Steak Zucchini Boats Recipe

Baked zucchini “boats” make a tasty vehicle for delivering a big pile of roast beef, onions, and peppers straight into your mouth, and they’re not bad-looking, either.

If you’re a gardener or know a gardener (or you’re within donation distance of a gardener’s front door…), then you might be overflowing with zucchini at this time of year: this recipe puts a slightly different twist on them, so they don’t get boring.

This would be a good “transition” recipe for kids who are used to eating junk food: the shape is fun, and zucchini is a pretty inoffensive vegetable taste-wise, but it’s all real food – there’s no imitation anything to keep the expectation of bland carbs alive.

If they pick the meat out of the zucchini, well, at least they were exposed to it, so there’s a higher chance they’ll eat it next time.

Depending on the size of your zucchini, you may not use all of the fillings. The amounts here are for medium-small zucchini.

If yours run more towards the “definitely small” side, either buy a few extra or make plans for using the rest of the filling elsewhere (alternately, just pile it on top of the zucchini like an overflowing mountain of deliciousness).

If your zucchini could legitimately be confused with a baseball bat, either plan for fewer individual boats or just make more stuffing to go with them.

Steak Zucchini Boats Recipe

SERVES: 4 PREP: 20 min COOK: 20 min

Ingredients

• 4 zucchini, sliced in half lengthwise;
• 1 lb thinly sliced roast beef, chopped into small pieces;
• 1 large yellow onion, sliced;
• 2 garlic cloves, minced;
• 6 oz. button mushrooms, sliced;
• 1 bell pepper, chopped;
• 1 tbsp. olive oil;
• Cooking fat;
• Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper;

Preparation

1. Preheat your oven to 400 F.
2. Scoop out the center of each zucchini half to create "boats" with a hollow center, but make sure to leave a thick rim.
3. Brush the zucchini with olive oil and season with salt and pepper to taste.
4. Bake the zucchini in the preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes.
5. Melt some cooking fat in a skillet placed over medium heat.
6. Saute the onion and garlic for 2 to 3 minutes.
7. Add the bell pepper and mushrooms, and cook until soft, about 5 minutes.
8. Add in roast beef, season everything to taste, and cook for 2 to 3 minutes, stirring.
9. Fill each zucchini with the beef mixture and serve.

Steak Zucchini Boats Recipe

Zucchini "boats" are a new way to cook up summer's most notoriously abundant (and cheap!) vegetable.

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Prep Time 20 mins

Cook Time 20 mins

Total Time 40 mins

Course Appetizer

Cuisine American

Servings 4 people

Calories 232 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 4 zucchini sliced in half lengthwise
• 1 lb thinly sliced roast beef chopped into small pieces
• 1 large yellow onion sliced
• 2 garlic cloves minced
• 6 oz. button mushrooms sliced
• 1 bell pepper chopped
• 1 tbsp. olive oil
• Cooking fat
• Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

 

• Preheat your oven to 400 F.
• Scoop out the center of each zucchini half to create “boats” with a hollow center, but make sure to leave a thick rim.
  4 zucchini
• Brush the zucchini with olive oil and season with salt and pepper to taste.
  1 tbsp. olive oil, Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
• Bake the zucchini in the preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes.
• Melt some cooking fat in a skillet placed over medium heat.
  Cooking fat
• Saute the onion and garlic for 2 to 3 minutes.
  1 large yellow onion, 2 garlic cloves
• Add the bell pepper and mushrooms, and cook until soft, about 5 minutes.
  1 bell pepper, 6 oz. button mushrooms
• Add in roast beef, season everything to taste, and cook for 2 to 3 minutes, stirring.
  Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, 1 lb thinly sliced roast beef
• Fill each zucchini with the beef mixture and serve.

Nutrition

Calories: 232kcalCarbohydrates: 13gProtein: 29gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 65mgSodium: 1727mgPotassium: 1073mgFiber: 4gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 1324IUVitamin C: 128mgCalcium: 361mgIron: 4mg

Keyword steak, zucchini

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