Zucchini is prepared in various ways, one of them is stewing. Stewed zucchini is good as hot and cold appetizers, as part of main courses and as a side dish. There are a huge number of stewing recipes, try several, diversify to your liking and delight your loved ones with delicious dishes.
It is necessary
-
- For stewed zucchini for a side dish:
- zucchini 1 kg;
- onions 2 pcs;
- tomatoes 2 pcs;
- salt;
- pepper.
- For stewed zucchini with minced meat:
- zucchini 800 g;
- minced meat 400 g;
- onions 2 pcs;
- garlic 2 cloves;
- salt;
- pepper.
Instructions
Step 1
Stewed zucchini, which is perfect as a side dish for meat and poultry, is quite simple to prepare, it will take only 20-25 minutes to cook. Prepare all ingredients. Wash the zucchini, if its skin is rough and thick, then peel the zucchini from it. Cut the zucchini into small cubes. Peel the onions and chop the onions finely. Scald tomatoes with boiling water, remove the skin, chop finely.
Step 2
Put a deep frying pan on high heat, add vegetable oil. Fry the onion until golden brown and soft, then add the chopped tomatoes to the onion and fry until the juice comes out of the tomatoes, about 4-5 minutes.
Step 3
Add the zucchini to the pan, season with salt and pepper to taste, stir and simmer under a closed lid. The stew of the courgettes will be finished when they are soft and tender. The time depends on the size of the zucchini cubes (stir the dish every five minutes, after about 15-20 minutes it will be ready).
Step 4
Stewed zucchini with minced meat is a wonderful, rather light and tender dish. Prepare the food - wash and cut the zucchini into large strips, peel and chop the onion, peel and pass a couple of garlic cloves through a garlic press.
Step 5
Heat a deep frying pan with vegetable oil, put onions in it and fry for a few minutes until golden brown. Then add minced meat to the onion, fry it until half cooked for 5-7 minutes.
Step 6
Add zucchini to the minced meat, salt and pepper, add garlic, mix. Next, you need to simmer the dish under a closed lid over a minimum heat for 20-25 minutes. In case the minced meat and the zucchini themselves have released little juice, add a little hot water to the pan.
