Spicy Garlic Oven Roasted Eggplant Slices Recipe
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These spicy garlic eggplant slices are so delicious! Oven roasted to perfection, each bite is bursting with flavor!
If I’m eating an eggplant, it just has to be a garlic eggplant! Eggplant without garlic is just not the right eggplant in my book :)
This incredible eggplant is not just a garlic eggplant, it’s a SPICY garlic eggplant – mmmmmm! It’s so hearty, so filling, so yummy, so garlicky, so spicy, you’ll just keep reaching for more and more and more!
One amazing thing about eggplant is how filling it is. It’s like a vegan meat :) Even though eggplant is pretty light in calories, it just gives you this “stuffed” feeling. If you have this spicy garlic eggplant with a bowl of rice, it would feel like a complete meal! Of course, you can serve it as a vegetable side dish too or as an appetizer – this eggplant dish is so versatile!
How To Make Spicy Garlic Roasted Eggplant
Making this roasted eggplant is super easy – the oven does all the work! You don’t even need to peel the eggplant – the peel is completely edible and it gets soft when the eggplant is roasted. All you need to do is slice the eggplants into rounds, brush with olive oil, sprinkle with garlic powder and spices, and bake in the oven until soft and browned. That’s it! Perfect for lazy cooks!
You can serve this spicy garlic eggplant either hot or cold – it’s delicious either way. Personally, I prefer to eat it cold, straight from the refrigerator. It is actually a great make-ahead dish – this eggplant will stay delicious for several days in a refrigerator, and you don’t even need to reheat it. Yum! For another awesome eggplant recipe, check out my roasted eggplant salad.
Roasted Spicy Garlic Eggplant Slices
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Ingredients
- 1 eggplant
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp red pepper
- 1 tsp sweet paprika optional
- 1/2 tsp Italian seasoning
- 1 tsp salt
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Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425F.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Slice the eggplant into rounds.
- Put eggplant slices on a baking sheet in a single layer.
- Brush the eggplant slices with olive oil on both sides.
- Sprinkle the eggplant slices with garlic powder, red pepper, sweet paprika and Italian seasoning.
- Put eggplant in the oven and bake for 25 minutes.
- Remove eggplant from the oven and sprinkle with salt.
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These slices of goodness look SO good and yes – eggplant and garlic are the perfect match! This would be a great complement to our Memorial Day BBQ and quite different from the usual stuff. Thanks! Pinned!
We do them on the grill all the time.
Hi! These look so good but I’m wondering what a good dipping sauce could be for these as a fun additive? Any suggestion?
Tzatziki sauce (cucumber-yogurt sauce) goes great with this eggplant!
I just made this to go with my dinner tonight. I followed your instructions but I didn’t add red pepper (didn’t want heat) and….it was amazing! Thank you so much for posting your yummy recipe! I want to buy another eggplant so I can eat it again!
I actually followed this recipe as written and it was delicious. My husband and I ate the entire eggplant. Can’t wait to have another. Thank you
I literally eat this once a week =) My boyfriend even loves it. Keeps him away from meat!!
I tried this today. Simply delicious I love eggplant. Made 2 batches. Will make again Thank you
What would be a good substitute for olive oil? Also could I use cayenne Pepper instead of red?
You can use any other oil such as canola, corn, etc. You can also use any kind of pepper including cayenne.
Has anyone tried this in the air fryer? I’m wondering how long and what temp?
Wow. My eggplant always ends up bitter, and I had serious doubts as this went into the oven. WOW! This was sooooo good! I added an extra tablespoon of olive oil because my eggplant was big but used the same spice combination. You can taste the oil in the eggplant so definitively try to use a good tasting oil! I am definitely putting this in my regular rotation.
This was really good! I didn’t have crushed red pepper so I used a lot of Penzeys California pepper, and added the salt at serving time so I only needed to use a pinch or two (had to cut the salt for a reduced sodium diet). It was still very good!
I use Penzey’s spices but haven’t tried their California pepper with this dish. I loved the eggplant and ate half of it in one setting. Thanks for the tip.
Thinking of trying this with zucchini……
I just made this for breakfast Lol
Super easy, SUPER yummy, and I didnt even use salt after baking! Guilt free delicious food in a hurry- sign me up!!! Thank you for this awesome recipe:)
Hi, This recipe is great, saves tons of time from the usual fry method. I have made it twice with my garden egg plant and turned it into egg plant Parm. Made layers of sauce sprinkled with capers and topped it with mozzarella cheese baked for twenty minutes. Delicious thanks for the recipe.
Made these and we ate the whole eggplant. No sauce needed they are awesome! 5 stars!
Made this tonight. We loved it! Simple recipe. A nice change from the everyday vegetable! Thanks!
Melanie, I appreciate recipes that are simple to prepare. This eggplant recipe is spicy, delicious, and so healthy. Thank you for sharing it.
What a fantastic recipe!
What a fantastic recipe!
This is the eggplant recipe I’ve been looking for!
I’m not a big eggplant fan, but this recipe might change my mind
I didn’t have all the seasonings you said to use, but I did my best. Besides rubbing the EVO on each side, I topped them with: 1 tsp. Hungarian paprika, 1 tsp. McCormick garlic and herbs, 1/2 tsp my “special-ordered, very hot” habanero pepper flakes, 1/2 tsp. Italian seasoning.
They came out perfect for us; pretty spicy. My husband loved his dipped in Hidden Valley “jalapeno ranch” dressing. I loved them as they were. My husband asked me to make a bigger batch next time and said he wants them often. Thank you for this very healthy and yummy recipe! I’ll be making it a lot!