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Crispy Baked Eggplant Chips with Sweet Chilli Mayo

February 4, 2016 by Stacey 11 Comments

When your kids are fussy and you want them to eat stuff, you cover it in crunchy coating and serve it with a dipping sauce, right?

Right.

Does it work?

Not if you’re me!

Baked-Crispy-Eggplant-Chips-1Well, the older kid, who is branching out somewhat, ate the chips, but no sauce.

The Smalls, who is my dinnertime kryptonite, nibbled one single tiny piece of polenta and declared herself done. No sauce, no nothing.

Me, on the other hand, ate all of this and then some. I also ended up making extra sauce because it went so well on everything else! The best part about this recipe is that it’s so easy. Not only do you make eggplant edible, you make a baked veg crispy, and you have a great side, lunch, or appetiser for your next gathering.

Crispy Eggplant Chips

Really, all you need to do is slice your eggplant into batons, dip in beaten egg mixed with a little water, and then coat in spiced polenta. For the polenta I do salt and pepper as standard and change it up depending on the mood – paprika, cayenne, cumin, and oregano (separately!) are all good choices. So is lemon zest.

Bake in a 200C oven until crispy and browned on the outside, and soft on the inside, about 15-20 minutes. The polenta is crispy no matter what so you don’t have to wait ages or use tons of oil like you would if you used regular breadcrumbs.

Sweet Chilli Mayo

Ok so you can make your own mayo here (I recommend it, BBC Food has a pretty legit recipe), or you can use half egg mayo and half Japanese Kewpie mayo, maybe half a cup each, with 1/3 of a cup of sweet chilli sauce. A squeeze of lemon if you wish, et voila!

Vegan version

To a cup of whatever milk you use, add a squirt of either lemon or white vinegar, and stir. Leave to sit for a while and coat your eggplant into this instead of the egg. Use vegan mayo for the sauce. Yum!

I hope your kids like it better than mine did! *cries*

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Comments

  1. Nikki | Styling You says

    February 4, 2016 at 10:33 am

    Oh MY … I’m so doing these. Love eggplant. I’ll have the Small’s portion!! x

    Reply
    • Veggie Mama says

      February 4, 2016 at 1:44 pm

      How good is it! I love it so much. You can have anything you want, my eggplant is your eggplant <3

      Reply
  2. sammie@theannoyedthyroid.com says

    February 4, 2016 at 11:24 am

    Gee, these look so good. This might be the only way my eggplant-phobic husband will ever love eggplant. Because chips! AND mayo!

    Reply
    • Veggie Mama says

      February 4, 2016 at 1:44 pm

      hah they’re even better if they’re crumbed and deep fried!

      Reply
  3. merilyn says

    February 5, 2016 at 8:01 am

    love the look of these! yum! thankyou Stacey!
    also I roughly copied your lentil recipe last night and it was a great hit with mr m! who loves that type of food!
    I struggle with lentils but I quite enjoyed it too! all good thanks love m:)X

    Reply
    • Veggie Mama says

      February 5, 2016 at 12:19 pm

      Ah so good to hear! Lentils can be a long road, but I’m so glad you tried them!

      Reply
  4. Shari from GoodFoodWeek says

    February 9, 2016 at 10:02 pm

    Sounds delicious – I think these will be appearing on our lunch menu shortly. Chips are sure to be a hit with my little ones.

    Reply
    • Veggie Mama says

      February 10, 2016 at 10:35 am

      #chips4lyfe

      Reply
  5. claire says

    January 11, 2018 at 2:48 am

    Oh no! This recipe seems to have disappeared?

    Reply
  6. Damien says

    June 24, 2018 at 9:56 am

    This recipe has disappeared. Can you please replace it?

    Reply
    • Stacey says

      June 29, 2018 at 9:03 pm

      Hi Damien – the recipe is in the body of the post:

      Crispy Eggplant Chips
      Really, all you need to do is slice your eggplant into batons, dip in beaten egg mixed with a little water, and then coat in spiced polenta. For the polenta I do salt and pepper as standard and change it up depending on the mood – paprika, cayenne, cumin, and oregano (separately!) are all good choices. So is lemon zest.

      Bake in a 200C oven until crispy and browned on the outside, and soft on the inside, about 15-20 minutes. The polenta is crispy no matter what so you don’t have to wait ages or use tons of oil like you would if you used regular breadcrumbs.

      Sweet Chilli Mayo
      Ok so you can make your own mayo here (I recommend it, BBC Food has a pretty legit recipe), or you can use half egg mayo and half Japanese Kewpie mayo, maybe half a cup each, with 1/3 of a cup of sweet chilli sauce. A squeeze of lemon if you wish, et voila!

      Hope that helps!

      Reply

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