How to Cut Eggplant for Any Recipe
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Eggplant is the chameleon of your produce haul. The endlessly versatile, richly hued fruit (yes, eggplant is technically a fruit) makes for a mild, easily cooked base equally at home in a lasagna or grilled kebab. Whether you’re using eggplant as a hearty meat alternative, the base of a baba ghanoush or as the star of your favorite moussaka recipe, it’s a building-block ingredient that supports and enhances the flavors of whatever you’re cooking. The first step to a stellar eggplant dish is, well, learning how to cut eggplant correctly! We have the step-by-step instructions to perfectly prep the produce for all of your recipe needs.
How to Cut Eggplant into Small Rounds
How to Cut Eggplant into Long, Flat Pieces
How to Cut Eggplant into Cubes
Do You Cut the Skin Off Eggplant?
It depends. On most occasions, you do not have to remove the skin from an eggplant. Eggplant skin is edible and can make for a pleasing textural addition to many fried or satuéed dishes. That said, some recipes call for peeled eggplant and some people prefer it without the skin. Check your recipe instructions before peeling eggplant.
Do You Eat the Seeds in an Eggplant?
Eggplant seeds are safe to eat, but vary in flavor. Younger eggplants tend to have fewer, lighter, and more neutral-tasting seeds, while more mature fruits can have darker seeds with a bitter taste. If you’d like to remove the seeds, gently do so by scooping them from your eggplant pieces using a spoon.
