Crispy eggplant sticks

Eggplant lovers will undoubtedly appreciate this simple and tasty dish - oven-baked eggplant sticks in a crispy and fragrant cheese breading with spices.

Ingredients

• Eggplant - 2 pcs.
• Egg - 1 pc.
• Hard cheese - 50 g
• Breadcrumbs - 0.5 cups
• Seasoning "Italian herbs" - 1 teaspoon
• Garlic powder - 1 teaspoon
• Salt - to taste
• Ground black pepper - to taste

Directions

1. Wash the eggplant, remove the stalks. Cut the eggplant into thin sticks-sticks, about 1 cm thick.
2. Grate the cheese.
3. Combine cheese with breadcrumbs, salt, pepper, garlic powder and Italian herbs.
4. Mix everything so that the breading mixture is homogeneous.
5. Crack the egg into a bowl and beat with a fork.
6. Dip the chopped eggplant in the egg.
7. Then coat in cheese mixture.
8. Line a baking dish with parchment paper and place breaded eggplant sticks in the baking dish.
9. Bake eggplant in a preheated oven under a grill at a temperature of 200 degrees for 5-7 minutes. Then flip the eggplant sticks to the other side and bake for another 5 minutes at the same temperature. Ready eggplant in cheese breading should be reddened to a golden color.
10. Crispy eggplant sticks are ready. Serve immediately, hot.
11. Bon appetit!