Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, stuffed zucchini. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Trim stems from zucchini and slice lengthwise. Here's my Stuffed zucchini recipe, really easy and you only need a few ingredients. You will need zucchini, pork, onion, garlic, salt, black pepper. Stuffed zucchini is a delicious and nutritious meal that is perfect for grilling on a nice summer's day or great for eating on a cold winter's night.
Stuffed Zucchini is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look fantastic. Stuffed Zucchini is something that I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have stuffed zucchini using 14 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Stuffed Zucchini:
- Make ready 3 2 or 3 Zucchini - cored and cut into pieces each
- Get 1 Onion small - diced fine
- Prepare 3 Garlic - minced fine
- Get 1 Tomatoes Canned -
- Take 2 tbsps Ketchup -
- Prepare 1/2 cup Rice Cooked -
- Prepare 1 tsp Cumin Seeds -
- Make ready 1 tsp Coriander Powder -
- Make ready 1 tsp Chilli Powder -
- Prepare Cheese Grated
- Make ready to taste Salt
- Make ready Pepper
- Make ready Oil
- Take Optional Ground lamb beef or -
Here are some health benefits of stuffed zucchini: Zucchini squash are low in carbohydrates and calories, and are brimming with fiber and vitamin C, which helps promote a healthy immune system. Pat the zucchini dry and fill the cavity with the stuffing. Go ahead and really pack the filling in there before mounding it on top. This will help it hold together when you slice the zucchini later.
Instructions to make Stuffed Zucchini:
- Begin by cutting each zucchini into 2 large pieces horizontally. If the zucchini is large, you could get 3 pieces out of it. With a knife, slowly pull out the flesh from the middle of the zucchini, so you will get an empty zucchini cup. Be careful to not cut through the end of the zucchini cup :). Take the zucchini flesh and keep aside
- In a sauce pan, bring a can of tomatoes to a boil. Add the ketchup and let it simmer to form a nice tomato sauce. You can always use some ready made tomato sauce and just warm it up
- In a pan, toss in the cumin seeds in some hot oil. Sauté the finely chopped onion, minced garlic and the zucchini flesh. Add the rice and the coriander and chilli powder. Give it a quick stir, add the required amount of salt and pepper. I leave the grated cheese until we get to stuffing the zucchini because you don't want it to melt just yet!
- When it comes to stuffing the zucchini, quickly add the grated cheese to the rice mix and stuff the zucchinis. Try not to break them and I felt using my fingers to gently press the rice down the cup helped. Put the zucchinis vertically in the tomato sauce. Put the lid on and let it cook. Make sure the fire is on low because the only thing that needs to cook are the zucchinis
- If you noticed I added no meat, and it is because I made it vegetarian. Adding meat is just delicious for this recipe, so add it right before you add the rice. You can discard the zucchini flesh if you plan on doing this
- The zucchinis will get nice and soft and go from a dark shade of green to a lighter green color. This means its done - should take about 20-30mins
- Slowly take it out of the pan and arrange it on a serving tray. Spoon the tomato sauce over these zucchini and serve hot!
- To make it more of a complete meal, you can make a salad, some home-made hummus and some pita bread
Go ahead and really pack the filling in there before mounding it on top. This will help it hold together when you slice the zucchini later. Stuffed zucchini is a versatile dish as well and the recipe is easy to adjust for vegetarian family members—fill the zucchini with extra cheese and breadcrumbs or replace the protein with meat. Chop the zucchini flesh and set aside. Stuffed Zucchini - delicious low-carb and easy to prepare zucchini boats stuffed with seasoned ground turkey/chicken, topped with cheese and baked until tender.
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