Zucchini in the oven with minced meat and cheese

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   How to bake zucchini in the oven with minced meat and cheese? Prepare the necessary ingredients for this. Take small, young zucchini. These zucchini have a soft skin and the core with seeds has not yet ripened. You can buy minced meat ready-made or make it yourself by grinding the meat through a meat grinder. You can use any type of meat for this. I have pork and beef. Thaw frozen minced meat. Read more about defrosting in the article below the steps.

2. STEP 2

   

   Peel the onions and garlic and rinse in cold water. Onions for minced meat can be minced through a meat grinder, chopped in a chopper, or simply finely chopped. Mix chopped onion and garlic with minced meat. Add some salt and spices.

3. STEP 3

   

   Cut the zucchini into small stumps, 4-6 cm high. Make a depression in the center by removing the core. There is no need to make a hole all the way through. Leave a small bottom. It is convenient to cut out the core with a teaspoon.

4. STEP 4

   

   For baking, take any heat-resistant form - glass, ceramic or metal. Grease the bottom and sides of the mold with a little vegetable oil and lay out the prepared zucchini. Fill each zucchini with prepared minced meat. Press it firmly.

5. STEP 5

   

   Brush the minced meat with sour cream on top.

6. STEP 6

   

   Wash the tomatoes, dry and cut into slices. Place a slice of tomato on each zucchini.

7. STEP 7

   

   Grate the cheese on a fine grater and sprinkle it over all the zucchini. Place the dish with the zucchini in the oven, preheated to 180 degrees, for 30 minutes. Time and temperature are approximate, use your oven as a guide. Read about the operation of different ovens at the link in the article at the end of the recipe.

8. STEP 8

   

   During baking, juice will appear from the zucchini and have time to evaporate. And the zucchini themselves will become soft. The cheese on the surface of the zucchini will have time to melt and brown a little. Remove the pan from the oven and transfer the zucchini to a plate. They are very tasty hot. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Swetlja4ok

04.10.2023

4.6

You can also bake zucchini with minced meat like this

Marina

04.10.2023

4.8

So I prepared zucchini according to this recipe, but I decided to add rice to the minced meat, just like in hedgehogs. I decided not to add tomatoes and cheese, but put onions and carrots on top and poured sour cream on top. It turned out very tasty and juicy. Thanks for the idea of ​​baking zucchini.

Natalia M

04.10.2023

4.9

During the zucchini season, I want to prepare as many dishes from them as possible. Today I made stuffed zucchini. The only meat I had was lean pork, which was perfect for stuffing. In addition to onions and garlic, I added half a bunch of parsley to the minced meat, as well as the zucchini pulp left after cutting out the “cups”. The result was a juicy, aromatic filling. I didn't use cheese. I had to bake it a little longer, at the end I also turned on the convection for 5 minutes. The dish turned out very tasty, even when cold. The zucchini was saturated with meat juice, the flesh became soft, but not boiled. The skin is elastic, just the way I like it) An excellent dish for a snack or dinner with a vegetable salad.

Olga

04.10.2023

5

Finally, I found an interesting recipe for zucchini, and the first thing I wanted to note is that if you don’t cover it with foil, then everything will remain raw. The time then needs to be increased very significantly. I had to cover it with foil and... everything worked out ☺. I still had potatoes in their jackets, I peeled them and put them with the zucchini, they were fed with juice and it turned out 🔥! Thanks for the recipe🤗!