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Eggplant Ground Beef Skillet Recipe

By Lisa MarcAurele · Sep 20, 2022 · 33 Comments

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Low carb eggplant tomato ground beef skillet recipe

Need a quick weeknight meal? This simple low-carb and gluten-free eggplant tomato ground beef skillet recipe is simple and delicious. It's also budget friendly.

Low carb eggplant tomato ground beef skillet recipe
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What do you grow in your summer garden? We typically grow tomatoes, cucumber, yellow squash, zucchini, green peppers, and eggplant.

Eggplants are one of my favorites and they are perfect for low carb diets. This summer, we planted an Asian variety of eggplant that has been bearing fruit like crazy.

It's give us a countless number of the smaller eggplants while our traditional eggplant plant only produced two eggplants so far. I wanted to share this eggplant tomato ground beef skillet recipe on the blog because it's the easiest way I've found to use up our Asian eggplants.

I cook a lot of easy ground beef skillet recipes throughout the year. We all know that grass fed beef is the best, but I don't buy it because we stock our freezer with ground venison burger meat.

Cook eggplant skillet

So, technically, my dishes aren't really ground beef because I use ground venison instead. However, you would never be able to tell the difference and venison is wild game meat that is usually healthier than most farm raised meat.

I like to sprinkle salt on the chopped eggplant and then cook it up in a little olive oil until it softens. I find it has the most flavor when cooked up separately first.

While the eggplant is cooking, I'll chop up the tomatoes. My husband and son always go overboard with the tomato plants so I sometimes just keep cutting up what will fit in the pan. However, a good amount for this recipe is about two cups.

chopped tomatoes

Once the eggplant is cooked, I'll brown the ground beef venison in the same skillet with a little minced garlic. I love ground meat because it cooks up so fast which makes it perfect for weeknight meals.

brown ground beef skillet

Once the meat has browned, I add the eggplant and tomato and then sprinkle on some liquid aminos. I used to use soy sauce, but now I use the liquid aminos because most regular soy sauce contains wheat and gluten.

Add eggplant tomato ground beef skillet

If you add too many tomatoes, the dish will become soupy. I typically cook this eggplant tomato ground beef skillet dish in the pan until the liquid has been reduced. My favorite way to serve this is on top of cauliflower rice, but it's also delicious by itself.

Eggplant tomato ground beef skillet recipe

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Eggplant tomato ground beef skillet recipe

Eggplant Tomato Ground Beef Skillet

4.63 from 35 votes
Need a quick weeknight meal? This simple low carb gluten free eggplant tomato ground beef skillet recipe is simple and delicious. It's also budget friendly.
Prep Time:10 minutes mins
Cook Time:20 minutes mins
Total Time:30 minutes mins
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
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Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 209

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Ingredients

  • 1 medium eggplant diced
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 2 cups tomato coarsely chopped
  • 1 tablespoon soy aminos or gluten free soy sauce
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Instructions

  • Sprinkle eggplant with salt and sauté in olive oil until softened. Set aside.
  • Cook ground beef with garlic until meat is browned.
  • Add eggplant and tomato to ground beef. Stir in soy aminos. Cook until liquid is reduced.
  • Serve alone or over cauliflower rice.

Notes

Makes 6 servings
Nutrition per serving: 2.1g net carbs

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Nutrition

Calories: 209 | Carbohydrates: 6.3g | Protein: 15.7g | Fat: 13.8g | Sodium: 311mg | Fiber: 4.2g

Additional Info

Net Carbs: 2.1 g | % Carbs: 4.3 % | % Protein: 32.1 % | % Fat: 63.6 % | SmartPoints: 5
Values
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    [calories] => 209
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    [protein] => 15.7
    [fat] => 13.8
    [sodium] => 311
    [fiber] => 4.2
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  1. Elizabeth Donaldson

    December 12, 2023 at 6:21 pm

    5 stars
    We LOVED it!! Made just as printed. Could of course tweak it, but really good as is.

    Reply
    • Linda

      June 02, 2024 at 4:15 pm

      This is a great base. I made it as written, but ended up adding salt and Italian seasoning. Delish! Super easy and quick to make.

      Reply
  2. William Santos

    October 01, 2023 at 11:26 pm

    5 stars
    Easy and delicious!

    Reply
  3. Cindy

    March 24, 2023 at 7:17 pm

    5 stars
    I'm not usually a fan of eggplant, but this was surprinsingly very yummy! Thank you for sharing! Will be making it again. 😊

    Reply
  4. Pam

    February 14, 2023 at 2:48 pm

    5 stars
    I made this today for the first time and it was delicious! I added small shells instead of rice. Will definitely make again.

    Reply
  5. Valerie

    July 29, 2022 at 6:28 pm

    5 stars
    I used a can of Rotel tomatoes that I had on hand. This is AMAZING! I will definitely make it again!

    Reply
  6. Betty

    July 09, 2021 at 7:13 pm

    5 stars
    Very easy and very tasty. Great for my current dietary choices.

    Reply
  7. Mary

    January 28, 2021 at 9:10 am

    4 stars
    Thought it needed a bit more salt or maybe a bit more Caminos, but it was yummy and my husband liked it. He had his over brown rice and I had mine over cauli-rice. Had fresh green beans and a tossed salad, too.

    Reply
    • Joe Springer

      June 01, 2021 at 2:36 pm

      Put in a pot pie for rest of family not let's! Or noodles! Thanks trying tonight ! No grandkids! Old lady is me to! I eat everything! Love all food even those that don't love me!

      Reply
    • Laura

      May 20, 2022 at 8:20 pm

      5 stars
      I’m trying to not have soy in my diet. What should I use in place of the soy sauce?

      Reply
      • Lisa MarcAurele

        May 21, 2022 at 5:24 pm

        I use coconut aminos as a soy sauce alternative. It's just a little sweeter and less salty.

      • Rob

        August 16, 2024 at 4:59 pm

        Coconut aminos

  8. Nicole

    November 24, 2020 at 12:51 pm

    This was an excellent base recipe for me. I say base because I found it bland. I doubled the garlic, added some sliced green and red peppers, green onion, black olives, oregano, cayenne and black pepper. This was a great almost all in one meal. Thank you!

    Reply
  9. Jo Ann

    April 12, 2020 at 6:00 pm

    5 stars
    This was just what I was looking for -- turned out really well. Next time I think I will add sliced black olives.

    Reply
  10. Scott Blessley

    February 24, 2020 at 1:43 pm

    "salute in olive oil"?

    Reply
    • Lisa MarcAurele

      February 24, 2020 at 3:00 pm

      LOL. Fixed the typo!

      Reply
      • John Lieber

        January 09, 2023 at 7:51 am

        5 stars
        Made this last night. Didn’t have fresh tomatoes and too lazy to go to store lol. So I used diced tomatoes that had garlic and onion in them. Drained them and should have saved so juice. Lesson learned. Everything came together well but no taste. Only later realized I forgot they liquid aminos!! Added some to leftovers and boom, that was it. We loved it and will make again!!

  11. Bobbi

    January 26, 2020 at 10:52 am

    Absolutely excellent and easy. I put cooked mix over mashed cauliflower and didn’t add salt. However I did add a tablespoon of preshredded cheddar cheese.
    Excellent for weight watchers

    Reply
  12. Grandi

    September 16, 2019 at 10:19 am

    Do you peel the eggplant or not?

    Reply
    • Lisa MarcAurele

      September 16, 2019 at 6:11 pm

      I do not peel the eggplant. However, it can be peeled if you prefer it that way.

      Reply
    • Bobbi

      January 26, 2020 at 10:54 am

      No, did not peel. Removed both ends and washed before cubing.

      Reply
  13. Elaine

    March 13, 2019 at 7:16 pm

    5 stars
    We really enjoyed this recipe. It was quick, easy to make, satiating and delicious. I added a large can of chopped San Marzano tomatoes and I mixed lean ground beef and lean ground turkey. Served over brown rice. I will definitely be trying this again, perhaps with a few additions listed in the comments. Thank you for this wonderful recipe!

    Reply
    • Ntukise

      May 08, 2020 at 1:12 pm

      I added fried onions, served it mixed brown rice and brown lentils, used tomato sauce. Thank you for the recipe

      Reply
  14. Tracy

    July 23, 2018 at 1:51 pm

    Delicious! I served it on cabbage "spaghetti" - thinly sliced cabbage seasoned w salt, pepper and olive oil and zapped a few minutes in the microwave.

    Reply
    • Lisa

      July 24, 2018 at 6:26 am

      I haven't had cabbage spaghetti but sounds like a great compliment to this recipe.

      Reply
  15. Donna

    February 13, 2018 at 9:32 pm

    I added mushrooms, can of tomato sauce, celery, onions, and Italian seasoning. With the base recipe, it was delicious! Thank you. We will have it again.

    Reply
    • Lisa

      February 14, 2018 at 6:03 am

      You're welcome! Thanks for sharing your add-ins.

      Reply
  16. Joanne

    July 15, 2017 at 2:31 pm

    5 stars
    Our garden has produced several eggplant and we did this easy recipe and added zucchini at the end turn out great

    Reply
    • Lisa

      July 16, 2017 at 7:35 am

      Thanks for writing in Joanne! We are hoping to get an eggplant from our garden soon.

      Reply
  17. Lisa

    September 05, 2016 at 2:49 pm

    5 stars
    I added mushrooms and a can of tomato soup to make it extra creamy

    Reply
    • Lisa

      September 05, 2016 at 7:14 pm

      Sounds like a delicious change!

      Reply
  18. Anna

    August 31, 2016 at 8:01 pm

    5 stars
    Love this recipe! I added onions and red pepper, to use them up, and at the end added Syrian 7-spice powder. Served with rice and plain yogurt. Delicious!

    Reply
    • Lisa

      September 01, 2016 at 6:04 am

      Sounds yummy!

      Reply
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