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| This spicy grilled eggplant is a favorite of my brother Rand, who does the fun headers for Kalyn's Kitchen |
(For Phase One Fridays I highlight Phase One recipes from the past that have been my personal favorites. I'm on the road driving home from Los Angeles, where I've been visiting my brother Rand and attending Camp Blogaway. This Spicy Grilled Eggplant is Rand's very favorite recipe on Kalyn's Kitchen, and I'm glad I have my eggplant planted this year so I can make it later in the summer. Meanwhile, if you have eggplant from the supermarket or Farmer's Market, I highly recommend this recipe.)
If you saw my last garden update, then you know I'm growing eggplant this year, and my first one was ready to harvest recently. I've grilled eggplant before, but I'm certainly not what you'd call an expert at cooking it, so I consulted a couple of cookbooks and settled on a recipe from Williams Sonoma Complete Grilling Cookbook, one of my favorite cookbooks, which I return to every summer for more grilling recipes. I followed their recommendation for salting the eggplant to remove some of the water before grilling. I sliced my eggplant about 1/2 inch thick, but next time I might slice it even thicker.