Battered Eggplant Slices
Created by KittenCal on May 29, 2012
- Servings: 4
- Prep Time: 30m
- Cook Time: 4-5m
- Recipe #5578
Ingredients
- 1 whole eggplant (large eggplant, trimmed, unpeeled, sliced into 1/2-inch thick slices or a little smaller)
- Olive oil for frying (no substitutes for best flavor)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- COATING
- 8 ounces soda water (bottled, no substitutes!)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
How to Make
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Step 1: First do this: Lightly salt all the eggplant slices then place the slices in a very large colander then set colander in the sik or a large bowl, let sit about 25 minutes. Pour off liquid before dipping in batter. Lightly pat eggplant slices dry using paper towels.
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Step 2: For batter: pour the soda into a bowl, and stir in flour and salt slowly, using a whisk or fork to mix.
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Step 3: Bring oil to high heat. Coat eggplant in the batter, use a fork to place pieces in oil and fry 4-5 minutes (total) until golden on both sides and batter puffs up. Drain on absorbent paper toweling just long enough to remove excess oil. Serve as hot as possible.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (111.4 g)
- Calories 118.9
- Total Fat - 0.3 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.1 g
- Cholesterol - 0 mg
- Sodium - 1166 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 25.1 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.5 g
- Sugars - 0.8 g
- Protein - 3.4 g
- Calcium - 9 mg
- Iron - 0.4 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.5 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg