Chilled Eggplant Appetizer Recipe
Recipe
Ingredients
1 large eggplant
2 green peppers
1 raw onion, diced, to taste
1 lemon juice to taste
1 salad oil to taste
1 salt and pepper to taste
Recipe
Preparation
Bake eggplant and green peppers in a 350 deg. oven for 1 hour. Turn
after 1/2 hour; let cool. Peel eggplant; if it is watery, squeeze and
drain on paper towels.
Skin and seed the green peppers. Chop eggplant and peppers, then
combine.*
When you are ready to serve, add diced raw onion, lemon juice, salad
oil, salt and pepper, all to taste.
Chill and eat cold as an appetizer.
*This recipe freezes well. Freeze in the summer when eggplant is
plentiful and defrost later and add remaining ingredients.
From DEEANNE's recipe files
Servings:
10
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