Description
Zucchini Boats are a delicious and savory dish that features hollowed-out zucchini halves filled with a flavorful Italian sausage mixture, topped with melted mozzarella cheese. Perfect for a satisfying meal or appetizer.
Ingredients
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Zucchini Boats:
- 4 large zucchini (about 2 lbs.)
- 1.5 Tbsp cooking oil, divided
Filling:
- 1 lb. Italian ground sausage
- 1 small yellow onion, diced
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/2 tsp Italian seasoning
- 3/4 tsp salt, divided
- 1/2 tsp freshly cracked black pepper, divided
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder
- 3/4 cup marinara sauce
- 1/4 cup breadcrumbs
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella
Instructions
- Preheat the oven: Preheat the oven to 375°F.
- Prepare zucchini: Wash, trim, and halve zucchini. Scoop out flesh, chop, and set aside. Pre-bake zucchini.
- Make filling: Brown sausage, add onion, garlic, seasonings, marinara, breadcrumbs, and chopped zucchini. Simmer.
- Stuff zucchini boats: Fill zucchini halves with sausage mixture. Top with mozzarella.
- Bake: Bake zucchini boats until cheese is melted and bubbly. Garnish with parsley before serving.
Notes
- Ideally choose zucchini of similar size for uniform cooking.
- Italian sausage adds great flavor, but you can substitute with other ground meats.
- Extra zucchini flesh can be frozen for smoothies to reduce food waste.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 zucchini boat
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 5g
- Sodium: 800mg
- Fat: 20g
- Saturated Fat: 7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 15g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 18g
- Cholesterol: 50mg
