Stuffed Zucchini Boats
Stuffed Zucchini Boats

Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, stuffed zucchini boats. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Stuffed Zucchini Boats is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Stuffed Zucchini Boats is something which I have loved my entire life.

Browse Our Fast & Easy Appetizers Recipes Collection. Chop the zucchini flesh and set aside. In a medium saute pan over medium-high heat, add the olive oil and let heat through.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook stuffed zucchini boats using 14 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Stuffed Zucchini Boats:
  1. Get zucchini
  2. Take celery stalk diced
  3. Make ready yellow/spanish onion diced
  4. Prepare red bell pepper diced
  5. Make ready of garlic minced
  6. Take breadcrumbs
  7. Make ready Monterey Jack cheese shredded ( any favorite cheese will do)
  8. Take grated or shredded parmesan ( fresh preferred)
  9. Get pepper
  10. Make ready paprika
  11. Get dried oregano
  12. Make ready prosciutto or bacon (omit to make vegetarian)
  13. Get olive oil or vegetable oil
  14. Prepare salt to taste

There are so many ways to change up these zucchini boats! This is a bit of an Italian version with the Italian sausage, tomatoes, breadcrumbs and cheeses. Here are some more ideas on how to change up these stuffed zucchinis. For the boats, quickly blanch them in boiling water.

Steps to make Stuffed Zucchini Boats:
  1. Cut the zucchini in half down the middle.
  2. with a small spoon scoop out the insides removing the seeds and most of the meat. put into a bowl
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. scoop mixture into zucchini boats making sure to not over fill. just touching the top is enough.
  7. add 1 tablespoon of cheese to each zucchini boat.
  8. 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.
  9. 1 to 2 zucchini per person would be my suggested serving portion.
  10. serve as any side dish or as a healthy snack!

When ready to make, thaw the boats and pulp in the fridge overnight. Make the filling, assemble and bake as directed. Check out other zucchini boat recipes, like garden-stuffed zucchini boats. This is an Italian style stuffed zucchini, but there are so many other great ways to fill your squash! Stuffed Zucchini Boats are the perfect way to enjoy your fresh summer zucchini!

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