Chicken in a zucchini boat
Chicken in a zucchini boat

Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, chicken in a zucchini boat. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Chicken in a zucchini boat is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Chicken in a zucchini boat is something which I’ve loved my entire 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 have to 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:
  1. Get ◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆ chicken and zucchini◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆
  2. Make ready 3 medium zucchini
  3. Make ready 12 ounces diced/ shredded chicken, I used chicken breast
  4. Take 1/2 large onion
  5. Make ready 1 teaspoon paprika
  6. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon salt
  7. Get 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  8. Take 1 teaspoon cumin powder
  9. Make ready 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  10. Prepare ◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆sauce◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆
  11. Prepare 15 ounces tomato sauce
  12. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon whole leaf oregano
  13. Take 1 teaspoonful of cumin powder
  14. Prepare 1-1/2 tablespoons honey
  15. Take 1 tablespoonful of minced garlic
  16. Prepare 1 tablespoonful of extra virgin olive oil
  17. Make ready ◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆ toppings◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆
  18. Prepare 2 cups monterrey jack and colby cheddar cheese, shredded
  19. Take 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
  20. Prepare 1/3 cup jalapeño pepper slices, pickled
  21. Make ready 1 cup black ripened sliced olives
  22. Get 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 zucchini in half and hollow out the centers.

Instructions to make Chicken in a zucchini boat:
  1. Preheat oven 400° Fahrenheit
  2. Finely chop the onion.
  3. Cut the ends off zucchini.
  4. Split them lengthways down the middle
  5. Hollow the zucchini halves leaving a bit on the ends, so you can stuff them without stuffing running out. I used a spoon.
  6. Heat oil in pan, cube, or shred the chicken into small pieces. Add chicken to pan.
  7. Add onion to the chicken with salt, zucchini scrapings, cumin, cayenne, and paprika.
  8. Sauté till onion is translucent and chicken is done.
  9. Heat oil in the pan. Add the minced garlic and sauté.
  10. Add tomato sauce, honey, oregano, salt, cumin, and simmer.
  11. After 10 minutes of simmering and stirring occasionally, remove from heat.
  12. In an oven safe dish add a quarter cup of the sauce. Set the zucchini boats on top of sauce in dish.
  13. Spoon the stuffing mixture into zucchini boats
  14. Pour over the zucchini boats the rest of the sauce.
  15. Add cheese and olives on top bake covered 40 minutes. Let sit 5 minutes.
  16. Add sour cream, cilantro, and jalapeños. Serve I hope you enjoy!

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! These zucchini boats are super easy to make and make an amazing dinner! Plus they reheat well to so you can have left overs for lunch the next day! (That is if there are any left overs LOL).

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