Totally Oven Fried Eggplant
Created by ForeverMama on August 12, 2025
- Servings: 4
- Prep Time: 15m
- Cook Time: 30m
- Recipe #44953
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 cup cereal, whole grain wheat, boxed (such as Total brand)
- 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Black pepper, to taste
- 1 egg
- 1 eggplant
How to Make
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Step 1: Peel eggplant and cut into 1/2-inch slices. Place on paper towels and salt both sides, let it sit to sweat out the bitterness (30 minutes - 1 hour).
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Step 2: Meanwhile, combine cereal, parmesan cheese, salt and pepper in a pie plate, set aside.
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Step 3: Beat egg slightly in a separate pie plate.
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Step 4: Preheat oven to 350-degrees F. Add butter into a 10 x 8 x 2-inch oven-proof baking dish and place it in oven to melt butter, remove plate from oven once butter is melted.
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Step 5: Dip each slice of eggplant into egg and then coat with the cereal mixture. Place in dish with the melted butter. Place in oven and bake for about 30 minutes, until crunchy and cooked through.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (121.8 g)
- Calories 259.2
- Total Fat - 17.4 g
- Saturated Fat - 9.1 g
- Cholesterol - 256.8 mg
- Sodium - 556.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 12.7 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2.2 g
- Sugars - 1.1 g
- Protein - 13.7 g
- Calcium - 171.5 mg
- Iron - 1.7 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.5 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg