Hello everybody, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, mediterranean style zucchini boats. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have mediterranean style zucchini boats using 13 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Mediterranean Style Zucchini Boats:
- Take 4 medium zucchini
- Take 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- Take 1 packages Crock-Pot savory herb chicken slow cooker seasoning
- Get 3/4 cup water
- Get 2 tbsp olive oil
- Take 1 small red onion, finely chopped
- Take 2 tbsp lemon juice
- Make ready 1/3 cup sun dried tomatoes, chopped
- Prepare 1/4 cup kalamata olives, chopped
- Take 1 1/2 tbsp capers, chopped
- Take 1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese, plus more for topping
- Make ready salt and pepper
- Prepare 1 cup chicken broth
If you're serving a larger crowd, you can cut the zucchini halves crosswise to create smaller "boats" that are much easier to pick up (no fork and knife needed.) A dollop of Tzatziki sauce on top doesn't hurt a bit! Mediterranean-Style Zucchini Boats…one of my favorite ways to make zucchini! Zucchini takes the form of "boats" here and holds a Mediterranean-Style chickpea rice that is equally delicious as it is filling. We serve these boats atop Cava 's roasted red pepper spread for an extra colorful and protein-packed dinner.
Steps to make Mediterranean Style Zucchini Boats:
- Place chicken breasts in crock pot. Mix Crock-Pot seasoning with water and pour over chicken. Cook on low for 6-8 hours.
- Remove chicken from crock pot (discard remaining cooking liquids) and shred with two forks. Set aside.
- Set oven to low broil. Heat olive oil in skillet over medium heat.
- Add onion to skillet and sauté until translucent.
- Turn heat to low and add shredded chicken, lemon juice, chicken broth, sun dried tomatoes, kalamata olives and capers, and give a good stir. Cover and let simmer while you prepare zucchini.
- Chop ends off of zucchini and cut in half length-wise. Use a spoon to carefully scoop out the middles, creating zucchini boats.
- Place the 8 zucchini halves in a greased casserole dish, and either brush the insides with olive oil or spray with cooking spray. Salt and pepper to taste.
- Broil zucchini in oven for approximately 10 minutes, or until edges begin to brown.
- Remove zucchini from oven, and turn oven to bake at 400°F.
- Mix feta cheese into the chicken mixture in skillet, stirring well.
- Use a spoon to generously stuff zucchini halves with chicken mixture. Top with additional feta crumbles and bake for approximately 10 more minutes at 400°F.
Place mixture back into zucchini shells. Top each with a small amount of Asiago cheese and place zucchini boats on a baking sheet. Zucchini boats are the perfect way to make an otherwise light veggie side into a hearty and filling meal. To make zucchini boats, simply scoop the flesh out of the zucchini halves and stuff them with a filling of your choice. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
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