How to Grill Eggplant Slices

METHOD: Direct grilling

ADVANCE PREPARATION: 30 minutes for preparing the eggplants

Depending on how you cook it, eggplant can taste like one of several different vegetables. Grill it whole, and you bring out its soft, creamy, pâté-like qualities. Grill it sliced, and it acquires the soft, chewy consistency of a grilled mushroom or zucchini. Sliced grilled eggplant turns up across the world’s barbecue trail because its texture soaks up the smoke and fire flavors like a sponge.