Ground Beef And Eggplant

You’ll love this easy one-pan meal! Ground Beef and Eggplant cooked in a skillet is a healthy dinner that’s packed with flavor.

Ground Beef and Eggplant Stir Fry

This meal is perfect for busy nights when you want to feed your family a hearty dinner that’s both nutritious and delicious. And the clean-up is a breeze! Just one pan.

This dish also reheats beautifully, which means you can cook a batch on the weekends and eat it for lunch all week long. Talk about a filling meal to power up your day! So many vitamins and nutrients in this low-carb dish.

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How To Make This Ground Beef and Eggplant Dish

This recipe is a one pan meal that you cook in a skillet. Set a pan to high heat and add the ground beef. Break it up a bit with your spatula.

While the pan heats up, prep your eggplant. Wash and dry the eggplant, then slice off the stem.  Slice eggplant in half and then continue chopping the eggplant until it is cubed.

Head back to the ground beef and turn the heat down to medium high. Break up the beef a bit more, into bite-sized pieces. Cook the beef, stirring every minute, until it is cooked through. This should take about 5 minutes.

Use spatula to move ground beef out of skillet to plate for the moment. Leave the excess grease in pan for cooking the eggplant.

Add eggplant to skillet. Add a splash of olive oil if need be. Cook for 15 minutes, stirring every minute. The eggplant should be tender.

Add ground beef back into skillet with eggplant. Mix ingredients together, then it’s time for seasoning. Sprinkle on salt and garlic powder and pour in the jar of salsa.

Turn heat back to high for about 1-2 minutes, or until mixture is bubbling. Mix until dish is combined and heated through. Use a spatula to transfer the entire meal to a serving bowl.

Cooking Tips

• You can peel the eggplant, but that step is totally up to your preferences
• If eggplant starts to burn before it’s done cooking, turn the heat down to medium
• For best results, add seasoning at the end of cooking time

What To Serve With Ground Beef and Eggplant

To stay low-carb, a light side dish goes deliciously with this Ground Beef and Eggplant skillet. Pull out the air fryer and try Air Fryer Frozen Asparagus, Air Fryer Artichokes, or Frozen Vegetables.

This one pan meal is also perfect for hosting family or friends. They’ll love to finish off the meal with a special dessert. Try this Almond Flour Blueberry Cake, Air Fryer Brownies From Box Mix, or Air Fryer Bread Pudding.

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Other Eggplant Recipes

If you like ground beef and eggplant, you will love these other easy and delicious eggplant recipes:

• Baked Eggplant Parmesan
• Eggplant Tomato Salad
• Keto Eggplant Pizzas
• Baba Ghanoush
• Air Fryer Eggplant
• Spicy Eggplant

See Also:

• Air Fryer Wings
• Sweet Potatoes in the Air Fryer
• Italian Sausage Cooked in Air Fryer