All-American Eggplant Parmesan

Eggplant is briefly cooked in a microwave to purge any liquid, resulting in perfectly fried eggplant. It's then layered with tomato sauce, mozzarella, and parmesan.

a perfect EGGPLANT PARMESAN sandwich

Here’s how to take the beautiful friend eggplant Milanese cutlets from the last video and make a perfect eggplant parmesan sandwich. Another amazing vegetarian recipe. Your support keeps the show running and is very much appreciated. If you'd like to leave a donation for this recipe, please click HERE. Thank you! Get a free audiobook and 2 Audible Originals with a 30-day trial: https://www.audible.com/notanothercoo... or text “NotAnotherCookingShow” to 500 500 (nospaces!)

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