Zucchini With Minced Meat In The Oven: Step-by-step Recipes For Vegetable Boats With Filling, Photos And Videos

2024 Author: Bailey Albertson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 12:53

Delicious zucchini with minced meat in the oven: guests will ask for more

Juicy zucchini is one of the most popular vegetables used in the cooking of many nations of the world. This is due to their wonderful taste and beneficial properties. First and second courses, salads, snacks, preservation for the winter - dozens and hundreds of delicious dishes can be prepared from zucchini. And today we will talk with you about how to please loved ones with delicious zucchini-boats with minced meat, baked in the oven.

Step-by-step recipe for zucchini with minced meat in the oven

I don’t know why, but 10 years ago I didn’t cook stuffed vegetables in the oven. Until I came across a recipe for eggplant stuffed with minced meat, tomatoes and cheese. Having prepared this dish, I was delighted. Fast, effortlessly, tasty, satisfying and, importantly, very beautiful. This dish turns an ordinary meal into a mini-celebration. The husband who had dinner was pleased, but did not fail to inform that it would be nice to try to cook such a dish, taking as a basis his very favorite zucchini. The idea seemed interesting to me, and after a few days I delighted my beloved with a new dish. Zucchini with filling turned out to be no less tasty, and now this dish is a frequent guest of our table.

Ingredients:

• 1 kg of zucchini;
• 300 g mixed minced meat;
• 1 large tomato
• 50 g of hard cheese;
• 1 head of onion;
• 1/4 tsp salt;
• 1/4 tsp ground black pepper;
• 1 tbsp. l. sunflower oil;
• 4-5 sprigs of fresh dill.

Cooking steps:

1. Prepare the food you need.

   

   A very tasty and appetizing dish is obtained from a simple set of products available to everyone.

2. Wash and dry young medium-sized zucchini. Cut each vegetable in half lengthwise. Using a teaspoon, remove the pulp so that you get boats with walls about 8 mm thick.

   

   Use young, medium-sized vegetables for roasting

3. Peel a small head of onion and chop finely with a knife. Cut the flesh of courgettes and tomatoes into small cubes. Grate the cheese on a fine grater.

4. Transfer the onions to a pan with heated sunflower oil and fry until translucent.

   

   Refined sunflower oil is best for frying vegetables.

5. Add minced meat to the onion, salt and pepper. Stir the ingredients and continue to sauté over medium heat until the meat is cooked through.

   

   To prevent the minced meat from baking in large lumps, stir it and lightly press down with a spatula or fork.

6. Add the pulp of the courgettes and the diced tomatoes to the minced meat with onions, mix everything and cook for 8-10 minutes.

   

   Vegetables will make the filling bright and juicy

7. Line a baking sheet or baking dish with a sheet of baking paper.
8. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.

9. Fill the zucchini blanks with minced meat and vegetables.

   

   When filling zucchini boats with filling, press down the minced meat, but do not tamp it too tightly

10. Transfer the blanks to a mold and sprinkle with grated hard cheese.

    

    The amount of cheese for sprinkling zucchini can be adjusted to your taste

11. Place the filled courgettes in a hot oven and bake for 40 minutes.

12. Put the finished meal in portioned plates, garnish with dill and serve.

    

    Use fresh dill or parsley for the finishing touch

If desired, mixed minced meat can be replaced with pure pork or beef, chicken or turkey. And you can also diversify the composition of the filling with such ingredients as:

• mushrooms;
• garlic;
• carrot;
• bell pepper;
• hot peppers;
• green onions, parsley;
• mayonnaise;
• sour cream;
• natural yogurt;
• dried herbs (basil, oregano and others);
• ground coriander seeds.

In this list, I'm only talking about filling additions that I have personally tried. You can turn on your imagination and come up with completely new options for delicious additions.

Video: zucchini boats with minced meat in the oven

If you are also a lover of deliciously tasty, appetizing and healthy zucchini with minced meat in the oven, be sure to share with us and our readers the secrets of cooking this dish. We look forward to your comments. Bon appetit to you and your loved ones!