This Roasted Eggplant and Bell Pepper Salad makes a great side dish or an appetizer. Perfect for parties, just add a bowl of tortilla chips next to it. You can also serve this hot with your grilled chicken or fish. Either way – it’s Delicious!
I prefer to start many of my recipes by sautéing or frying in the pan first.
It creates a crust and gives extra flavor to the food, in my opinion.
It also cuts down on the baking time.
To make this Beautiful stacked shape you will need to buy a Food Rings Mold, sold at your local stores or Amazon.
Enjoy!
Roasted Eggplant and Bell Pepper Salad
This Roasted Eggplant and Bell Pepper Salad makes a great side dish or an appetizer. Perfect for parties, just add a bowl of tortilla chips next to it. You can also serve this hot with your grilled chicken or fish. Either way - it's Delicious!
Ingredients
- 1 Large Eggplant
- 1 Medium Onion
- 1 Large Orange Bell Pepper
- 1 Large Red Bell Pepper
- 1 Large Tomato
- 3 Garlic cloves, minced
- 2 Tbsp. Parsley or Dill, minced
- 3 Tbsp. Olive oil
- 2 Tbsp. Apple Cider Vinegar or Wine Vinegar
- 1 Tbsp. Za'atar (optional)
- salt/pepper to taste
Instructions
- In the large skillet, add a tablespoon of Olive oil and sauté sliced onion for a couple of minutes on Med-High until browned. Remove to a plate.
- Add more Olive oil to a skillet. Cut the Eggplant and Bell peppers into chunks. Add to a skillet and sauté until starting to soften for about 5 minutes.
- Add sliced tomato, minced garlic cloves, dill, and salt/pepper, cook for another 2-3 minutes.
- Add sautéed onion and mix together.
- Adjust the flavors.
- Transfer to a baking pan.
- Roast in the preheated at 350F oven for 30 min. Let it cool.
- Add vinegar and mix well.
- You can make this salad a day ahead since the flavor is even better the next day.
- Garnish with dill or parsley (I've used Onion Sprouts this time).
Notes
You can substitute parsley for cilantro, if you like.
I made it for Easter and everyone liked it! Thank you for such a great recipe! I have a question, do you know what is the best way to cook rabbit? I used slow cooker before but looking for other recipes. Thanks again!
Happy to hear, Jessica! Unfortunately I can’t help you with a rabbit recipe. I know in Russia, my parents would make it on occasion in sour cream sauce (if I remember correctly), but here rabbit meat is hard to find and very pricey that I never tried. I’m sure you can Google a recipe!
How big the chunks of peppers and onion should be?Thank you
Jessica, it doesn’t really matter since they soften anyway, but if you want a nice presentation like I have done, try to make more even shape, about 1/2 inch cubes.