Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, chicken in a zucchini boat. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Chicken in a zucchini boat is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Chicken in a zucchini boat is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
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.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook 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:
- Get ◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆ chicken and zucchini◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆
- Make ready 3 medium zucchini
- Prepare 12 ounces diced/ shredded chicken, I used chicken breast
- Take 1/2 large onion
- Take 1 teaspoon paprika
- Get 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Take 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- Take 1 teaspoon cumin powder
- Take 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- Get ◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆sauce◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆
- Take 15 ounces tomato sauce
- Get 1/2 teaspoon whole leaf oregano
- Take 1 teaspoonful of cumin powder
- Prepare 1-1/2 tablespoons honey
- Make ready 1 tablespoonful of minced garlic
- Take 1 tablespoonful of extra virgin olive oil
- Prepare ◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆ toppings◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆
- Take 2 cups monterrey jack and colby cheddar cheese, shredded
- Prepare 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
- Prepare 1/3 cup jalapeño pepper slices, pickled
- Prepare 1 cup black ripened sliced olives
- Prepare 1/3 cup sour cream
Maybe my new favorite way to eat zucchini. Make sure you save the zucchini you scrape out too. Just toss that in a frying pan with a tiny amount of olive oil, some salt and pepper and you have a tasty snack! Cut up broccoli florets into small pieces, and combine both with sour cream.
Instructions 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!
Fun take on classic Chicken Enchiladas. 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. Zucchini stuffed with Chicken, Bacon and Ranch and then topped with cheese!
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