Eggplant Mexicano Recipes

EGGPLANT MEXICANO

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. Fry the bacon; remove from pan and reserve. Sauté onion in the bacon drippings. Add the tomatoes, jalapeños, chicken broth, wine, salt, and pepper. Line the bottom of a glass casserole dish with half of the eggplant, spoon half of the tomato mixture over eggplant, then sprinkle with half of the cheese and bacon. Repeat process, ending with the cheese. Bake for 45 minutes, or until the eggplant is done and the cheese is melted and lightly browned. Fun Fact: Henry McCarty (reportedly November 23, 1859-July 14, 1881), better known as Billy the Kid, was a 19th-century American frontier outlaw and gunman who participated in the Lincoln County War. According to legend, he killed over twenty men, but he is generally accepted to have killed four. He was relatively unknown during his own lifetime, but was catapulted into legend the year after his death when his killer, Sheriff Pat Garrett, along with co-author M.A. "Ash" Upson, published a sensationalistic biography titled The Authentic Life of Billy, the Kid. Since then, he has grown into a symbolic figure of the American Old West.

MEXICAN STYLE EGGPLANT

Steps:

• 1. Roll eggplant in egg and flour. Fry in butter or put in oven until tender.
• 2. In a 1 1/2 quart saucepan combine tomato sauce, green onions, chilies, garlic, and cumin, and let simmer 10 minutes.
• 3. Put eggplant on bottom of a 9 by 13 baking dish and spread sauce mix on top.
• 4. Put cheese on top of sauce and bake at 350 degrees until hot and bubbly about 25 minutes.
• 5. Serve with sour cream and garnish with black olives and basil leaves.