Stuffed zucchini boats with minced meat in the oven
My beauties were baked in the oven for exactly 40 minutes. The cheese has melted, the crust has browned, which means everything is ready and you can take it out. We give the dish the opportunity to catch its breath a little, rest... and... you can set the table and invite your Dear and Loved Ones.
By this time, they are most likely already exhausted from the alluring aromas and often look into the kitchen with a silent question in their eyes: “Well, when...?”
We ended up with a tasty, satisfying, very aromatic and tender dish. It's a two-in-one dish; no side dish is required.
Juicy zucchini stuffed with meat under a blanket of vegetables and all of it soaked in sour cream sauce... And the cheese crust is just the “cherry on the cake”. All components complement each other, neither subtract nor add. Mega tasty and super healthy!
Friends, I hope you liked the stuffed zucchini in this version and awakened the desire to start cooking. With my detailed step-by-step description, you will probably succeed. In addition, this dish has great potential for experimentation.
For example, you can add mushrooms to the minced meat or make only mushroom minced meat. You can stuff it using any cereal, it doesn’t have to be rice. In general, if you show your creativity, you can create something like this... I am sure that your loved ones will like it!
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Cook more often, cook with pleasure! Delight yourself and your loved ones with delicious, healthy and varied meals more often!
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Secrets of cooking delicious zucchini
The zucchini delicacy hides many secrets. They are in the preparation of dishes and their components. Find out about them soon, dear gourmets!
1. It's the season. It's time for fresh zucchini. Full of vitamins and tenderness. Take advantage of this time and prepare your masterpieces from these vegetables.
2. How to choose the right main ingredient for your dish? It should not contain black traces of rot and the skin should be smooth.
3. Zucchini quickly accumulate harmful substances, and this is the result of their unscrupulous cultivation. Therefore, buy vegetables from reliable suppliers if you do not plant them yourself.
4. Is there any filling left after filling the rings? Freeze it for next time or stuff it into bell peppers. It will turn out very tasty!
5. And one more thing about the filling. You can make any filling for zucchini: from vegetarian with vegetables and mushrooms to dessert, which includes nuts and fruits.
6. Be careful with salt. Before baking vegetables, of course, apply it directly to the fruits before adding the filling, but do not overdo it. Otherwise, the zucchini will become too watery and turn into mush.
7. You can choose any meat for the dish: beef, any poultry, lamb or pork. But meat is especially tasty if you mix it in a 1:1 ratio, for example, pork and beef.
8. You can cook the dish not only in the oven, but also on the stove using a frying pan. Still in the pan, after stewing the delicacy. And in your favorite multi-cooker you’ll get something even yummy.
9. If you are embarrassed by the zucchini peel, then feel free to remove it and bake the dish without it.
Promises. How much do they mean to you? Is there disappointment behind them or long-awaited relief from a restrained word? One thing I can say for sure. In cooking, all promises come true. In a dish of zucchini with meat for sure!
A vegetable dish with meat filling will fulfill all your whims and expectations. Once deliciously on your plate, it will dissolve in your mouth without any residue and with relish. And meaty zucchini will keep its promise to return to your meal.
After all, the dish will in no way leave you indifferent and will conquer even the most fastidious heart and stomach. Therefore, feel free to prepare it for any holiday or occasion. Let the promised culinary “masterpiece” (translated as masterpiece) amaze everyone completely!
Bon appetit!
Secret 1. Try to use only fresh, young vegetables. Then the peel will not be too hard and will retain as many vitamins as possible. Secret 2. Choose high quality zucchini from trusted sources. The fact is that zucchini is a type of vegetable that absorbs harmful substances very quickly.
This is a huge plus for us, but if the vegetable itself contains rot or chemicals, it has already absorbed them completely and will pass them on to you. Don't take that risk. Secret 3. Sometimes there is too much filling. However, this is not a problem at all - fill the bell peppers with the rest and bake it all together, pouring in tomato sauce.
These vegetables go perfectly together and, when mixed, will create a great taste. Secret 4. If you have vegetarians as guests, this is not a problem at all. Likewise, zucchini boats can be filled with a variety of vegetables if they are finely chopped. It will turn out no less tasty, don’t forget to add mushrooms! Secret 5. Never salt the zucchini itself, only the filling.
The vegetable will quickly become saturated with the juices of the filling and will be salted, but if you rub it with salt, the dish will turn out too watery and “mushy.” Secret 6. If there are many people on a diet among the guests, use minced poultry. Minced poultry has a minimal fat content, but its taste is very mild and no less rich. Try it!
Required Ingredients
If you have ever cooked cabbage rolls, you should know that rice, onion, garlic, salt and pepper and, if desired, various seasonings are added to the rolled meat. Using approximately the same recipe, we will make minced meat for zucchini baked in circles in the oven. And to make them very tasty, tender and aromatic, add cheese and fill them with a special filling.
Place 4 young zucchini on a small baking sheet across, for cooking you will need:
- 600-700 g of minced meat from a mixture of chicken and pork;
- 1 onion;
- 2 cloves of garlic;
- salt, pepper to taste;
- 80 g boiled rice (4 tablespoons);
- 0.5 tsp. sweet paprika;
- a little dill, parsley or other favorite herbs;
- 150 g cheese.
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You can make any minced meat. But it turns out more tender from pork and chicken.
We prepare the filling from the following ingredients:
- 1 tbsp. l. ketchup;
- 300 sour cream;
- pepper and salt to taste;
- 100-150 ml of water.
