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How to Make Air Fryer Eggplant Escalope

How to Make Air Fryer Eggplant Escalope

Content updated April 11, 2024

today we see how to prepare eggplant schnitzel in an air fryer, a wonderful way to eat a schnitzel vegetarian.

Below we will show you:

We will also tell you some variations and tips so that you can cook your recipe the way it is. easier and faster way.

Ingredients for easy aubergine schnitzel

Here is our list of ingredients to make fried eggplant in the air fryer:

Japanese Eggplant (1)
Milk (1 tablespoon)
Egg (1)
Breadcrumbs (1 cup)
Flour for coating (1/2 cup)
Olive oil
Sal Island
Black pepper

How to make aubergine escalope in an air fryer

Time required: 18 minutes

It will take about 10 minutes to prepare and approximately 8 minutes in your air fryer.

Mix the milk with the beaten egg in a bowl until you get a uniform mixture.
In another bowl, mix put the breadcrumbs mixed with salt and pepper to taste.
Cut the aubergine into 1-1.5 cm thick fillets lengthwise.
Set the air fryer to preheat to 200 degrees Celsius.
Coat each aubergine fillet with flour, then in the bowl with the egg and finally in breadcrumbs.
If you want, you can re-coat the eggplant in egg and breadcrumbs to get more consistency.
Using a kitchen brush or spray bottle, paint each fillet with a little olive oil.
Put the aubergine escalopes for 8 minutes in your air fryer at 200 °C. After 4 minutes you can turn them over so they cook equally on both sides.

Time and Temperature for Air Fryer Eggplant Escalope

These values for prepare eggplant schnitzel in air fryer are approximate and may vary slightly depending on the model and power of your The Airfryer.

Time: 12 minutes

Temperature: 200ºC / 392ºF

A batter twice as healthy as before

Although eating battered foods is not the most recommended for a balanced diet, with these vegetarian eggplant schnitzel You will avoid eating meat. Plus, by cooking them in your air fryer, you'll use much less oil than frying them in a conventional skillet or deep fryer.

Thanks to the hot air technology of these appliances, it will be just like cooking a baked aubergine schnitzeleither. In fact, the recipe is the same with the only exception that it is finally placed in an air fryer instead of the oven tray.

Another advantage that this recipe has for us is that it is ideal to start the little ones in the house in the world of vegetables. The ideal is to accompany it with a refreshing salad but you can accompany these aubergine scallops with french fries and mayonnaise as shown in the image above.