How to Prepare Tasty Chicken in a zucchini boat

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Chicken in a zucchini boat. Stuffed zucchini boats with the flavor of chicken parmesan. If you've been following my blog for a while, you probably know how much I LOVE enchiladas. I went to make these the other night, but the store was all out of zucchini.

Chicken in a zucchini boat I was so skeptical at first and I thought there's no way I could ever trade in a classic, cheese loaded, pure comfort food enchilada for a healthier version. Maybe my new favorite way to eat zucchini. Make sure you save the zucchini you scrape out too. You can cook Chicken in a zucchini boat using 22 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Chicken in a zucchini boat

  1. Prepare of ◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆ chicken and zucchini◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆.
  2. It's of medium zucchini.
  3. You need of diced/ shredded chicken, I used chicken breast.
  4. You need of large onion.
  5. Prepare of paprika.
  6. You need of salt.
  7. Prepare of cayenne pepper.
  8. Prepare of cumin powder.
  9. It's of extra virgin olive oil.
  10. You need of ◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆sauce◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆.
  11. Prepare of tomato sauce.
  12. It's of whole leaf oregano.
  13. Prepare of teaspoonful of cumin powder.
  14. You need of honey.
  15. You need of tablespoonful of minced garlic.
  16. Prepare of tablespoonful of extra virgin olive oil.
  17. It's of ◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆ toppings◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆.
  18. It's of monterrey jack and colby cheddar cheese, shredded.
  19. It's of chopped cilantro.
  20. Prepare of jalapeño pepper slices, pickled.
  21. It's of black ripened sliced olives.
  22. Prepare of sour cream.

Just toss that in a frying pan with a tiny amount of olive oil, some salt and pepper and you have a tasty snack! Chicken Enchilada Zucchini Boats (keto, low-carb, + paleo). Fun take on classic Chicken Enchiladas. Cut up broccoli florets into small pieces, and combine both with sour cream.

Chicken in a zucchini boat instructions

  1. Preheat oven 400° Fahrenheit.
  2. Finely chop the onion..
  3. Cut the ends off zucchini..
  4. Split them lengthways down the middle.
  5. Hollow the zucchini halves leaving a bit on the ends, so you can stuff them without stuffing running out. I used a spoon..
  6. Heat oil in pan, cube, or shred the chicken into small pieces. Add chicken to pan..
  7. Add onion to the chicken with salt, zucchini scrapings, cumin, cayenne, and paprika..
  8. Sauté till onion is translucent and chicken is done..
  9. Heat oil in the pan. Add the minced garlic and sauté..
  10. Add tomato sauce, honey, oregano, salt, cumin, and simmer..
  11. After 10 minutes of simmering and stirring occasionally, remove from heat..
  12. In an oven safe dish add a quarter cup of the sauce. Set the zucchini boats on top of sauce in dish..
  13. Spoon the stuffing mixture into zucchini boats.
  14. Pour over the zucchini boats the rest of the sauce..
  15. Add cheese and olives on top bake covered 40 minutes. Let sit 5 minutes..
  16. Add sour cream, cilantro, and jalapeños. Serve I hope you enjoy!.

Cut zucchini in half and hollow out the centers. Add the Greek yogurt, lime juice, and salt together in a small bowl and stir to combine. Stuff chicken mixture in hollowed out zucchini boats, and top with cheddar cheese. Zucchini stuffed with Chicken, Bacon and Ranch and then topped with cheese! These zucchini boats are super easy to make and make an amazing dinner!