Chicken in a zucchini boat
Chicken in a zucchini boat

Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, chicken in a zucchini boat. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

To make this recipe, start by cutting some zucchini in half. Use a spoon to scrape the seeds and the middle out of the zucchini, creating zucchini boats. Brown some ground chicken in a skillet.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chicken in a zucchini boat using 22 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken in a zucchini boat:
  1. Take ◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆ chicken and zucchini◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆
  2. Take 3 medium zucchini
  3. Make ready 12 ounces diced/ shredded chicken, I used chicken breast
  4. Prepare 1/2 large onion
  5. Make ready 1 teaspoon paprika
  6. Get 1/2 teaspoon salt
  7. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  8. Get 1 teaspoon cumin powder
  9. Prepare 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  10. Take ◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆sauce◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆
  11. Prepare 15 ounces tomato sauce
  12. Take 1/2 teaspoon whole leaf oregano
  13. Take 1 teaspoonful of cumin powder
  14. Get 1-1/2 tablespoons honey
  15. Get 1 tablespoonful of minced garlic
  16. Prepare 1 tablespoonful of extra virgin olive oil
  17. Make ready ◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆ toppings◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆
  18. Prepare 2 cups monterrey jack and colby cheddar cheese, shredded
  19. Get 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
  20. Prepare 1/3 cup jalapeño pepper slices, pickled
  21. Get 1 cup black ripened sliced olives
  22. Take 1/3 cup sour cream

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Instructions to make Chicken in a zucchini boat:
  1. Preheat oven 400° Fahrenheit
  2. Finely chop the onion.
  3. Cut the ends off zucchini.
  4. Split them lengthways down the middle
  5. Hollow the zucchini halves leaving a bit on the ends, so you can stuff them without stuffing running out. I used a spoon.
  6. Heat oil in pan, cube, or shred the chicken into small pieces. Add chicken to pan.
  7. Add onion to the chicken with salt, zucchini scrapings, cumin, cayenne, and paprika.
  8. Sauté till onion is translucent and chicken is done.
  9. Heat oil in the pan. Add the minced garlic and sauté.
  10. Add tomato sauce, honey, oregano, salt, cumin, and simmer.
  11. After 10 minutes of simmering and stirring occasionally, remove from heat.
  12. In an oven safe dish add a quarter cup of the sauce. Set the zucchini boats on top of sauce in dish.
  13. Spoon the stuffing mixture into zucchini boats
  14. Pour over the zucchini boats the rest of the sauce.
  15. Add cheese and olives on top bake covered 40 minutes. Let sit 5 minutes.
  16. Add sour cream, cilantro, and jalapeños. Serve I hope you enjoy!

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