Eggplant Dip with Roasted Red Pepper
This eggplant dip with red pepper is a super flavorful plant-based dip. Made from eggplant, red peppers, garlic, cumin, paprika, fresh cilantro, and lemon. This dip is great with pita chips or you can use it as a spread. Tasty stuff!
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 2 cups 1x
- Category: Snacks
- Cuisine: Plant-based
- Diet: Vegan
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 tablespoon of olive oil
- 1 eggplant
- 1 red pepper
- 3 garlic cloves, smashed
- 1 lemon (zest and lemon juice)
- 1/4 teaspoon of cumin
- 1/8 teaspoon of paprika
- A handful of fresh cilantro
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°.
- Cut the eggplant in half and place both halves on a silicone baking sheet.
- With a fork, poke a couple of holes in the red pepper. Place it on the silicone baking sheet.
- Using a basting brush lightly coat the eggplant and red pepper with olive oil. Then pop them in the oven for 40 minutes.
- When you pull the eggplant and red pepper out of the oven. Immediately cover the veggies with a damp towel. Keep the towel over the veggies until they have cooled enough to handle. Covering the veggies with a towel helps to release the skins.
- Add the remaining olive oil (about half a tablespoon) to a saute pan.
- Once cooled, scoop the eggplant flesh out of the skin. Cut the eggplant into large chunks and add it to the saute pan. Crank the heat on the saute pan up to medium-high.
- Use your hands to peel the skin from the red peppers. Remove the seeds and chop the red pepper into large chunks. Add the red pepper to the saute pan.
- Add the smashed garlic, cumin, and paprika to the saute pan and mix all that goodness up with a spatula. Cook for about 5 minutes.
- Transfer eggplant and red pepper mixture to a blender or food processor. Add lemon zest, lemon juice, chopped cilantro, and salt. Blend until everything is incorporated. It doesn’t need to be super smooth, just mixed. Ta-da, it’s ready to eat!
Notes
Serve warm or chilled. Keeps in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.