Recipe: Yummy Chicken in a zucchini boat

Chicken in a zucchini boat. Stuffed zucchini boats with the flavor of chicken parmesan. If you've been following my blog for a while, you probably know how much I LOVE enchiladas. I went to make these the other night, but the store was all out of zucchini.

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. Maybe my new favorite way to eat zucchini. Make sure you save the zucchini you scrape out too. you can have Chicken in a zucchini boat using 22 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Chicken in a zucchini boat

1. It's of ◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆ chicken and zucchini◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆.
2. It's 3 of medium zucchini.
3. It's 12 ounces of diced/ shredded chicken, I used chicken breast.
4. You need 1/2 of large onion.
5. You need 1 teaspoon of paprika.
6. It's 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
7. You need 1/2 teaspoon of cayenne pepper.
8. Prepare 1 teaspoon of cumin powder.
9. Prepare 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil.
10. Prepare of ◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆sauce◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆.
11. You need 15 ounces of tomato sauce.
12. It's 1/2 teaspoon of whole leaf oregano.
13. It's 1 of teaspoonful of cumin powder.
14. Prepare 1-1/2 tablespoons of honey.
15. Prepare 1 of tablespoonful of minced garlic.
16. Prepare 1 of tablespoonful of extra virgin olive oil.
17. It's of ◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆ toppings◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆.
18. You need 2 cups of monterrey jack and colby cheddar cheese, shredded.
19. It's 1/4 cup of chopped cilantro.
20. You need 1/3 cup of jalapeño pepper slices, pickled.
21. You need 1 cup of black ripened sliced olives.
22. You need 1/3 cup of sour cream.

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. 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.

Chicken in a zucchini boat instructions

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!.

Stuff chicken mixture in hollowed out zucchini boats, and top with cheddar cheese. Season lightly with salt and pepper. Add the ground chicken and cook, using a wooden spoon to break up the. 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!