Grilled Eggplant Romano

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 6 large eggplants (i used rosa bianca)
• 2 (25 ounce) jars roasted garlic pasta sauce
• 1 cup breadcrumbs (you can use more if you like)
• 3 tablespoons garlic powder (one tbsp. for each layer)
• 3 cups grated cheese (i used romano but parmesan will do)
• olive oil

Recipe

• 1 turn your barbecue on to high.
• 2 cut the eggplants into 1/2 inch pieces.
• 3 grill them until they are lightly charred. remove from the grill and set aside.
• 4 if you can't grill them all at once, remove the first batch and do the second.
• 5 once they are cook do the following:.
• 6 in a 9x2x13 inch ceramic dish coat the bottom with a good layer of the pasta sauce.
• 7 lay the eggplant in a single layer over the sauce.
• 8 sprinkle with 1 cup of the cheese over the eggplants. then sprinkle 1 tablespoons of the garlic powder over top of that. repeat ending with the cheese and garlic powder.
• 9 sprinkle the bread crumbs on top and drizzle with a little olive oil if you like.
• 10 cook in a 375'f oven for about 45 minutes or until the bread crumbs are a golden brown and the eggplant is bubbling around the edges.
• 11 bon appetit!