Hello everybody, it’s Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, taco stuffed zucchini boats. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
This has become a favorite in my house! We LOVE zucchini boats, I originally got the inspiration for this dish from these sausage stuffed zucchini boats, another stuffed zucchini favorite! Like the recipe name suggests, they taco stuffed zucchini boats are cheesy!
Taco Stuffed Zucchini Boats is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Taco Stuffed Zucchini Boats is something which I have loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have taco stuffed zucchini boats using 15 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Taco Stuffed Zucchini Boats:
- Take zucchini
- Get salsa
- Prepare ground turkey
- Get garlic powder
- Get cumin
- Prepare salt
- Take chili powder
- Prepare paprika
- Make ready oregano
- Make ready small onion minced
- Prepare bell pepper minced
- Get tomato sauce
- Take water
- Get Mexican shredded cheese
- Prepare chopped cilantro
Zucchini taco boats are easy to make and are a fun way to put a healthy twist on taco night! Cut the zucchini in half lengthwise and brush the cut sides with two tablespoons of the olive oil. Taco-seasoned ground beef or turkey, tomatoes, and pepper jack cheese help make these taco stuffed zucchini boats a satisfying (and better for you) main dish recipe. They're a great use for a surplus of zucchini!
Steps to make Taco Stuffed Zucchini Boats:
- Preheat oven to 400.
- Half and hollow out zucchini leaving 1/4" thick. Set aside 3/4 cup for taco mixture.
- Boil zucchini halves for 1 minute
- Brown turkey, add spices and mix well.
- Add onion, pepper, zucchini, tomato sauce and water. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes.
- Put 1/4 cup salsa in bottom of baking dish.
- Fill zucchini halves with taco mixture. Top with cheese.
- Cover with foil and bake 25 minutes.
- Serve with cilantro and salsa.
Zucchini is not one of my favorite fruits/vegetables. Zucchini boats stuffed with a tasty taco filling are a healthy, Mexican-inspired appetizer or main meal. This zucchini boats recipe is simple, and for the taco fixings, we're using minced beef, onions, garlic, and red bell pepper. These easy, cheesy Taco Stuffed Zucchini Boats are a great meal option if you're looking to enjoy a healthy, low-carb Taco Tuesday and are also a delicious way to ensure your family gets an extra dose of vegetables! Each zucchini boat is loaded with flavorful ground beef.
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