This baba ganoush is restaurant-quality: smoky, creamy, and super flavorful. Easy to make, it's naturally vegan, Whole30, and low carb, too. This Middle Eastern and Mediterranean appetizer is one of our all-time favorite dip recipes!
Prep: 5 minutesminutes
Cook: 45 minutesminutes
Total: 50 minutesminutes
Yield:6
Equipment
Broiler
large baking sheet
large mixing bowl
standard blender or food processor
Ingredients
2mediumeggplantsany kind with dark purple skin, approximately 1 ½-2 pounds total
Preheat broiler on high. Use fork to pierce eggplants all over.
Place eggplants on baking sheet and set directly under broiler. Broil eggplants approximately 45 minutes, turning periodically, until blackened all over.
Remove from oven. Set large bowl over eggplants to capture steam. Let cool, covered with bowl, until room or handling temperature.
Once eggplants have cooled, remove bowl and set aside. Remove top of eggplant and peel away eggplant skin. Discard.
Place peeled eggplants in blender or food processor. Add garlic, tahini, lemon juice, and paprika.
Blend until smooth. Taste and add more garlic, tahini, or lemon juice as desired. Stir in 1 teaspoon salt. Taste again. Add additional salt, if desired.
Transfer baba ganoush to serving bowl. Serve warm, or refrigerate until chilled. Garnish with parsley and a drizzle of olive oil, if desired. Serve with vegetables (celery, carrots, etc.) and/or pitas or pita chips.
Notes
I recommend starting with the smaller quantities of each spice, then tasting the mixture and adding more if desired. You can always add more, but you can't take it back out if you use too much!
Recipe yields approximately 6 servings. Nutritional values shown are general guidelines and reflect information for 1 serving, not including any foods used in serving. Actual macros may vary slightly depending on specific brands and types of ingredients used.To determine the weight of one serving, prepare the recipe as instructed. Weigh the finished recipe, then divide the weight of the finished recipe (not including the weight of the container the food is in) by 6. Result will be the weight of one serving.