Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, stuffed zucchini boats. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Stuffed Zucchini Boats This savory side dish from Billie Moss of El Sobrante, California is reason enough to give zucchini extra space in your garden. "I like to serve these veggie-stuffed boats with a loaf of homemade bread and slices of melon and avocado nestled on crisp lettuce leaves," she suggests. Chop the zucchini flesh and set aside. In a medium saute pan over medium-high heat, add the olive oil and let heat through.
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To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have stuffed zucchini boats using 14 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Stuffed Zucchini Boats:
- Make ready 4 zucchini
- Make ready 1 celery stalk diced
- Prepare 1 yellow/spanish onion diced
- Get 1 red bell pepper diced
- Take 2 clove of garlic minced
- Get 2 tbsp breadcrumbs
- Take 8 tbsp Monterey Jack cheese shredded ( any favorite cheese will do)
- Get 1/4 cup grated or shredded parmesan ( fresh preferred)
- Prepare 1 tsp pepper
- Prepare 1 tsp paprika
- Prepare 1 tsp dried oregano
- Prepare 2 tbsp prosciutto or bacon (omit to make vegetarian)
- Make ready 2 tbsp olive oil or vegetable oil
- Get 1 salt to taste
Here are some more ideas on how to change up these stuffed zucchinis. Add turkey (or beef), onion, bell pepper, and garlic to the skillet. Cook, stirring to break up the ground meat as it cooks. Remove foil and cover with mozzarella cheese.
Instructions to make Stuffed Zucchini Boats:
- Cut the zucchini in half down the middle.
- with a small spoon scoop out the insides removing the seeds and most of the meat. put into a bowl
- to a sautee pan add oil, onion, celery, bell pepper and sautee until translucent. should take 5 to 7 min on about medium high heat. add your salt pepper, paprika and oregano as well.
- add garlic and prosciutto and cook for one minute. then add the insides of the zucchini that were scraped out. A rough chop of them will do just fine. sautee for a couple minutes.
- Turn heat off and add parmesan and bread crumbs. incorporate into mix and set aside to cool for 10 to 15 min. In the mean time turn the oven on to 400°F.
- scoop mixture into zucchini boats making sure to not over fill. just touching the top is enough.
- add 1 tablespoon of cheese to each zucchini boat.
- In a 400°F oven, cook zucchini on a pan or on a cookie sheet sprayed with cooking spray, until golden brown on top, about 25 min. keep an eye out bc ovens have different temperatures.
- 1 to 2 zucchini per person would be my suggested serving portion.
- serve as any side dish or as a healthy snack!
In a skillet, cook beef, zucchini pulp, onion, mushrooms and peppers over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Stuffed Zucchini Boats are the perfect way to enjoy your fresh summer zucchini! Tender zucchini filled with a silky meat sauce, topped with cheese and baked until tender. Serve this easy dish with a side salad and garlic bread for the perfect family meal! This is an Italian style stuffed zucchini, but there are so many other great ways to fill your squash!
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