This tasty vegan dip gets its healthy game on when served with veggie dippers and pita wedges. Bring on the hungry noshers!
Baba Ghanoush
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 60 min
- Servings 8
- Ingredients 12
Ingredients
- 1 medium eggplant (3/4 to 1 lb), halved lengthwise
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 can (15 oz) chick peas, drained, rinsed
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons sesame tahini paste
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 2 pita rounds, toasted and cut into triangles
- 1 red bell pepper, cut into thin strips
- 3 stalks celery, cut into 3-inch sticks
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 425°F. Line 1 cookie sheet with cooking parchment paper. Have second cookie sheet ready without parchment.
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Step2Rub flesh of eggplant with 1 tablespoon of the oil and 1/4 teaspoon of the salt. Place on parchment-lined cookie sheet. Toss chick peas with remaining oil and salt. Spread in single layer on other cookie sheet.
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Step3Roast eggplant and chick peas 20 minutes; toss chick peas, and roast all 10 minutes longer. Remove chick peas from oven to cool, but continue to cook eggplant 15 to 20 minutes longer or until flesh has dark charred appearance.
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Step4Allow eggplant to cool slightly, then scrape out flesh of eggplant and transfer to blender. Add chick peas, garlic, lemon juice, tahini and black pepper. Cover; blend until mostly smooth, and transfer to small bowl. Sprinkle with paprika. Serve with toasted pita triangles, bell pepper strips and celery.
Nutrition
170
Calories
7g
Total Fat
6g
Protein
23g
Total Carbohydrate
2g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 170
- Calories from Fat
- 60
- Total Fat
- 7g
- 10%
- Saturated Fat
- 1g
- 5%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 0mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 310mg
- 13%
- Potassium
- 250mg
- 7%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 23g
- 8%
- Dietary Fiber
- 5g
- 21%
- Sugars
- 2g
- Protein
- 6g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 10%
- 10%
- Vitamin C
- 20%
- 20%
- Calcium
- 6%
- 6%
- Iron
- 8%
- 8%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1 Vegetable; 1/2 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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