South of the border eggplant
Yield: 4 Servings
Ingredients:
- 4 sl Raw bacon
- 1 md Onion finely chopped
- 1 lb Lean ground beef round
- 1 Clove garlic peeled and -crushed
- 1 md Green pepper finely chopped
- 1 md Eggplant peeled and cut -into 1/2-inch slices
- 1 ts Salt
- 1/8 ts Pepper
- 15 oz Can tomato sauce
- 1/2 c Crumbled feta cheese
- 1 c Seasoned croutons
- 1. In a deep
Instructions:
2-quart heat-resistant non-metallic casserole heat bacon covered with paper toweling 4 minutes or until crisp. Reserve bacon fat. 2. Remove bacon. Set aside. 3. Add beef onion garlic and green pepper to reserved bacon fat. Heat uncovered 6 1/2 minutes or until vegetables are tender and beef is browned. 4. Add eggplant salt pepper tomato sauce feta cheese and reserved bacon. Stir to blend. 5. Heat covered in Microwave Oven 8 minutes or until eggplant is tender. 6. Sprinkle with croutons and heat uncovered an additional 1 minute or until heated through.
