Best And Easiest Chicken Recipe Recipe For Zucchini

CHICKEN ZUCCHINI NOODLE PAD THAI

Steps:

• Cut zucchini into spirals or noodle strands using the vegetable spiralizer or julienne peeler. Set aside noodles.
• Make the Sauce: in a small bowl, combine the sauce ingredients (rice vinegar, fish sauce, ketchup, brown sugar, cayenne pepper, and chili garlic sauce), set aside. If you want to use sriracha hot sauce, add as much as you like or you can add it afterwards.
• Heat a large pan on medium-high heat. Add one tablespoon of olive oil (reserve the other half for later). Then add zucchini noodles and cook for about 2-3 minutes or until the zucchini noodles are tender. Don't overcook the noodles. The zucchini noodles should be slightly crunchy with a tender bite.
• Let the noodles rest for about 3 minutes to allow all the moisture to release. Remove the noodles from the pan and drain the excess water.
• Carefully wipe the same pan remove the excess water, and then re-heat the pan on medium-high heat. Add the remaining olive oil and garlic. Cook the garlic until soft and translucent, about 1 minute. Add the chicken and cook for about 3-4 minutes, or until cooked through.Add the bell peppers and green onions. Cook for about 1-2 minutes or until tender. Add the egg and stir in with the vegetables until the egg is cooked.
• Add the zucchini noodles back into the same pan, and then add the sauce. Cook for about 1 more minute or until the zucchini noodles are heated through. Then stir in the bean sprouts.
• Serve with roasted peanuts and cilantro. If you want to add lime wedges, squeeze some fresh lime juice on the noodles right before serving.

SESAME CHICKEN ZUCCHINI STIR-FRY RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat large skillet on medium heat. Add oil, then garlic. Cook garlic until translucent and fragrant, then add chicken.
• Cook chicken for about 2 minutes, then add sesame seed oil, soy sauce, rice vinegar and oyster sauce. Cook mixture for about another 5 minutes or until chicken is cooked. Add zucchini and cook until tender, about 1-2 minutes.
• Before serving, sprinkle with sesame seeds, ground black pepper and chopped cilantro.

BUFFALO CHICKEN ZUCCHINI BOATS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees
• Use a spoon to hollow out the zucchini halves to make the boats. Reserve half of the zucchini pulp for the filling.
• In a bowl, whisk together the cream cheese and hot sauce. Stir in the chicken and zucchini pulp.
• Place the zucchini boats in a greased baking dish. Sprinkle blue cheese over the top. Bake in the oven, covered, for 30 minutes. Uncover and bake for an additional 10 minutes.
• Drizzle ranch or blue cheese dressing and sprinkle chopped green onion over the top of the zucchini boats.

EASY CHICKEN PARMESAN-STUFFED ZUCCHINI BOATS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Pour about ¼ of the jar of marinara sauce into the bottom of a 9x13 baking dish, and spread so that it evenly coats the bottom of the dish.
• Use a spoon to scoop out the seeds of each halved zucchini to create a "boat". Lay the hollowed zucchini skin-side down on top of the sauce in the prepared baking dish. Drizzle with 2 tbsp olive oil and sprinkle with ½ tsp kosher salt.
• Transfer to the oven and bake for 15 minutes, so that the zucchini is slightly tender.
• Meanwhile, in a large bowl, mix together the chicken, parmesan, parsley, garlic, crushed red pepper, and the remaining bottle of marinara sauce. Toss to combine.
• When the zucchini is tender, remove from the oven. Fill the zucchini boats with the chicken mixture. Then, sprinkle the top with the mozzarella cheese.
• In a small bowl, combine the gluten-free panko and the remaining tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil and toss until well combined. Sprinkle over the top of the zucchini boats until evenly coated.
• Transfer back to the oven and continue to bake until the cheese and panko are golden brown, about 10 more minutes.