Italian stuffed zucchini boats
Italian stuffed zucchini boats

Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, italian stuffed zucchini boats. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

This low-carb, Italian-inspired dish has so much going for it! It involves lean ground turkey, fresh veggies, and is topped with cheese and toasted bread. Sausage Stuffed Zucchini Boats are perfect for summer zucchinis, stuffed with lean Italian chicken sausage, then topped with marinara sauce and These stuffed zucchini boats are one of my absolute summer favorites and are also low-carb and keto friendly.

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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook italian stuffed zucchini boats using 16 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Italian stuffed zucchini boats:
  1. Get 3 medium, uniformly-sized zucchini
  2. Take 1 (24 oz) jar tomato basil marinara, divided
  3. Get 1 tablespoon olive oil
  4. Prepare 1 lb ground turkey or Italian sausage
  5. Get 1/3 cup diced onion
  6. Take 1 tablespoon minced garlic
  7. Make ready 1/3 diced red bell pepper
  8. Make ready 1/2 cup chopped mushrooms
  9. Prepare 1/4 cup chopped Italian parsley
  10. Take 1 tablespoon Italian herb seasoning
  11. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
  12. Make ready to taste Fresh cracked black pepper
  13. Make ready 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flake
  14. Get 1 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
  15. Get 1/4 cup shaved parmesan
  16. Get 3 tablespoon Italian Panko bread crumbs

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Instructions to make Italian stuffed zucchini boats:
  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Measure out 1 cup of the marinara sauce and set aside.
  2. Trim ends from zucchini and slice in half, lengthwise. Use the tip of a spoon to scrape out the zucchini flesh (see recipe note), chop it and set it aside. Place the scooped out zucchini boats into a 13"x 9" baking dish and add about 1" of water. Cover with foil and bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes, until just slightly fork-tender. Remove from oven, and set aside to cool slightly.
  3. Add olive oil to a 12" skillet and place over MEDIUM heat. Add turkey (or beef), onion, bell pepper, and garlic to the skillet. Cook, stirring to break up the ground meat as it cooks. Continue to cook and stir until meat is thoroughly cooked and veggies have softened. Drain off as much grease as possible and return the skillet to the heat.
  4. Add the chopped zucchini flesh, mushrooms, remaining marinara in jar (reserve 1 cup for later), parsley, Italian seasoning, salt, fresh ground black pepper, and crushed red pepper. Stir well to combine. Bring to a simmer, then reduce heat and allow to simmer over low heat for about 15 minutes.
  5. Remove partially cooked zucchini from baking dish and pour off water. Pour the 1 cup of reserved marinara sauce into the empty baking dish and place zucchini boats on top of the sauce.
  6. Divide the filling between the zucchini boats. If you have extra filling, spoon it into the dish around the zucchini boats. Cover the dish with foil, and bake for 20 minutes, or until zucchini is fork tender. Remove dish from oven and set oven to BROIL.
  7. Remove foil and sprinkle zucchini boats with mozzarella, Parmesan and the panko bread crumbs. Place dish in oven, watching closely, and cook for just a couple of minutes until cheese has melted and bread crumbs are golden brown.

Remove from oven, remove foil and set aside to cool slightly. While the zucchini is cooking, add the olive oil to a skillet and place over medium heat. Besides, what's not to love about this delicious stuffed zucchini recipe? It includes some of my favorite Mediterranean flavors and spices, and since I think With freshly grated Parmesan cheese, these scrumptious, spicy Italian zucchini boats were full of melty cheesy, veggie goodness in just half an. Italian sausage stuffed zucchini are a great alternative to lasagna with flavorful Italian sausage, red sauce, and cheese baked into tender zucchini.

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