There aren’t many summer dinner combinations better than zucchini boats. Minimal oven time? Check. Minimal ingredients? Check. Easy to prepare? Check. Delicious and customizable? Check and check.
Course Dinner
Prep Time 5 minutesminutes
Cook Time 40 minutesminutes
Total Time 45 minutesminutes
Author Sammi Brondo
Ingredients
8medium zucchini
2tablespoonsolive oildivided
1/2medium yellow oniondiced
1lblean ground turkey
1 24-oz.jar tomato sauce
3/4cupshredded mozzarella cheese
Salt
Pepper
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400 F.
Cut zucchini in half lengthwise. Remove the inner seeds and membrane by scooping them out with a spoon. Drizzle the zucchini with 1 tablespoon of olive oil and place in a baking dish. Set aside.
Add remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil to a large pan over medium high heat. Add diced onion and cook, stirring frequently, until soft and fragrant for about 5 minutes. Add in ground turkey, using a wooden spoon to break it apart. Cook, stirring occasionally, for about 8 more minutes, until turkey is cooked through Season with salt and pepper.
Add the tomato sauce to the pan and stir. Let it simmer for another 5 minutes, until slightly thickened.
Pour the tomato sauce/turkey mixture evenly into zucchini boats. (Note: there might be extra leftover. Eat as is or store in an airtight container in the fridge for 3 days).
Bake zucchini in preheated oven for about 15 minutes, until zucchini has softened.
Remove zucchini from the oven and spoon cheese on top (about 2 tablespoons per zucchini boats). Put oven on broil and place zucchini boats back in oven. Broil for 5 minutes until cheese is melted and golden (watch carefully so that cheese doesn’t burn).