Sausage Stuffed Zucchini
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Stuffed Zucchini
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| Serves | 4 |
| Prep time | 30 minutes |
| Cook time | 1 hour |
| Total time | 1 hour, 30 minutes |
Sausage stuffed Zucchini. Yummy!
Ingredients
- 3 cups bread (cubed)
- 1 Medium onion (diced)
- 2 roma or plum tomatoes (diced)
- 1 teaspoon granulated garlic
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- crushed red pepper (to taste)
- kosher salt (to taste)
- 1/2 cup chicken broth
- 1 cup shredded cheese (Use whatever cheese you like.)
- 2lb zucchini (sliced lengthwise and scooped out)
Note
Directions
| Step 1 | |
| preheat oven to 375ºF/190ºC/Gas Mark 5 | |
| Step 2 | |
 Cut bread into 1/2 inch dice, spread on baking sheet, toast in oven until golden. | |
| Step 3 | |
 Using a paring knife, cut around the edges of the halved zucchini and then cross-cut inside that without cutting all the way through. Then using a spoon (a grapefruit spoon works wonderfully) dig out the centers of the zucchini. Set aside. | |
| Step 4 | |
 Cut open the casing on the sausage (if cased) and place in saute pan to brown. | |
| Step 5 | |
 Cut medium onion into 1/2 inch dice and add to sausage in pan. Stir and cook until onions are sweated and starting to get translucent. | |
| Step 6 | |
 Cut two Roma tomatoes into 1/2 inch dice and add to sausage and onion. | |
| Step 7 | |
 Add herbs and garlic and stir. | |
| Step 8 | |
 Add the toasted bread cubes and the chicken broth. Cook a few minutes longer and remove from heat. | |
| Step 9 | |
 Put the zucchini halves in a baking pan | |
| Step 10 | |
 Divide the stuffing among the zucchini halves | |
| Step 11 | |
 Bake for 20 minutes. Remove from oven. Add cheese and bake for 10 minutes more. | |
| Step 12 | |
| Bon Appetit! | |
