{"id":1326,"date":"2012-04-16T08:58:33","date_gmt":"2012-04-16T08:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/?p=1326"},"modified":"2018-01-22T15:08:10","modified_gmt":"2018-01-22T22:08:10","slug":"tossed-eggplant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/tossed-eggplant\/","title":{"rendered":"Tossed Eggplant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prepare this recipe as a side to chicken, pork or beef. Eggplant is a very versatile vegetable.<\/p>\n<p><strong>INGREDIENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 medium eggplants<\/li>\n<li>1 large onion<\/li>\n<li>1 large tomato<\/li>\n<li>EVOO<\/li>\n<li>Oregano<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>STEP BY STEP<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Cut 2 (washed) eggplants into approx 1&#8243; cubes including the skin<\/li>\n<li>Put in large bowl and toss with 1TBL salt<\/li>\n<li>Dump into colander and let drain into sink for 15 minutes<\/li>\n<li>Repeat Steps 2 (yes, with more salt) and 3 about four times total.<\/li>\n<li>After drained, rinse the bowl and fill with tap water<\/li>\n<li>Dump eggplant into the bowl with water and then back into the colander to drain<\/li>\n<li>Repeat Steps 5 and 6 also a total of four times<\/li>\n<li>Note: Steps 2 through 7 will drain much of the moisture from the eggplant<\/li>\n<li>Let eggplant remain in the colander to finish draining<\/li>\n<li>Heat 1 TBL Olive Oil in as large a fry pan as you have<\/li>\n<li>Saute 1 sliced onion (till starts to brown) in the pan<\/li>\n<li>Add eggplant to the pan and continue to saute until eggplant starts to brown<\/li>\n<li>Add some oregano<\/li>\n<li>As eggplant is cooking, dice 1 large tomato<\/li>\n<li>Add tomato into pan near the end of the cooking process<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>NOTES<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The salt will draw the moisture from the eggplant creating meatier eggplant<br \/>\npieces.<\/li>\n<li>Do not add salt to your pan.\u00a0 There is enough residual salt from Step 2.<\/li>\n<li>Serve as a side to chicken<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prepare this recipe as a side to chicken, pork or beef. Eggplant is a very versatile vegetable. INGREDIENTS 2 medium eggplants 1 large onion 1 large tomato EVOO Oregano STEP BY STEP Cut 2 (washed) eggplants into approx 1&#8243; cubes including the skin Put in large bowl and toss with 1TBL salt Dump into colander &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/tossed-eggplant\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tossed Eggplant&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[188,172,171],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-meat-to-eat-other","category-meat-to-eat","category-world-cuisine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1326"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12175,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1326\/revisions\/12175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}