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This delicious and quick recipe for How to Grill Napa Jack’s Napa Valley Rubbed Eggplant is a great side dish to serve with any entrée.

Napa Jack’s Napa Valley Rub is a premium rub containing rosemary, fennel, chili flakes, chili powder, sugar, lemon peel and sun dried tomato – a great combination to impart optimum flavor to your eggplant dish.

Since eggplant has such a neutral taste, it loves to absorb the flavors of herbs and spices as well as liquids and oils.

Napa Jack’s Napa Valley Rubbed Eggplant:

Note: You can use any type of eggplant you wish.

Type: Side Dish Recipe

Prep Time: 5 min
Cook Time:15 – 20 min
Yield: 4 – 6 servings

The ingredients & instructions are listed below the video for measurements & directions. Please enjoy this webisode of Cooking with Kimberly:

Ingredients:

1 large eggplant – rinsed, dried, ends trimmed off
1 – 1 1/2 tsp Napa Jack’s Napa Valley Rub
~ 2 tbsp olive oil
1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper

Instructions:

Preheat your BBQ grill.
Slice eggplant into 1 – 1 1/2 inch thick medallions and place on a large tray.
Lightly coat all slices with olive oil on both sides.
Sprinkle both sides of all eggplant slices with Napa Jack’s Napa Valley Rub and pepper.
Lay slices on hot grill and allow to remain until nice grill marks have formed – about 5 min. Then, move the slices 1/4 turn to get crosshatch grill marks, and allow to remain for about 2 or 3 min more.
Turn slices over and do the same on the other side.
Transfer eggplant slices to a tray and serve while piping hot. You could sprinkle a bit more of the rub on the slices at this time, if desired.

How tasty! We should eat eggplant more often – it is so delicious with this wonderful rub on it, and the flavors have absorbed so well into the eggplant.

This show is brought to you by Wine Country Kitchens – They bring the Napa Valley…to your table.

Do try this Napa Jack’s Napa Valley Rub to flavor any number of dishes – I’m sure you will be pleased with how it boosts the flavor of so many recipes.