Cheesy Eggplant Rice Casserole Recipes

Steps:

• 1. Salt diced eggplant heavily and cover with water. You may have to use a weight to keep the eggplant submerged. Refrigerate and soak several hours or overnight. Drain and rinse.
• 2. Add butter to skillet and saute onions and peppers until they start to soften, 2-3 minutes. Add garlic and saute 1 minute more.
• 3. Mix together all ingredients in a bowl (reserve 1/2 cup of cheese), add salt and pepper to taste and pour into a 8x12 prepared pan (or 9x13 depending on the size of your eggplant).
• 4. Bake at 350 for 50 minutes. Remove from oven and sprinkle with remaining cheese and bake 5 minutes more. Serve hot.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place the eggplant in a medium microwave safe dish. Cook, stirring once, in the microwave 5 minutes on High, or until tender. Transfer to a 9x9 inch baking dish. Mix in 1/2 cup Cheddar cheese, stuffing mix, garlic, onion, and egg. Season with Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper.
• Bake 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Top with remaining cheese, and continue baking 15 minutes, until cheese is bubbly and lightly browned.

Steps:

• Prepare the Paula's House Seasoning. You'll only use 1 teaspoon of it for this recipe - the rest can be enjoyed with other dishes! Preheat oven to 350°F Peel, slice and boil eggplant for 10-15 minutes until tender; drain. Divide cracker crumbs, cheese and butter in half. Add eggs, milk, House Seasoning and half the crumbs, cheese and butter to the eggplant. Mix well; pour into baking dish. Top with remaining half of the crumbs, cheese and butter. Bake 20-30 minutes.

Steps:

• slice and salt eggplant- let sit for about 20 minutes.
• in the mean time, make 1 cup of rice and saute the onion.
• Put sauce, some rice, and onion in the baking dish. Once eggplant is done, put a layer of eggplant down. Top each eggplant slice with a slice of cheese. Repeat layers- baked uncovered for 20 minutes.

Steps:

• Brown ground beef with salt and pepper and half tsp italian seasoning. Add onion, celery and garlic and cook til soft.
• Stir in rice.*If rice was leftover and a little dry, add a little water or beef broth to refresh. Pour into bowl and set aside.
• Spray pan with cooking spray and add eggplant with a little salt and pepper and remaining italian seasoning. Cook until softened and slightly browned. Add marinara sauce and cook additional 3-5 minutes. Pour over meat and rice mixture and combine.
• Pour casserole into a 9x13 baking pan and top with cheese.
• Bake at 350 until warmed through and cheese is melted and bubbly about 20 minutes.