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    The Bossy Kitchen > Recipes > Savory Recipes > Salads

    Grilled Eggplant And Bell Pepper Salad

    Published by: Gabriela February 25, 2018 · Last modified: August 7, 2023 3 Comments
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    Grilled eggplant and bell pepper salad is a wonderful recipe to make all year long when you have eggplants and peppers available. Perfect as an appetizer or a snack served on slices of good crusty bread, this salad makes a handsome option for entertaining.

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    Grilled Eggplant And Bell Pepper Salad in a bowl next to a slice of bread and a tomato
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    Why You'll Enjoy This Recipe

    Grilled eggplant salad is a very popular recipe in the Romanian cuisine.

    Especially in the summer, when eggplants are in season, or in the winter, if you care enough to grill some and freeze in batches, this salad is wonderful to make and serve as an appetizer with some crusty bread.

    However, the combination of grilled eggplant and roasted peppers was new to me until a few years ago when a friend of mine who lives in Romania went on vacation to Greece and brought this recipe with her.

    I was invited to her house, where she put together an amazing meal with recipes inspired by her trip.

    How To Cook Eggplants

    There are different ways to cook eggplants. I used them all, and they all work. It all depends on whatever your possibilities are and the time of year.

    However, each method has an effect on the taste of the eggplant salad that you will, for sure, notice. Here is a guide on how to cook eggplants, so you can make this salad.

    Note: You could process the eggplants in the food processor, the salad will then have more like a spread texture, which is delicious but not very authentic.

    I prefer to chop the salad rather roughly so that I have something to chew here and there, but the degree of chopping is totally up to you.

    How to Grill Peppers

    Peppers are best roasted directly on an open fire. A wood grill is a perfect way to do it, but directly on a gas fire stove is perfectly acceptable.

    Grill them until the skin is black and blistered. Remove them, let them cool a little bit so you can handle them, then peel off the skin and place them on a plate.

    cleaning a roasted pepper

    Use a little bit of water to wash your hands while you peel the peppers.

    grilled and cleaned roasted pepper

    It makes your life easier.

    roasted peppers in a bowl

    Remove the seeds and cut the peppers into thin slices or chop them small, as you like.

    chopped roasted peppers

    NOTE: This salad can be easily made using roasted peppers you buy in the jar at the store. 

    Mix them with the chopped eggplant, then add the rest of the ingredients and mix well.

    Here you have a wonderful salad that is handsome, delicious and not very difficult to make. This is the salad that my friend made while I was visiting.

    Grilled eggplant and bell pepper salad

    And this is the one I made. I left the eggplant chunkier for more texture, while she preferred to chop it smoother. You can try both versions and see which one you like better.

    Grilled eggplant and bell pepper salad

    Serve this salad with crusty bread,

    grilled eggplant with bell pepper salad on a slice of bread

    grilled meats, or a platter of cheese and cold cuts, and you should be prepared to impress your guests.

    cold cuts appetizers on a plate

    What do you think? Are you going to try it? Drop a note and let me know.

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    Grilled Eggplant And Bell Pepper Salad1 1

    Grilled Eggplant And Bell Pepper Salad

    Grilled eggplant and bell pepper salad is a wonderful recipe to make all year long when you have eggplants and peppers available. Perfect as appetizer, or a snack served on slices of good crusty bread, this salad makes a handsome option for entertaining.
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    Course: Appetizers
    Cuisine: Greek
    Keyword: best grilled eggplant salad with peppers, cooked eggplant salad, easy grilled eggplant and bell pepper salad, easy roasted eggplant salad with peppers, eggplant, grilled aubergine, grilled aubergineand bell pepper salad, grilled bell peppers, grilled eggplant, grilled eggplant and bell pepper salad, roasted eggplant and pepper salad
    Prep Time: 1 hour hour
    Cook Time: 40 minutes minutes
    Inactive Time: 1 hour hour
    Total Time: 2 hours hours 40 minutes minutes
    Servings: 6 servings
    Calories: 249kcal
    Author: Gabriela

    Equipment

    • Roland Fire Roasted Peppers, Red Strips, 28 Ounce (Pack of 4)
    • Grill
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    Ingredients

    • 3-4 big eggplants
    • 2-3 red bell peppers medium size or roasted peppers from the jar
    • 1 medium onion or 2-3 green onions chopped finely
    • 1 bunch fresh chopped parsley
    • 1-2 medium garlic cloves minced
    • 3-4 tablespoons sunflower or extra virgin olive oil
    • salt to taste
    • lemon juice to taste

    Instructions

    • See more detailed instructions on the blog about cooking the eggplant.

    If you use a fire grill:

    • Bring the temperature of the grill between medium low to low. If it is too hot, the eggplants will burn on the outside before the inside is cooked. Pierce the eggplants in few places and grill them on each side, turning them regularly, until the skin is burned. Depending on their size, you should grill the eggplants somewhere between 20 to 40 minutes or until the skin is evenly charred and the eggplant collapses. The flesh should be really soft.

    If you use a gas stove:

    • Lay some aluminum foil around the burners of the stove top to make sure that the liquid released by the eggplants won’t cause too much of a mess. Turn regularly with a pair of tongs making sure that the skin is burnt on all sides. Cook until the skin is evenly charred and the flesh of the eggplants very soft. Remove them from the fire and let them rest on a tray for few minutes before you start peeling the skin off.

    If you use the oven:

    • Preheat oven at 400F/200C.
    • Place the eggplants on a baking tray lined with baking paper or tin foil and prick the eggplants with a fork several times .
    • Bake them for about 45 minutes or until the flesh of the eggplants is very soft.

    How To Grill The Peppers:

    • Peppers are best roasted directly on an open fire. A wood grill is the perfect way to do it, but directly on a gas fire stove is perfectly acceptable. Grill them until the skin is black and blistered. Remove them from the stove, let them cool a little bit so you can handle them, then peel off the skin and place them on a plate. When cool, remove the seeds and the end and slice them thinly.

    Making the eggplant and peppers salad:

    • After grilling, roasting or baking the eggplants allow them to cool, then carefully remove all the skin. Place the eggplants in a sieve and let drain for about half an hour to one hour. This step will remove the juice from the eggplant that is supposed to be bitter.
    • Chop with a special wooden/plastic knife made especially for this purpose or with a regular knife.
    • Place the eggplants in a bowl and add the red peppers, chopped onion, garlic, parsley, lemon juice and oil. Taste for salt. Mix well and serve chilled with grilled meats, salads, or other appetizers. Goes well as a snack, on a slice of good crusty bread.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1g | Calories: 249kcal | Carbohydrates: 41g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 9g | Sodium: 105mg | Fiber: 11g | Sugar: 16g
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    1. Aurelia Finch says

      April 07, 2018 at 5:43 pm

      5 stars
      Hello Gabriela!
      I absolutely love your website and I agree with you to cook healthy food and it doesn't take long to cook healthy food for family.

      Can you put more Romanian recipes on your blog?

      BTW your potato Oriental salad reminded me of the salad my mom's mom used to make for me when I was a kid and visited her.

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      • The Bossy Kitchen says

        April 16, 2018 at 10:00 pm

        Hi Aurelia, There are already a bunch of Romanian recipes on the site and I will continue to add more. Here you have a link to the Romanian recipes: https://www.thebossykitchen.com/category/recipes-by-cuisine/romanian/ Thank you for visiting.

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    2. Anonymous says

      May 09, 2019 at 5:45 pm

      5 stars

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