Eggplant roll-ups with chicken and tomato butter
This tomato butter will have you singing its praises from the rooftops! And then combine it with flavorful eggplant roll-ups drenched in tomato sauce? Beyond delicious! People will be tripping over themselves to get to the table.
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Ingredients
Eggplant roll-ups
- 1½ lbs 650 g eggplant
- 8 oz. 225 g cream cheese
- 8 oz. 225 g (475 ml) shredded cheese
- 2 oz. 50 g parmesan cheese, grated
- 4 tbsp 4 tbsp fresh basil or fresh parsley
- 1 1 eggeggs
- 1 tsp 1 tsp salt
- ¼ tsp ¼ tsp ground black pepper
- 1 cup 225 ml tomato sauce, unsweetened
- 2 tbsp 2 tbsp olive oil
Chicken
- 4 4 chicken breastchicken breasts
- 2 tbsp 2 tbsp butter or olive oil, for frying
Tomato butter
- 3 oz. 75 g butter, at room temperature
- ½ tsp ½ tsp sea salt
- ¼ tsp ¼ tsp ground black pepper
- 1 tbsp 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 tsp 1 tsp red wine vinegar
- 1 pinch 1 pinch ground cinnamon
- 1 tbsp 1 tbsp paprika powder
- ½ tsp ½ tsp onion powder
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Instructions
- Mix all the ingredients for the flavored butter in a small bowl and reserve.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Cut the eggplant in half-inch sized slices lengthwise and place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Salt and let sit for 10 minutes. Dry off excess liquid with a paper towel or a clean kitchen towel.
- Bake for 20 minutes or until the eggplant is lightly browned and softened. Remove from the oven and let cool.
- Increase the oven temperature to 400°F (200°C).
- Combine the cream cheese, 2/3 mozzarella, 2/3 parmesan, basil, egg, salt, and pepper in a medium bowl.
- Spread out half of the tomato sauce in a baking dish.
- Add the cheese mixture to the eggplant slices. Roll up and place the roll ups seam down in the baking dish.
- Add the rest of the tomato sauce and sprinkle the rest of the cheese on top. Drizzle olive oil over the dish.
- Bake for 20 minutes or until the cheese is golden brown and bubbling.
- Meanwhile, season the chicken with salt and pepper and fry in olive oil or butter until golden on the outside and cooked through.
- Serve tomato butter on chicken.
Tip!
Try adding finely diced cherry tomatoes to the tomato butter in place of the tomato paste. It’s the perfect way to add a touch of garden freshness!
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Omitted the mozzarella as we had none in the cupboard, so I just used; cream cheese, cheddar and parmesan.
400g of tinned tomatoes cooked on the stove with some salt & pepper, basil leaves and a few pinches of sweetener was the base of my tomato sauce. I did also grind some star anise, coriander seeds and cloves into the sauce to match the ketchup recipe also on this site, for some extra bang.
Love it!
I had no tomato sauce; I mixed a couple of tablespoons of tomato paste into a sauce my husband made earlier by blending red and green capsicums and fresh basil. I also laid two thinly-sliced large garlic cloves on the bottom layer of sauce before adding the eggplant rolls. Definitely going to make this again.