Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, chicken in a zucchini boat. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Stuffed zucchini boats with the flavor of chicken parmesan. This year I've made a zucchini boat I like even more - these unbelievably delicious and perfectly flavorful Chicken Enchilada Zucchini Boats! I was so skeptical at first and I thought there's no way I could ever trade in a classic, cheese loaded, pure comfort food enchilada for a healthier version.
Chicken in a zucchini boat is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. They are nice and they look fantastic. Chicken in a zucchini boat is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have chicken in a zucchini boat using 22 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken in a zucchini boat:
- Make ready ◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆ chicken and zucchini◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆
- Make ready 3 medium zucchini
- Take 12 ounces diced/ shredded chicken, I used chicken breast
- Take 1/2 large onion
- Take 1 teaspoon paprika
- Take 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Make ready 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- Make ready 1 teaspoon cumin powder
- Take 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- Prepare ◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆sauce◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆
- Make ready 15 ounces tomato sauce
- Prepare 1/2 teaspoon whole leaf oregano
- Get 1 teaspoonful of cumin powder
- Prepare 1-1/2 tablespoons honey
- Get 1 tablespoonful of minced garlic
- Make ready 1 tablespoonful of extra virgin olive oil
- Prepare ◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆ toppings◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆
- Get 2 cups monterrey jack and colby cheddar cheese, shredded
- Take 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
- Take 1/3 cup jalapeño pepper slices, pickled
- Get 1 cup black ripened sliced olives
- Take 1/3 cup sour cream
Once the chicken is done, add to a. Season lightly with salt and pepper. Add the ground chicken and cook, using a wooden spoon to break up the. Cut up broccoli florets into small pieces, and combine both with sour cream.
Steps to make Chicken in a zucchini boat:
- Preheat oven 400° Fahrenheit
- Finely chop the onion.
- Cut the ends off zucchini.
- Split them lengthways down the middle
- Hollow the zucchini halves leaving a bit on the ends, so you can stuff them without stuffing running out. I used a spoon.
- Heat oil in pan, cube, or shred the chicken into small pieces. Add chicken to pan.
- Add onion to the chicken with salt, zucchini scrapings, cumin, cayenne, and paprika.
- Sauté till onion is translucent and chicken is done.
- Heat oil in the pan. Add the minced garlic and sauté.
- Add tomato sauce, honey, oregano, salt, cumin, and simmer.
- After 10 minutes of simmering and stirring occasionally, remove from heat.
- In an oven safe dish add a quarter cup of the sauce. Set the zucchini boats on top of sauce in dish.
- Spoon the stuffing mixture into zucchini boats
- Pour over the zucchini boats the rest of the sauce.
- Add cheese and olives on top bake covered 40 minutes. Let sit 5 minutes.
- Add sour cream, cilantro, and jalapeños. Serve I hope you enjoy!
Cut zucchini in half and hollow out the centers. Add the Greek yogurt, lime juice, and salt together in a small bowl and stir to combine. Stuff chicken mixture in hollowed out zucchini boats, and top with cheddar cheese. Maybe my new favorite way to eat zucchini. Make sure you save the zucchini you scrape out too.
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