Eggplant and Zucchini Parmesan Bites
Ingredients
- 1 Zucchini's
- ½ Eggplant
- Sea Salt to taste
- ½ cup Parmesan cheese
- 1 cup Panko bread crumbs
- ¼ tsp pepper
- ½ tsp oregano
- ½ tsp Basil
- ½ tsp parsley
- oil for frying
- Marinara Sauce for dipping
Instructions
- Ok, you actually are going to attempt this. Step 1, Print this recipe out, then crumple it up and trash it. Then go back to week 1 and make those Fried Macaroni Cheese balls. I'm still dreaming about them.
- If you want to follow along with our pain, then cut up the veggies into little squares. Sprinkle with Sea Salt. Put a paper towel at the bottom and let them sit their for about 10-15 minutes.
- Get your dredging station ready by whisking two eggs in and bowl, then on a plate or something flat mix the Parmesan, Panko bread crumbs, pepper, oregano, basil, parsley together. Mix well
- The recipe we got said use coconut oil. Use whatever you have. Get that oil hot and up to 375°F.
- Ok, this is the part where you need to pay attention. Do not just grab a bunch of eggplant and zucchini and dump it into the bread crumb mixture. I think you have to do this very carefully. If you put like 6 pieces in the egg and then into the breadcrumbs and move it around it gets all the Parmesan wet and the breadcrumbs start to clump up and nothing sticks to the zucchini. I would try first using a little bit of flour to coat the veggies, then dip into egg, and then try rolling around. It probably won't work...but you wanted to try this.
- After you see the disappointment of nothing sticking, you toss them into the oil anyways. They take about 1-2 minutes to cook. Then, add in some marinara sauce for dipping and become really disappointed when you try it out and realize you just wasted a bunch of time and you should have listened to me.
Notes
The total cost does not include the spices. If you don't have those you probably don't cook much at home. It does include the Panko. Even though I use Panko a lot, maybe some people don't have that readily available in their kitchen. I did not include the oil either. If you go with coconut it's going to add around 4-5 bucks. We just used canola oil.
Wife's Rating : -100
Husbands Rating : 1
If you make this and it turns out amazing please let us know.