Baked Stuffed Zucchini

TheFarlands's Note:

This is delicious way to use up really large zucchini's and my adaptation of Recipe 331282.

• Total Time: 2 hrs
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 1 large zucchini
• ½ lb ground beef
• ½ lb ground pork
• 1 medium onion , chopped
• 1 tomato , chopped
• ½ large red peppers or ½ large green pepper , finely chopped
• 2 tablespoons minced garlic
• 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
• 2 tablespoons catsup
• 2 tablespoons Italian breadcrumbs
• ¼ teaspoon cumin
• ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 egg

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400.
2. Wash and cut zucchini in half; scoop out all the seeds and discard. Prick inside with a fork.
3. Put stuffing ingredients together in a mixing bowl and mix together.
4. Spoon half the mixture into each zucchini half and pack firmly. Put the zucchini back together, by putting a stuffed zucchini half on top of the other.
5. Spray aluminum foil with cooking spray and wrap zucchini. Place on cookie sheet or dish and bake for 1 1/2 to 2 hrs, depending on zucchini size.
6. Remove from oven and allow to sit for a few minutes.
7. Serve with catsup or tomato sauce.

Reviews

[cooking with love]

We have a garden full of yellow squash and some are getting up there in size. I had most of the ingredients for this so had to try it. Yum yum!!! I did have to use turkey instead of the pork as that is what I had. But the flavor was fantastic with just a bit of spice. Mine probably wasn't as pretty as the green zucchini would offer but it still tasted very good. Thank you for submitting this one.