Turkey and Rice Stuffed Aubergines

Looking for recipe ideas using Turkey mince? This low-fat turkey and rice stuffed aubergines (eggplants) make a great healthy meal.

Stuffed with aubergine, tomato, herbs, rice & turkey mince.

If following slimming world, this is a syn free dinner. Perfect served up with a nice fresh salad.

How to make Turkey & Rice Stuffed Aubergine?

Partially roast Aubergines, scoop the inner flesh out, leaving the skin as a boat. Cook aubergine flesh with turkey, garlic, tinned tomato & herbs.

Before adding cooked turmeric rice.

Then re-stuff the mixture into the shells and oven-bake to perfection.

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How to prepare Aubergine (eggplant) to be stuffed?

Simply pop the whole Aubergine into the oven at 200°C Fan (400F).

The key is not to roast it until it is fully cooked, as it will be too soft to hold the contents you stuff it with.

We find about 20 minutes just right, it will have softened the skin and outer layer of aubergine.

However, the inner aubergine will still be firm, ready to cut out & cooked further with the other ingredients.

Turkey mince substitute? Beef, lamb, chicken or pork mince.

We used Turkey mince as it is naturally low fat and great for slimming world recipes.

If you want to keep it low fat and syn free on slimming world you can substitute with chicken, beef, pork or lamb mince.

But remember to check the packaging to make sure it is under 5% fat.

If you are not on a diet, use any mince you like.

How to make Turkey & Rice filling?

Spray pan with spray oil and cook turkey mince; use your spatula to break it down whilst cooking.

When it has turned a paler colour, add garlic, aubergine, dried herbs, salt & pepper.

Finally add a tin of chopped tomatoes and sprinkle with a vegetable oxo cube.

Leave to simmer uncovered for 15 minutes whilst cooking the rice.

What rice to use for stuffed Aubergines?

We used basmati rice and added tumeric for health and colour, however you can use long grain rice if preferred?

This is a great recipe for using leftover rice from the night before. 300g (1 ¼ cup) of precooked rice is enough for this recipe.

If using brown or wild rice start cooking whilst roasting aubergine (eggplant) to allow extra time it needs to cook compared to white rice.

How to make yellow turmeric rice?

In a lidded saucepan, add 120-gram (½ cup) uncooked rice with 250 ml (1 cup) of cold water and ¼ teaspoon of turmeric. Bring to the boil, once boiling turn to simmer and place the lid on to cook for 8 minutes.

Add the rice into the mixture, season with salt & pepper stir through before spooning into the aubergine boats you prepared earlier.

Try and fill them up as much as possible, I normally have a little left over to eat whilst waiting for the final step!

Oven cook stuffed aubergine

Place in a shallow baking tray, cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes.

Remove foil for the final 10 minutes. (If you want you can add grated Mozzarella or Parmesan for the final 10 minutes in the oven)

Remove from oven and sprinkle with fresh parsley or basil.

Great served up with a freshly prepared salad.

Can I make this meal in advance?

Of course, this is a great plan ahead meal, get it ready up to where you stuff the aubergine, then cover & store in the fridge until ready to cook.

When ready to cook, cover with foil and cook for 40 minutes. Remove foil for last 10 minutes (adding cheese if wanted).

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Low Fat Recipes

Hope you enjoyed this recipe if you are looking for more low-fat or slimming world recipes.

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Rice Recipes

Other rice recipes include Mixed Seafood Risotto, Coconut Pilau Rice or Rice and Peas. Or go back to the basics and learn how to make simple basmati rice or jasmine rice