Easy Stuffed Zucchini

Name: Easy Stuffed Zucchini
Prep time: 1 h 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 170 grams 1/2 sliced black olives, drained; 118 milliliters bread crumbs; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 227 grams ground beef; 118 milliliters grated Parmesan cheese; 237 milliliters shredded mozzarella cheese; 454 grams spaghetti sauce; 1 large zucchini, ends trimmed

Easy Stuffed Zucchini requires roughly 1 hour and 10 minutes from start to finish. One serving contains 430 calories, 25g of protein, and 28g of fat. This recipe serves 4. 1 person found this recipe to be scrumptious and satisfying. A mixture of olives, bread crumbs, spaghetti sauce, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. To use up the zucchini you could follow this main course with the Zucchini Dessert Squares as a dessert.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

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Oven

Cook and stir the ground beef in a skillet over medium heat until the meat is browned, breaking the beef up into crumbles as it cooks, about 10 minutes.

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Ground Beef

Beef

Meat

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Frying Pan

Drain off excess fat, and transfer the beef into a mixing bowl. Slice the zucchini in half the long way, and use a spoon to scoop out the flesh, leaving a 1/2-inch thick shell all around the zucchini. Chop the scooped-out zucchini flesh, and add to mixing bowl. Stir in the bread crumbs, garlic, spaghetti sauce, black olives, and Parmesan cheese; mix the stuffing well. Lightly stuff both halves of the zucchini with the meat mixture.

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Parmesan

Pasta Sauce

Black Olives

Breadcrumbs

Stuffing

Zucchini

Garlic

Beef

Meat

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Mixing Bowl

Place the zucchini halves into a baking dish, and cover tightly with foil.

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Zucchini

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Baking Pan

Aluminum Foil

Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes, remove from oven, and remove the foil.

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Oven

Aluminum Foil

Sprinkle 1/2 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese over each zucchini half. Move an oven rack to within 6 inches of the oven broiler's heat source, turn on the broiler, and broil the zucchini until the mozzarella cheese is browned and bubbling, about 5 minutes.

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Shredded Mozzarella