Sizzling Harissa Eggplant with Chickpeas

It’s officially grilling season, baby! And I’m fully leaning into it with this Sizzling Harissa Eggplant with Chickpeas. We’re grilling whole eggplants until they collapse into something soft, smoky, but still sturdy, then piling them high with a harissa chickpea mix that turns everything saucy, spicy, and deeply filling. It’s a layered, easy grilling dinner, and I love how its fully vegetarian, too!

You can absolutely use your oven for this but what I love the grill because 1. it gives me an excuse to cook outside, and 2. the eggplant basically cooks itself into perfection. It steams inside its own skin while the outside chars, so you get this super creamy interior that becomes the perfect base for all that harissa, tomatoes, and chickpeas to soak right in.