MIDDLE EASTERN STUFFED ZUCCHINI RECIPE
Middle Eastern stuffed zucchini recipe with a spiced rice and meat filling, cooked in red sauce. A must-try!
Provided by The Mediterranean Dish
Categories Entree
Time 1h10m
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- In a large bowl, combine the stuffing ingredients of rice, ground beef, shredded onion, fresh parsley, dill, diced tomatoes, water, olive oil, allspice, garlic powder, and salt and pepper. Mix by hand to combine.
- Now, remove the top of 3 tomatoes and remove the core to hollow out the tomatoes making room for the stuffing. Do this using a corer like this one.
- With a knife, remove the very top of the zucchini, then cut each zucchini in half to make shorter zucchini for stuffing. Now you need to hollow out the zucchini to make room for the stuffing.
- Insert your corer about 3/4 of the way into the zucchini, making sure not to poke the bottoms. Twist the corer and pull out the zucchini cores or hearts. Do this a few times, and gently scrape the sides of the zucchini until you have hollowed each out making room for the stuffing. You'll want to leave about 1/4 inch rim of zucchini.
- Lightly oil the bottom of a large deep cooking pan like this one. Slice the remaining tomato and spread over the bottom of the pan. Now add the onion slices and the cores or hearts of the zucchini. Sprinkle with a little salt and pepper.
- Now, using your hands, gently stuff the hollowed tomatoes with the rice stuffing. Then loosely stuff the zucchini with the rice stuffing about 3/4 of the way (do not over-stuff or crowd the rice stuffing in the zucchini or it will not cook well).
- Arrange the stuffed tomatoes in the center of the cooking pan, then add the stuffed zucchini (stuffed side up) around them. Tilt the zucchini a little, this helps them cook nicely through using less liquid.
- Now add the tomato sauce and water. Sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper.
- Place the pan on the stove and cook on medium-high heat until the liquid starts boiling. Turn the heat down, cover and simmer for for 50 minutes until the zucchini is tender and the rice stuffing is fully cooked.
- Transfer to a serving platter or individual bowls. Top with the sauce from the cooking pan. Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 172 calories, Sugar 6.6 g, Sodium 154.7 mg, Fat 5 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, TransFat 0 g, Carbohydrate 23 g, Fiber 3.4 g, Protein 10.2 g, Cholesterol 17 mg
MEDITERRANEAN STUFFED ZUCCHINI
Here's a delicious way to solve the problem of those too-big zucchinis ballooning in your garden at the end of the summer: zucchini boats baked and stuffed with lamb, feta, pine nuts, tomatoes, and more. It's just like your mother used to make, but with an exotic Mediterranean twist!
Provided by Larry Short
Categories Main Dish Recipes Stuffed Main Dish Recipes Stuffed Zucchini Recipes
Time 1h10m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
- Use a melon baller to separate and remove seeds and pulp separately from the zucchini, carving out each half and leaving about a half-inch shell. Chop zucchini pulp into pieces about 1/4 inch in diameter. Discard seeds.
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir onion and garlic in hot oil until tender, about 5 minutes. Add ground lamb; continue to cook and stir until lamb is lightly browned, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir chopped zucchini into the lamb mixture. Reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer mixture until the zucchini is hot, about 3 minutes. Drain excess grease. Season lamb mixture with coarse salt and black pepper.
- Remove skillet from heat. Stir tomato sauce, tomatoes, feta cheese, pine nuts, and 1/4 cup mint leaves through the lamb mixture; spoon into the zucchini halves. Put stuffed zucchini halves into a large baking dish. Pour water into the baking dish.
- Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes. Mix bread crumbs and mozzarella cheese in a bowl. Sprinkle 1/4 cup mint leaves over the zucchini and top with the bread crumb mixture. Continue baking until the top is crusty and browned, about 10 minutes more.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 649.3 calories, Carbohydrate 38.8 g, Cholesterol 114.7 mg, Fat 38.7 g, Fiber 7 g, Protein 40.6 g, SaturatedFat 14.9 g, Sodium 1522.8 mg, Sugar 14.2 g
MEDITERRANEAN GRILLED STUFFED ZUCCHINI
Too many Zucchinis or just lost track of one and now you have a MONSTER Zucchini and are tired of zucchini bread? Here is the perfect recipe that will liven up your dinner table with LOTS of flavor.
Provided by ManInKitchen
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 50m
Yield 3-4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- needed - one very large zucchini (4x the regular store sized ones) -- cut length-wise, scoop out middle and cut into half again to make 4 halves -- For the stuffing- saute 1 small onion chopped in -- 2 TB of olive oil. When softened, add 1/4 lb of loose italian sausage (break it up as it sautes). Season onions and sausage with a little crushed red pepper, salt, and pepper. When sausage is golden brown, remove to a bowl. -- Saute 1 small diced zucchini until aldente, then season with salt and pepper and lil thyme -- add to bowl with sausage and onions. Add 1-2 Tablespoons of italian black olives, 1/2 cup of chopped. roasted red peppers, and 2 cloves of sauted finely chopped garlic. Add 2 cubed toasted slices of whole wheat bread with a touch of salt and pepper. Stir together and mix well. Following this, add 2 TB of ricotta cheese (ot add til stuffing is moist), then 1 egg, 1/4 cup of parmesan cheese. Mix all ingredients well and stuff into Zucchini halves. TO COOK: heat grill to medium high, wrap zucchini in seperate segments in foil and tent each piece. Cook on grill at medium (or 600 degrees) for 20 minutes with lid closed. Following this, open foil and top with mozarella cheese and cook for an additional 5 minutes and then cool for 3 minutes and serve to guests :D -- ENJOY!See More.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 294.9, Fat 18.8, SaturatedFat 5.5, Cholesterol 85.5, Sodium 491.5, Carbohydrate 16.1, Fiber 3.3, Sugar 5.7, Protein 16.6
STUFFED GRILLED ZUCCHINI
Pair up these zucchini boats with charred pork chops, smoked fish and other grilled greats. Not warm enough for cooking al fresco? Your old-fashioned oven will do. -Nancy Zimmerman, Cape May Court House, New Jersey
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Side Dishes
Time 35m
Yield 4 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Cut zucchini in half lengthwise; scoop out pulp, leaving 1/4-in. shells. Brush with 2 teaspoons oil; set aside. Chop pulp. , In a large skillet, saute pulp and onion in remaining oil. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Add bread crumbs; cook and stir until golden brown, about 2 minutes. , Remove from the heat. Stir in the mozzarella cheese, mint and salt. Spoon into zucchini shells. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. , Grill, covered, over medium heat until zucchini is tender, 8-10 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 186 calories, Fat 10g fat (3g saturated fat), Cholesterol 11mg cholesterol, Sodium 553mg sodium, Carbohydrate 17g carbohydrate (4g sugars, Fiber 3g fiber), Protein 9g protein.
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