inside out. Also, the flesh of the eggplant didn’t get soft enough for me after 10 minutes in the air fryer, and even adding few more minutes didn’t get them as soft as I like my eggplant. Air frying them longer would just make the eggplant charred! I might try this recipe with smaller eggplants next time.
Absolutely delicious! I made it exactly like the recipe says. My favorite eggplant recipe.
It’s excellent, just that I would give it 5 more minutes in the air fryer to soften it up a bit more.
We veganized ours by using aquafaba instead of oil, nutritional yeast for the cheese and crumbled some meatless meatballs with our homemade marinara. So delicious. Adding this to our eggplant repertoire. Thanks for the inspiration!