Baked Stuffed Eggplant Boats with Ground Meat
Tasty boats with a meat filling for a family dinner! Baked Stuffed Eggplant Boats with Ground Meat are a great dinner option for the whole family. In eggplant season, this dish can be made very often — tasty, quick, and wholesome!
Updated : 20 July, 2026
Easy
About 30 min.
Ingredients
2
Eggplant
300 grams
Ground meat
1
Tomato
1
Onion
1
Garlic
10 grams
Dill
100 grams
Hard cheese
1 teaspoon
Salt
to taste
Ground black pepper
1 tablespoon
Vegetable oil
Table
Table of volume measurements:
- teaspoon - 5 ml
- dessert spoon - 10 ml
- tablespoon - 20 ml
- glass - 200 ml
Preparation
Step 1
How do you make baked stuffed eggplants with ground meat in the oven? Prepare the listed ingredients. It is better to choose small eggplants with firm, intact skin. You can use any ground meat according to your taste. Use hard cheese or any other cheese that forms an even, appetizing crust when baked. Add salt, ground black pepper, and any other spices to taste. Prepare a baking dish for the oven.
Step 2
Wash the eggplants and dry them with a towel. Cut each vegetable lengthwise into two equal halves. Using a sharp knife, make a cut along the edges of each eggplant, about 0.5 cm / 0.2 inch from the edge. Then make crosswise cuts all over the flesh, trying not to damage the skin. Salt each eggplant and set aside. After about 10 minutes, rinse the eggplants, scoop the flesh out of each half, and chop it.
Step 3
Heat a pan and pour in the vegetable oil. Fry the chopped onion and garlic until translucent. Add the ground meat to the pan and fry, breaking it up with a wooden spatula, until it changes color. Try to keep the pieces from being too large.
Step 4
Add the chopped eggplant flesh and chopped tomato to the ground meat. Fry everything together until the liquid evaporates. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Step 5
When the mixture is ready, add the chopped dill and mix. Preheat the oven to 180°C / 356°F.
Step 6
Place the eggplant boats in a baking dish. You can grease it with vegetable oil beforehand or line it with baking paper.
Step 7
Fill each eggplant half with the prepared ground meat filling.
Step 8
Sprinkle with grated cheese and place the baking dish with the stuffed eggplants into the oven preheated to 180°C / 356°F for about 50–60 minutes.
Step 9
Serve the finished stuffed eggplants hot. These filled boats are also good warm. This is a standalone dish that does not need a side dish.
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