Eggplant and rice fritters are a delicious and versatile dish that can be enjoyed for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Made with a combination of cooked rice, eggplant, spices, and herbs, these fritters are packed with flavor and nutrients. Whether you prefer them crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, or soft and fluffy throughout, there's a perfect recipe out there for everyone. With so many variations to choose from, you're sure to find the perfect eggplant and rice fritter recipe to satisfy your taste buds.
Here are our top 10 tried and tested recipes!
EGGPLANT AND VEGETABLE RICE
I look at this dish as a great way to utilize random vegetables you have in your refrigerator or freezer. In the case of frozen vegetables, you can swap out as needed and use any frozen vegetables you have on hand. It can be made vegetarian and can also be a great side dish instead of an entree.
Provided by Scott Conant
Categories main-dish
Time 40m
Yield 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
- Lightly coat the bottom of a large ovenproof pot with olive oil and heat over medium heat. Add the eggplant and onions, season with salt, cover and cook, stirring or shaking the pot often, until the vegetables are tender, 6 to 7 minutes. If the vegetables stick to the pot, drizzle in more olive oil, as needed to loosen.
- Add the garlic, oregano, smoked paprika and crushed red pepper and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add the rice and frozen vegetables and cook, stirring often, until the rice is lightly toasted, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes until well combined. Stir in the frozen vegetables and season with salt. Ladle in enough stock to cover, then add about another 3/4 inch on top (amount will vary, depending on the size of your pot). Stir just to combine and bring the mixture to a boil. Taste and add more salt, if necessary.
- Cover the pot and bake until all the liquid is absorbed into the rice, 12 to 15 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and fluff the rice using a long fork (such as one used to hold a roast while carving). Be gentle so as not to mush the eggplant.
- Place the pot back in the oven until the vegetables are warmed through, 4 to 5 minutes. Taste and add more salt, if needed. Garnish with chopped basil and drizzle olive oil over the top. Serve immediately.
EGGPLANT FRITTERS
Wonderfully easy, cheap to make, and highly addictive, these eggplant fritters will have your family and friends begging for the recipe!
Provided by Best Cook
Categories Fruits and Vegetables Vegetables Eggplant
Time 40m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Place eggplant slices in a colander and sprinkle lightly with salt. Set aside.
- Combine almond meal, Parmesan cheese, and sesame seeds in a bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Place beaten eggs in another bowl. Gently pat eggplant slices dry and dip first in eggs, shaking off excess, and then into almond meal mixture. Place breaded eggplant on a plate near the cooking area.
- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees F (95 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add eggplant slices to the hot skillet and cook in batches, turning occasionally until golden on both sides, about 5 minutes per batch. Place cooked eggplant on the prepared baking sheet and keep warm in the preheated oven.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 336.4 calories, Carbohydrate 14 g, Cholesterol 104.7 mg, Fat 26.4 g, Fiber 7.2 g, Protein 15.5 g, SaturatedFat 5.2 g, Sodium 302.5 mg, Sugar 3.7 g
EGGPLANT FRITTERS
These crispy fritters are an excellent side dish.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dinner Recipes Dinner Side Dishes
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Cut eggplant in half; place on a rimmed baking sheet. Drizzle with 2 tablespoons olive oil. Place in oven; cook until tender, about 40 minutes. Remove from oven; when cool enough to handle, scoop flesh into a strainer to drain. Transfer drained eggplant to a bowl; add garlic, parsley, bread crumbs, Parmesan, egg, cumin, coriander, salt, and pepper; stir to combine. Form mixture into 2-inch patties.
- Heat canola oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add patties, and cook until golden brown, about 2 minutes per side. Drain on paper towels. Place frisee on serving platter; drizzle with remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Top with fritters.
EGGPLANT AND RICE
Delicious! We are always searching for different rice recipes and this was great! We served it with Carne con Papas (Stew Meat with Diced Potatoes) with the gravy and steamed vegetables. Found it on mealsforyou.com (Recipe not posted yet).
Provided by Manami
Categories Long Grain Rice
Time 45m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Heat oil in a heavy saucepan over medium high heat.
- Sauté onion and garlic 3-4 minutes or until onion is softened.
- Stir in next 4 ingredients (eggplant, tomato, bay leaf & thyme) and mix thoroughly.
- Cover saucepan and simmer 3 minutes.
- Stir in remaining ingredients (rice & chicken stock) and salt and pepper to taste and return to a boil.
- Immediately reduce heat to low.
- Cover and simmer 20-25 minutes or until rice is tender and liquid is absorbed.
- For vegetarian do not use Chicken stock.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 259.2, Fat 5.1, SaturatedFat 0.8, Sodium 9.4, Carbohydrate 48.9, Fiber 5.9, Sugar 5, Protein 5.2
EGGPLANT AND RICE FRITTERS
This is good as a snack or as a side.
Provided by Debora Hotard
Categories Other Snacks
Time 55m
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- 1. Combine eggplant with all ingredients. Mix well. Drop rounded Tablespoons full into 1/2" of hot oil in heavy frying pan. Fry until brown, turn and brown other side. Remove from hot oil, drain on paper towels. Best when eaten warm.
EGGPLANT STIR-FRY OVER RICE
A simple, easy, and healthy mixture of eggplant, zucchini, onion, tomato, and mushrooms tossed together in a frying pan and served over rice.
Provided by Companion
Time 35m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Bring water and rice to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until rice is tender and water has been absorbed, about 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, heat oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Add mushrooms and onion and saute for 3 minutes. Add eggplant, zucchini, and 1/2 teaspoon soy sauce; cook and stir for 5 minutes. Add tomato but do not stir in. Sprinkle in peanuts, cover, and cook for 4 to 5 minutes.
- Put rice onto serving plates and add extra soy sauce if desired. Top with vegetable mixture.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 246.6 calories, Carbohydrate 46.7 g, Fat 4.4 g, Fiber 4.8 g, Protein 5.8 g, SaturatedFat 0.7 g, Sodium 36.4 mg, Sugar 4.7 g
EGGPLANT FRITTERS
Make and share this Eggplant Fritters recipe from Food.com.
Provided by AcadiaTwo
Categories Vegetable
Time 45m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Place shredded eggplant on a paper towel and lightly sprinkle with salt and let sit for 15 minutes.
- Use another paper towel to press down on it to remove excess moisture.
- Saute eggplant for 2-3 minutes in margarine, and allow to cool.
- Place eggplant in a bowl and mix with feta, green onions, dill, parsley, eggs, flour salt & pepper.
- In deep frying pan fill with oil about 1/4" deep.
- Form small patties and fry until golden brown.
- Drain on paper towels.
- Enjoy.
EGGPLANT FRITTERS
Categories Vegetable Appetizer Side Fry Vegetarian Eggplant Winter Pan-Fry Vegan Gourmet Pescatarian Dairy Free Wheat/Gluten-Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free No Sugar Added Kosher
Yield Makes 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Beat together besan, rice flour, and water in a bowl with a handheld electric mixer at high speed 6 minutes. Beat in nigella seeds and salt, then let stand, covered, at room temperature 30 minutes.
- Test batter: Drop a teaspoon of it into a bowl of water. It should float, even though part may be submerged. If it sinks, batter should be beaten more, testing after each minute of mixing. Be careful not to overbeat, because that will produce a honeycomb texture, and then fritters will absorb too much oil.
- Preheat oven to 250°F.
- Cut eggplant lengthwise into 1/8-inch-thick slices, then halve each slice lengthwise, forming roughly 5- by 2-inch slices.
- Heat oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderate heat until hot but not smoking. Dip about 4 eggplant slices in batter, 1 at a time, letting excess drip off, and fry until browned and tender, about 1 minute on each side. (You will have just enough batter for all of eggplant.) Transfer to paper towels to drain. Keep fritters warm in 1 layer on a baking sheet in oven and fry remaining eggplant in batches in same manner.
- Available at Indian markets and Kalustyan's (212-685-3451).
EGGPLANT FRITTERS
You can make eggplant into fritters, seasoned with almost anything you like, but my taste here runs to Parmesan; the combination is magical. Fritters are usually deep-fried, but it isn't necessary in this case. Here they are made into flat, pancake like forms and cooked in far less oil. Like most fried foods, these are best hot; but, as with most fritters, they're acceptable up to a half hour after they've been made (and, though I wouldn't serve them to company this way, they're pretty good cold).
Yield makes about 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Trim and peel the eggplant and cut it into 1-inch cubes. If the eggplants are large, sprinkle them with salt, put them in a colander, and let them sit for at least 30 minutes, preferably 1 hour. Rinse.
- Set a large pot of water to boil. Blanch the eggplant in the boiling water for about 5 minutes or until soft. Drain in a colander, pressing to get rid of as much moisture as possible. Combine in a food processor with the egg, parsley, Parmesan, garlic, and cayenne and process until smooth. Pulse in enough bread crumbs or flour to make a batter that will hold together.
- Put enough oil in a large nonstick skillet to coat the bottom to a depth of about 1/4 inch. Turn the heat to medium-high and wait until the oil is hot; when it's ready, a pinch of flour will sizzle. Drop the batter from a spoon, as you would pancake batter, and cook until nicely browned on both sides. Do not crowd the fritters, and adjust the heat as necessary so they brown without burning. Total cooking time per pancake will be about 6 minutes. Serve hot or warm, with lemon wedges.
- Somewhat easier, if anything. In step 1, grate or shred an equal amount of zucchini; wring in a towel to squeeze out as much moisture as possible (if the zucchini are salted, the resulting pancakes will have slightly better texture, but it isn't imperative). Blanching is not necessary. Combine by hand with the remaining ingredients and cook as directed.
RICE WITH EGGPLANT
Provided by Pierre Franey
Categories easy, quick, side dish
Time 20m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Heat the olive oil in a heavy saucepan. Add the onions, the garlic and the eggplant. Cook briefly, stirring, until wilted.
- Add the rice and stir to blend. Add the bay leaf, the water and the pepper flakes, salt and pepper to taste. Bring to a boil, stirring, cover tightly and simmer for 17 minutes.
- Uncover, remove the bay leaf and stir with a fork to fluff.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 254, UnsaturatedFat 6 grams, Carbohydrate 43 grams, Fat 7 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 4 grams, SaturatedFat 1 gram, Sodium 457 milligrams, Sugar 2 grams
Tips:
- To make sure your fritters are crispy, be sure to use a non-stick skillet and heat it over medium heat before adding the fritter batter.
- If you want your fritters to be extra crispy, you can double-coat them in the breadcrumb mixture.
- Be careful not to overcrowd the skillet when cooking the fritters. This will prevent them from cooking evenly.
- Serve the fritters hot with your favorite dipping sauce. Some popular options include marinara sauce, tzatziki sauce, or ranch dressing.
Conclusion:
Eggplant and rice fritters are a delicious and versatile dish that can be served as an appetizer, main course, or side dish. They are easy to make and can be customized to your own liking. With a little creativity, you can create a variety of different fritter recipes that will please everyone at your table. So next time you are looking for a new and exciting way to cook eggplant, give these fritters a try!
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