Brown Rice Stuffed Zucchini Recipes

STUFFED ZUCCHINI WITH BROWN RICE AND PINE NUTS

Steps:

• In medium sized saucepan, combine rice, water, bay leaf and fennel seeds and simmer, covered for about 35 minutes. Remove rice from heat and let stand for 10 minutes. Discard bay leaf and fluff rice with fork. cover and set aside
• Wash and trim both ends of zucchini, then cut in hallf lengthwise. Use a spoon to scrape out zucchini pulp leaving about ½" thick walls for "zucchini boats" - Coarsely chop zucchini pulp an set aside
• PRE-HEAT OVEN AT 350 Degrees
• Spray a shallow baking pan, just large enough to contain zucchini with vegetable spray and set aside
• In small non-stick saute pan, lightly brown pine nuts over medium heat - set aside
• In a medium sized, non stick saute pan, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add onion and garlic and saute until translucent. Add sliced mushrooms, thyme and paprika. Saute mushrooms until soft, then add zucchini pulp and cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Add cooked brown rice, diced tomato and swiss chard. Stir and saute until chard wilts and mixture binds together. Add shredded basil and toasted pine nuts.
• Generously mound filing in zucchini boats. Let it overflow
• Transfer filled zucchini to prepared baking pan. Top each zucchini boat with sliced tomatoes. Sprinkle black pepper over tomato slices. Add ⅓ " water to bottom of pan. Cover pan with foil and bake for about 35 minutes or until tender.

EASY STUFFED ZUCCHINI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• 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. 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. Place the zucchini halves into a baking dish, and cover tightly with foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes, remove from oven, and remove the 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.

STUFFED ZUCCHINI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Trim stems from zucchini and slice lengthwise. Scoop out seeds and put in a bowl. Mix seeds with sausage, garlic, bread crumbs, and Parmesan cheese. Stuff squash with sausage mixture and place in a 9x13 inch baking pan. Pour spaghetti sauce over the top and cover the pan with foil.
• Bake in preheated oven until sausage is browned and cooked through, about 45 minutes. Remove foil and cover with mozzarella cheese. Return to the oven and cook until cheese is melted, about 15 minutes more.

BROWN RICE STUFFED ZUCCHINI

Steps:

• Trim zucchinis and cut in half lengthwise. Using a spoon, carefully scoop out the zucchini pulp leaving the shells about 1/4 inch thick and set aside.
• Roughly chop zucchini pulp.
• Saute onions, pepper, and garlic in the olive oil until the onions are tender and translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Add zucchini pulp and pecans and continue to saute about 3 minutes.
• Add tomato, rice, thyme, salt and pepper, and stir gently to combine all the ingredients.
• Stuff reserved zucchini halves with rice mixture and top with the mozzarella and parmesan cheeses.
• Place zucchinis in a small, shallow casserole dish and cover with aluminum foil.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
• Remove foil, and return to oven for about 10 minutes, or until tops are lightly browned and bubbly.

RICE & SAUSAGE STUFFED ZUCCHINI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Brown sausage til fully cooked, remove from heat.
• Mix in rice, tomatoes, onion, cumin, turmeric, and parsley.
• Cut zucchini lengthwise and scrape out seeds and some of the flesh with a spoon.
• Fill zucchini with sausage rice mixture.
• Bake for 40 min or until zucchini is tender.
• To speed things up, you may boil or microwave zucchini to precook.
• Garnish with parsley and green onion.