How to make Liberian Fried Eggplants | Liberian Style Fried Eggplants |

vegetable oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Olive oil offers healthier fats while canola oil is often less expensive.

cornmeal

🥗Healthier: almond flour

💰Cheaper: all-purpose flour

Almond flour is lower in carbs, while all-purpose flour is usually more affordable.

Season fish and meat with seasoned salt, black pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, and one seasoning cube; mix and refrigerate until ready to fry.

Peel the skin off the eggplants using a knife or potato peeler.

Cut the eggplants into medium or small dice and place them in a bowl.

Wash the diced eggplants under running water.

Heat 1 cup of vegetable oil in a pot until hot.

Slice onions and blend with habanero pepper; set aside.

Fry the eggplants in the hot oil for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Add blended onion and pepper mixture, black pepper, seasoned salt, and tomato paste to the eggplants; mix well and cook for an additional 5 minutes.

Add water from the cooked meat to the eggplant mixture and then add the fish, shrimp, and chicken feet; cook until the water dries up.

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