Baked Eggplant Sticks

Ingredients

• Eggplant

  Cooked, boiled, drained, with salt

  10 oz or 284g

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  1 tsp or 5g

• Salt

  Table

  ½ tsp or 3g

• Bread crumbs

  Dry, grated, plain

  ½ cup or 54g

• Parmesan cheese

  Grated

  2 tbsp or 10g

• Egg white

  Raw, fresh eggs

  1 large or 33g

• Oil

  Submarine Sandwich - Wegmans

  1g

• Marinara

  Carmine's

  ½ cup or 123g

Directions

1. Oven Directions:
2. Preheat the oven to 450F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and lightly spray with oil.
3. Place eggplant strips in a bowl and season with olive oil, salt and pepper. Set aside.
4. Combine breadcrumbs and parmesan cheese in a bowl, and egg whites in another.
5. Dip a few strips of eggplant at a time into the egg whites, then into the breadcrumbs. Using a fork, remove eggplant from crumbs and place on the baking sheets. Spray with more oil and bake 10 minutes in the middle rack.
6. Turn over and bake an additional 5 minutes, or until golden. Serve hot.
7. Air Fryer Directions:
8. Cook in batches, putting the sticks in the basket in an even layer, careful not to overcrowd it. Spritz with olive oil spray. Air Fry at 350F for 10 minutes, turning halfway.
9. Recipe by: Gina (source: https://www.skinnytaste.com/baked-eggplant-sticks/)