Beef / Pork

Karniyarik (Turkish Stuffed Eggplants) is for Dinner.

Karniyarik (Turkish Stuffed Eggplants) takes several minutes to prepare.

Karniyarik (Turkish Stuffed Eggplants) takes several minutes to cook.

Karniyarik (Turkish Stuffed Eggplants) makes 1 servings.

The ingredients for Karniyarik (Turkish Stuffed Eggplants) are:

1 lb eggplant, peeled in strips lengthwise, plus some baby eggplants for stuffing
8 oz. lean ground beef
2 onions, cubed
2 Tbsp. dried parsley
1 tomato (for stuffing)
1 tomato (sliced in 1/2 moons for topping)
green banana peppers, as many as the eggplants
ground pepper
2 tsp. salt
2 tbsp. olive oil
1 tbsp olive oil for frying
1 cup hot water

Here is how you make Karniyarik (Turkish Stuffed Eggplants):

Peel eggplants leaving lengthwise stripes and then put them in salty water for 10 minutes. Dry them well and fry them as a whole in deep pot with canola or corn or vegetable oil, whichever your'e comfortable with. (Make sure oil is really hot before you place eggplant in pan otherwise will soak a ton of oil)-Once they're fried, first soak the excessive oil by resting them on a paper towel, and then place egplants on on oven dish.-In a deep dry pan, heat olive oil, add onions and stir for 3-4 minutes.-add ground beef, cooking until meat soaks all the juice it lets out.-add diced tomato, stir until cooked & turn off.-add chopped parsley, salt & pepper then mix well.-with the help of 2 spoons, slit eggplants in two, but leave the tops and bottoms attached.-stuff eggplant with ground meat mixture.-place a slice of half moon shaped tomato and a green pepper on top of each split belly eggplant.-pour 1 cup of hot water on top and bake them in preheated 400 degree F oven until green peppers are nicely baked.Serving Size: 4Number of Servings: 1Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user RHASANI.

The nutritional information for Karniyarik (Turkish Stuffed Eggplants) is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 1
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 3,041.5

• Total Fat: 266.8 g
• Cholesterol: 170.1 mg
• Sodium: 4,889.6 mg
• Total Carbs: 122.9 g
• Dietary Fiber: 46.5 g
• Protein: 60.9 g