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Zucchini boats make the perfect vegetable vessel for ground turkey sausage, kalamata olives, sun dried tomatoes, pine nuts, basil, and Parmesan cheese for a Mediterranean spin on everyone's favorite stuffed zucchini recipe. These Mediterranean Stuffed Zucchini Boats are a vegetarian-friendly and gluten free way to prepare zucchini boats. Plenty of vegetables and protein and a tasty meatless meal.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook mediterranean style zucchini boats using 13 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Mediterranean Style Zucchini Boats:
- Make ready 4 medium zucchini
- Get 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- Get 1 packages Crock-Pot savory herb chicken slow cooker seasoning
- Prepare 3/4 cup water
- Get 2 tbsp olive oil
- Prepare 1 small red onion, finely chopped
- Make ready 2 tbsp lemon juice
- Prepare 1/3 cup sun dried tomatoes, chopped
- Take 1/4 cup kalamata olives, chopped
- Make ready 1 1/2 tbsp capers, chopped
- Get 1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese, plus more for topping
- Get salt and pepper
- Prepare 1 cup chicken broth
Mediterranean Zucchini Boats take summer zucchini and stuff them with a mixture of ground beef and lamb, rice, tomato sauce, cumin, cinnamon and are topped with cheese and fresh parsley. If you have an abundance of garden zucchini this is the perfect way to use them up! I have a winner to share with you guys. Cut zucchini in half and use a spoon to scoop out the middle and create a "boat." Save the extra zucchini for smoothies or baked goods!
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.
Mix together remaining ingredients, except feta cheese. Fill the zucchini boats with the filling mixture. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Scoop out the flesh of the zucchini leaving the sides to form a boat. Place the boats onto a lightly greased baking sheet.
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