Recipe: Eggplant with Ground Beef

Recipes using Tabasco Sauce

• 2 small to medium eggplants, cut in half lengthwise
• 2 tbsp salad oil
• 1 pound lean ground beef
• 1 clove garlic, chopped or crushed
• 1 pound can seasoned stewed tomatoes
• 1 tsp sea salt
• 1/2 tsp Tabasco pepper sauce
• 1 cup cooked rice
• 1/2 cup grated Cheddar cheese

1. Simmer eggplant in water for 10 to 15 minutes. Remove and cool.
2. Scoop out pulp leaving a 1/4 to 1/2" shell. Cut up the pulp.
3. Heat canola oil in skillet. Add meat and garlic; brown, breaking up with a fork.
4. Add tomatoes, salt, and Tabasco. Remove from heat.
5. Blend in rice and eggplant pulp. Spoon meat-eggplant mixture into prepared eggplant shells.
6. Place in a shallow baking pan.
7. Any remaining mixture may be baked in individual casseroles.
8. Sprinkle cheese over stuffed eggplant.
9. Bake in 375° F. oven about 25 minutes until hot.