Stuffed Zucchini
Stuffed Zucchini | Hollowed out zucchini filled with chicken, mushrooms, carrots and more great ingredients to make this the best light summer dish!
With our garden overflowing with zucchini we can never have enough recipes to use my families favorite summer vegetable. It’s healthy too! The addition of bread crumbs and fresh herbs really gives this stuffed zucchini dish great flavor. Also serve some LIGHT ORANGE CREAM POP CUPCAKES.
For even more great Zucchini recipe ideas follow my Zucchini Board on Pinterest.
Stuffed Zucchini
Yield:
Serves 8
Prep Time:
30 minutes
Cook Time:
47 minutes
Total Time:
1 hour 17 minutes
Ingredients
- 4 medium zucchini
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 cup mushrooms, chopped
- 1/2 cup onion, chopped
- 1 clove of garlic, minced
- 1 celery stalk, chopped
- 1/2 cup shredded carrots
- 1 cup chicken, cooked and chopped
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 tablespoon fresh thyme, chopped
- 1/2 cup bread crumbs
- 1/2 cup shredded light cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cut zucchini in half length wise.
- Use a paring knife and score around the zucchini leaving a 1/4-inch.
- Use a melon baller to scoop out the meat of the zucchini.
- Place in a 9x13-inch baking dish.
- Sprinkle with 1 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon of pepper.
- Set aside.
- Chop and place zucchini meat in a large skillet along with the mushrooms, onion, garlic, celery and carrots
- Add oil and sauté until tender.
- Add chicken, 1 teaspoon salt ,1/4 teaspoon pepper and thyme.
- Cook on medium for 1-2 minutes stirring.
- Add bread crumbs.
- Stir to combine.
- Fill prepared zucchini halves.
- Cover casserole dish with foil.
- Bake 45 minutes or until fork tender.
- Sprinkle with shredded cheese and bake an additional 2-3 minutes or until cheese is melted.
MORE ZUCCHINI RECIPES
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This was amazing! I used roasted chicken and put red peppers in it also, Delish!
Hi Shari, I’m so glad you liked it! I love the addition of red peppers. I’ll have to try that next time. 🙂
I make this all the time. It is FANTASTIC!! I Iove finding healthy recipes that taste so good. We eat it with a side of cranberry sauce. Thanks for the recipe!
Me too Kim. 🙂
This looks awesome! I’m thinking of trying it for dinner but can I ask … When the recipe say “zucchini meat” is it talking about the chopped chicken or the stuffed you melon balled out of the middle of the zucchini? Lol sorry I’m confused 🙂
Hi Bethany, You are going to love this dish! Zucchini meat is the inside of the zucchini. 🙂
This is a great recipe! We have a vegetarian daughter so I tried veggie crumbles instead of chicken. It was amazeing ,and is now our family favorite !
WooHoo! It’s a win! Thanks Ann…I’m so glad your family liked the recipe. 🙂
We loved it. Only change was to omit thyme ss husband doesn’t care for it. Sprinkled paprika on top. Thanks!!!
Yay Eileen! So glad you liked the recipe. It’s one of our end of summer favorites.