{"id":79339,"date":"2019-09-04T09:16:37","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T16:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/?p=79339"},"modified":"2025-11-20T19:20:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T03:20:38","slug":"campworthy-fire-roasted-eggplant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/camp\/campworthy-fire-roasted-eggplant","title":{"rendered":"Campworthy: Fire Roasted Eggplant"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\"><p><strong>Recipe<\/strong>:\u00a0Fire Roasted Eggplant<br \/>\n<strong>Submitted by<\/strong>:\u00a0Scott<br \/>\n<strong>Hometown<\/strong>:\u00a0Seattle, WA<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you love about this recipe?\u00a0<\/strong>I love this recipe because (1) It uses eggplant, which isn\u2019t a super popular vegetable, but when prepared this way it is sooo good!\u00a0And (2) it really classes up the campground! I like to make this for a pre-dinner app when group camping. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-article_body wp-image-79346\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/09\/Eggplant06.jpg?resize=1024%2C683\" alt=\"Fire roasted eggplant, plated and ready to serve\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Fire Roasted Eggplant<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3 whole eggplants<\/li>\n<li>Olive oil<\/li>\n<li>Sea salt<\/li>\n<li>Honey<\/li>\n<li>Balsamic<\/li>\n<li>Parmesan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Instructions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For this recipe, you want to place the eggplants directly into the coals in the fire.\u00a0Leave them for 5-7 minutes and let the skin get black and crispy.<\/p>\n<p>Remove from the fire and let cool for 20 minutes.\u00a0Once cool, remove the skin.<\/p>\n<p>Slice the eggplant and drizzle with olive oil and sea salt. Top with grated parmesan and put on a grate over the fire for 3-5 minutes to let the cheese melt. Remove from heat again and drizzle with honey and balsamic vinegar.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-article_body wp-image-79345\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/09\/Eggplant05.jpg?resize=1024%2C683\" alt=\"Fire roasted eggplant on plate\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recipe:\u00a0Fire Roasted Eggplant Submitted by:\u00a0Scott Hometown:\u00a0Seattle, WA What do you love about this recipe?\u00a0I love this recipe because (1) It uses eggplant, which isn\u2019t a super popular vegetable, but when prepared this way it is sooo good!\u00a0And (2) it really classes up the campground! I like to make this for a pre-dinner app when group [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10765,"featured_media":79346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1892,1895,1897],"tags":[1835],"internal-tag":[],"class_list":["post-79339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camp","category-car-camping","category-dinner","category-vegetarian","tag-campworthy","post_format-post-format-video"],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/rei.com\/blog\/camp\/campworthy-fire-roasted-eggplant","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Campworthy: Fire Roasted Eggplant","url":"http:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/camp\/campworthy-fire-roasted-eggplant","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/camp\/campworthy-fire-roasted-eggplant"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/09\/Eggplant06.jpg?resize=150%2C150","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/09\/Eggplant06.jpg?fit=5760%2C3840"},"articleSection":"Camp","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Hanna Boyd"}],"creator":["Hanna Boyd"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Uncommon Path \u2013 An REI Co-op Publication","logo":""},"keywords":["campworthy"],"dateCreated":"2019-09-04T16:16:37Z","datePublished":"2019-09-04T16:16:37Z","dateModified":"2025-11-21T03:20:38Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"Campworthy: Fire Roasted Eggplant\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/camp\\\/campworthy-fire-roasted-eggplant\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/camp\\\/campworthy-fire-roasted-eggplant\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/Eggplant06.jpg?resize=150%2C150\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/Eggplant06.jpg?fit=5760%2C3840\"},\"articleSection\":\"Camp\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Hanna Boyd\"}],\"creator\":[\"Hanna Boyd\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"Uncommon Path \\u2013 An REI Co-op Publication\",\"logo\":\"\"},\"keywords\":[\"campworthy\"],\"dateCreated\":\"2019-09-04T16:16:37Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-09-04T16:16:37Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-21T03:20:38Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/rei.com\/p.js"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/09\/Eggplant06.jpg?fit=5760%2C3840","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10765"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79339"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79348,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79339\/revisions\/79348"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79339"},{"taxonomy":"internal-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-tag?post=79339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}