Cheesy Beef Eggplant Lasagna Recipes

EGGPLANT AND GROUND BEEF LASAGNA

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Grease the bottom and sides of 9x13 inch baking dish.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a rolling boil. Cook the lasagna noodles at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite, about 10 minutes; drain and set aside.
• Cook and stir ground beef, onion, mushrooms, and garlic in a skillet over medium heat until the beef is completely browned, about 10 minutes.
• Stir canned tomatoes into ground beef; simmer until sauce has formed, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Pour about one-fourth of the sauce into the bottom of the prepared baking dish.
• Layer noodles on top of sauce.
• Spread a thin layer of sauce on top of noodles.
• Place a layer of eggplant slices on top of noodle and sauce layer.
• Sprinkle about one-fourth of the cheese on top of eggplant slices.
• Repeat layering with remaining ingredients, until ending with a layer of sauce topped with remaining cheese.
• Bake in preheated oven until cheese is bubbly and brown on top, about 40 minutes.

CHEESY BEEF & EGGPLANT LASAGNA

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400ºF.
• Microwave eggplant in large microwaveable bowl on HIGH 6 to 7 min. or until tender.
• Meanwhile, brown meat with onions and garlic in large skillet sprayed with cooking spray on medium heat. Add pasta sauce, cream cheese spread, milk and eggplant; mix well. Cook and stir 2 to 3 min. or until heated through. Remove from heat.
• Spread about 1-1/2 cups sauce onto bottom of 13x9-inch baking dish sprayed with cooking spray; cover with 5 noodles. Repeat layers twice. Top with remaining sauce, shredded cheese and Parmesan. Cover.
• Bake 1 hour, uncovering for the last 15 min. Let stand 10 min. before serving.

EGGPLANT LASAGNA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Oil 2 baking sheets and a 9x13-inch baking dish with 1 teaspoon olive oil.
• Whisk eggs and water together in a shallow dish. Combine Parmesan cheese, bread crumbs, salt, and ground black pepper in a separate shallow dish.
• Dip eggplant slices into egg mixture, then press each gently into bread crumb mixture. Gently tap off any excess crumbs. Arrange slices on the prepared baking sheets.
• Bake eggplant slices in the preheated oven until tops are golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes. Flip eggplant and bake an additional 20 to 25 minutes.
• Remove eggplant from the oven and increase temperature to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat and stir in ground beef. Season beef with salt and ground black pepper. Cook and stir until beef is browned and crumbly, about 10 minutes. Drain excess grease. Stir tomato sauce into ground beef; bring to a simmer and set sauce aside.
• Place 1/3 of the eggplant slices on bottom of the dish. Pour 1/3 of tomato sauce with ground beef on top of eggplant layer. Sprinkle 1/3 of mozzarella cheese on top of sauce layer. Repeat 2 more times, finishing with a layer of mozzarella cheese.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted and sauce is bubbling, 10 to 15 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes before slicing.

EGGPLANT BEEF LASAGNA

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees, slice eggplant into ½ inch slices, coat with olive oil salt and pepper. Lie flat on cookie sheet and bake until tender (about 15 minutes).
• In small saucepan, sauté onion and garlic until tender. Add can crushed tomatoes with 1 tsp Italian seasoning. Simmer for about 10 minutes.
• Brown ground beef with 1 tsp greek seasoning, 1tsp Italian seasoning, add tomato sauce and stir through. Adjust with salt if needed.
• Reduce oven to 350 degrees. In 9x9 pyrex casserole dish, put layer of crushed tomato mixture and spread around on bottom, add layer of cooked eggplant, spread layer of ricotta cheese, add layer of beef, layer of mozzarella, and repeat all layers, ending with the layer of crushed tomatoes, topped by the parmesan cheese. Put in oven for 30 minutes until lightly browned on top. Let set for about 15 minutes before slicing. Delicious!

CHEESY EGGPLANT LASAGNA

Steps:

• Preheat the broiler. Lightly mist a 13x9" baking dish with olive oil spray & set aside.
• Lightly mist the eggplant with olive oil spray. Place on a nonstick baking sheet. Sprinkle both sides with garlic salt. Broil 6" from the heat source for 3-5 minutes per side, or until tender & browned in spots.
• Meanwhile, lightly mist a nonstick skillet with olive oil spray. Set over med. heat and cook ground turkey until no longer pink.
• Remove turkey & re-spray the pan with olive oil spray. Add mushrooms and garlic. Stir occasionally for approx 8-10 minutes or until mushrooms are turning brown.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Place 1/2 of the eggplant in the bottom of baking pan, then 1/2 of the mushroom mixture, the 1/2 of the turkey, 1 tsp italian seasoning, 1/2 the marinara & 1/2 the cheese. Repeat layers, then cover with aluminum foil.
• Bake for 20 minutes. Remove fol & bake for 10- 15 more minutes or until cheese is bubbly. Remove & let stand for 10 minutes before cutting into 6 squares.