Fruits and Vegetables Recipe | Eggplant Bacon

Sweet 'n smoky bacon eggplant slices baked in crispy little strips. The process is easy... Great to add as a bacon replacement to pretty much everything (BLT, club sandwich, etc). You can break into little pieces and add to a spinach salad, Caesar salad, on baked potatoes, or in soup!

Ingredients

• ¼ cup reduced-sodium soy sauce
• 3 tablespoons barbeque sauce
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 tablespoon maple syrup
• 4 drops liquid smoke
• ½ teaspoon paprika
• ½ teaspoon chili powder
• 1 dash cayenne pepper
• 1 Chinese eggplant, sliced very thinly lengthwise
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar

Cooking Directions

1. Mix soy sauce, barbeque sauce, 1 tablespoon olive oil, maple syrup, liquid smoke, paprika, chili powder, and cayenne pepper in a shallow dish. Add eggplant; turn to coat each slice evenly.
2. Marinate eggplant in the refrigerator, 6 to 12 hours.
3. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
4. Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large skillet over medium-low heat. Cook eggplant slices until browned, about 5 minutes per side.
5. Arrange eggplant slices on a baking sheet; sprinkle brown sugar on top.
6. Roast in the preheated oven, checking frequently, until dark brown, 5 to 8 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

• calories169
• carbohydrateContent23.9 g
• fatContent8.2 g
• fiberContent5.1 g
• proteinContent2.3 g
• saturatedFatContent1.1 g
• sodiumContent671.1 mg
• sugarContent16.2 g