Cooking is a real art, since creating tasty and original dishes from simple ingredients is something that needs to be learned. Chicken and zucchini are two simple ingredients from which you can make a lot of unusual and interesting breakfasts, lunches and dinners.
Zucchini with chicken baked in the oven
It is not as difficult to create a tasty and simple treat out of simple products as it seems at first glance. Zucchini with chicken, baked in the oven, will delight all members of the family with its exquisite taste and will give a lot of pleasure.
Ingredients:
- 0.5 kg of chicken fillet;
- vegetable oil;
- 1 small squash;
- pepper;
- salt;
- 2 tomatoes;
- greenery;
- 2 cloves of garlic;
- 150 grams of cheese.
Cooking time: 60 minutes.
Calories per 100 grams: 101 kcal.
Even an inexperienced cook can handle such breakfast.
- Wash chicken fillet, dry and cut into small pieces;
- Peel and chop the garlic, add 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil, salt and pepper to it, put everything in a container with meat and mix, leave for 30 minutes to let the fillet marinate;
- Wash zucchini, cut off the skin from it, if it is overripe - remove seeds and cut into slices;
- Wash tomatoes, cut into cubes, put them to the zucchini, add spices and mix;
- Put it in the form of buttered chicken, on top of the vegetables and put for 25 minutes in the oven, preheated to 200 degrees;
- Take the form out of the oven and sprinkle the zucchini with grated cheese, put in the oven for another 20 minutes.
Before serving, chicken with zucchini is best sprinkled with finely chopped greens - dill, parsley or cilantro.
Chicken with potatoes and zucchini in the oven
If there is not much time for cooking dinner, you can always use the recipe for a simple and dietary dish, which is juicy and deliciously tasty.
Ingredients:
- 2 chicken breasts;
- 0.5 cups vegetable oil;
- Greenery;
- 0.3 kg of potatoes;
- 0.3 kg zucchini;
- Salt;
- 2 carrots;
- 2 tomatoes;
- onions - 2 pieces.
Cooking time: 80 minutes.
Caloric content per 100 grams: 74 kcal.
Chicken meat can be easily combined with various vegetables, but it is especially tasty baked in the oven with potatoes and zucchini and at the same time, it has a minimum of calories, and it will appeal to all relatives and guests.
- Chicken breast is well washed, the skin is removed from it, if there are bones - they are removed, then the meat is cut in small pieces;
- The pan is put on a medium heat, vegetable oil is poured and meat is fried on all sides;
- Vegetables are washed, peeled, zucchini, carrots and onions are cut into circles, potatoes are sliced, and tomatoes are diced medium-sized;
- The form is lubricated with oil, chicken, potatoes, zucchini, carrots, onions, and tomatoes are laid out in it, everything is salted, pepper and covered with foil;
- Bake in the oven for 60 minutes at 180 degrees.
For cooking, you can use not only old potatoes, but also young ones, but only then the baking time should be reduced to 45 minutes.
Recipe for chicken fillet and zucchini casserole in the oven
The ability to cook tasty and healthy dishes is a real art that everyone can learn, there would be a desire. A casserole of zucchini and chicken fillet will surely please the family, and you can eat it not only in the morning, but at any other time of the day.
Ingredients:
- 2 chicken breasts;
- 1 tablespoon sour cream;
- 2 eggs;
- zucchini - 2 pieces;
- 50 grams of cheese;
- vegetable oil;
- 3 cloves of garlic;
- spice;
- 3 sprigs of dill.
Cooking time: 60 minutes.
Calories per 100 grams: 88 kcal.
You can cook such a simple and at the same time delicious dish very quickly. Preparing the necessary ingredients takes only 10 minutes of free time and dinner is ready.
- Squashes are washed, peels are removed from them, and they are rubbed on a coarse grater;
- The resulting gruel is salted, paprika to taste and set aside for 10 minutes, so that vegetables give juice;
- Meat is cut into pieces, minced with garlic and onion;
- Minced salted, added pepper, eggs, chopped dill, everything is mixed;
- Extra liquid is drained from zucchini, minced meat is added to them and everything is mixed well;
- The whole mass is transferred to the form, smoothed, so that the surface is smooth, smeared with sour cream;
- Cook in the oven for 30 minutes at a temperature of 190 degrees, then remove, sprinkle with cheese and bake for another 10 minutes.
Put the casserole prepared from zucchini and chicken meat on a plate, then cut into slices and serve to the table with fresh vegetables.
How to cook chicken with eggplant and zucchini in the oven
To pamper yourself and your family with a delicious dish, you can experiment and cook chicken baked in the oven with zucchini and eggplants according to a Greek recipe.
Ingredients:
- 0.8 kg of chicken fillet;
- 150 grams of cheese;
- 500 grams of tomatoes;
- 1 onion;
- 3 cloves of garlic;
- 3 eggplants;
- vegetable oil;
- 3 young zucchini;
- 2 peppers;
- spice.
Cooking time: 80 minutes.
Calories per 100 grams: 95 kcal.
Cooking this Greek dish takes very little time.
- Onions are cleaned, washed, cut into medium-sized pieces, and fried in vegetable oil, on low heat, until transparent;
- Add chopped garlic to the onion, mix and leave for 5 minutes;
- Wash tomatoes and squeeze tomato juice out of them, pour it into a frying pan, add salt, a little sugar, chopped greens and simmer for 15 minutes on low heat, so that half of the liquid has evaporated;
- Wash chicken fillet, cut, fry in a skillet for 10 minutes, pepper, salt and put it in a baking dish;
- Wash squash, cut into cubes and fry in butter, left after the chicken, put them in shape, on top of the meat;
- Wash eggplants, cut into half rings, fry and evenly spread zucchini on top;
- Wash peppers, peel the seeds, cut them into slices and put them on eggplants, pour the tomato sauce over everything, cover with foil and put in the oven heated to 200 degrees for 45 minutes;
- Take out the form from the oven, remove the foil and sprinkle the dish with grated cheese;
- Bake for another 15 minutes in the oven, but without foil.
The finished dish turns out amazingly tasty and tender and is perfect for dinner.
Zucchini stuffed with chicken and tomatoes in the oven
A classic dish that is prepared by many housewives - zucchini stuffed with chicken. The dish will be appreciated not only by adults, but also by small children who love everything new and unusual.
Ingredients:
- 2 zucchini;
- onions - 2 pieces;
- 2 chicken breasts;
- flour - 2 tablespoons;
- tomato - 2 pieces;
- sour cream - 4 tablespoons;
- cheese - 100 grams;
- salt;
- pepper;
- dry thyme.
Cooking time: 60 minutes.
Caloric content per 100 grams: 83 kcal.
Stuffed zucchini can be cooked for breakfast, lunch and even dinner. They turn out very gentle and at the same time nourishing.
- Zucchini washed, cut lengthwise into two parts, then the pulp is removed from them with a spoon or knife;
- The chicken is cut into cubes, roasted for 10 minutes in a skillet, at the end of cooking the diced onion is added and another stew for a few minutes, the flour is added and mixed;
- Sour cream, salt, pepper, thyme goes to the meat and everything is removed from the heat;
- A small amount of water is poured into the form, into which the boats of the zucchini are laid;
- Zucchini are stuffed with chicken meat, diced tomatoes fall on top of the filling, everything is sprinkled with cheese and put in the oven for 30 minutes, heated to 200 degrees.
Ready-made boats get out of shape, laid out on a plate and, if desired, are sprinkled with greens. They can be served simply or cooked garnish for them.
Conclusion
Zucchini come in different degrees of ripeness, so for cooking it is best to use young vegetables of small size with light-colored skin and tender flesh. If they are overripe, it is necessary to remove the skin and remove the seeds.
Enjoy your meal!
Another simple chicken recipe with zucchini - in the next video.
