Skillet Zucchini Food

ZUCCHINI SKILLET

Steps:

• In hot butter in skillet, sauté onion until tender.
• Add zucchini thru basil; mix well.
• Add ¼ c water and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to medium low, cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, 10-15 minutes (add more water if necessary).
• Add tomatoes and cook without cover 5 minutes more.
• Stir in croutons (if desired).
• Shake parmesan on servings or serve w/ parmesan& let diners shake it on.

SKILLET ZUCCHINI

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Mix in zucchini, onion, tomatoes, and bacon. Season with salt and pepper, and pour in water. Cover, and cook 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are tender.
• Stir the bread crumbs and soy sauce into the skillet, and mix in Cheddar cheese. Cover, and continue cooking 2 minutes, until cheese is melted. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese to serve.

SAUTéED YELLOW SQUASH AND ZUCCHINI

Steps:

• Heat the oil and butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the onions and cook, stirring occasionally, until just softened, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, for 1 minute. Add the zucchini, squash, Italian seasoning and a generous pinch of salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the zucchini and squash are tender and beginning to brown in some spots, about 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Serve warm.

SKILLET ZUCCHINI

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, cook sausage in oil over medium heat until browned. Add the peppers, celery, onion and garlic; saute for 5 minutes or until vegetables are crisp-tender. Stir in the zucchini, tomatoes, oregano, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 6-8 minutes until zucchini is tender.

SKILLET GRATINATE OF ZUCCHINI AND CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preparing the Chicken and Zucchini
• Place a rack in the center or upper third of the oven and preheat to 425°.
• If the chicken breasts are whole, cut them in half. Trim off any bits of fat, skin, or tendon. Flatten each breast half with a mallet (or the flat bottom of a heavy pan) to an even thickness, about 3/4 inch.
• Trim the stem and blossom ends of the zucchini and wash well. Slice across the squash on a sharp angle, creating long ovals, 1/4 inch thick. You should have about twenty pieces at least 3 inches long, and a few shorter pieces from the ends.
• Put 3 tablespoons of the olive oil in the skillet, tilt to coat the bottom, and set it over medium heat.
• Toss about half the zucchini pieces in flour to coat well (set flour aside to use for chicken), pat off any excess, and lay them in the pan. Keep the heat moderate, and let the pieces caramelize slowly for about 4 minutes. Turn when the edges are nicely browned on the underside; fry for about 2 minutes on the second side. With a slotted spatula, lift the pieces to a plate or tray (no paper towels are needed here) and salt lightly. Fry the remaining zucchini ovals in the same way and salt them. While frying, monitor the heat, keeping it high enough to brown the zucchini but not let them burn.
• When the zucchini are done, turn off the heat but leave all the oil in the skillet.
• Starting on the Stovetop
• Have all of your gratinate and sauce ingredients handy to the stove.
• You should have at least 2 tablespoons of olive oil in the skillet (add a bit if needed). Add 1 tablespoon of the butter and set the pan over medium-low heat.
• Salt the chicken pieces lightly, flop them in the dredging flour to coat on both sides, and pat off excess. When the butter is just beginning to sizzle, arrange all six cutlets in the pan. Cook them gently for 1 1/2 minutes, then turn them over; they should be very lightly colored, with no browning.
• Maintain the gentle cooking while you assemble the gratinate.
• Sprinkle the chicken again with salt (using 1/2 teaspoon total for the dish).
• Spread a heaping tablespoon of tomato sauce on top of each cutlet.
• Arrange the zucchini slices on top of the sauced chicken, overlapping the ovals so each portion is neatly covered. Use all the zucchini.
• Now raise the heat a bit and begin to develop the sauce:
• Sprinkle the peperoncino onto an open "hot spot" where it will sizzle and toast briefly.
• Drop the remaining butter, in small pieces, in between the layered cutlets.
• After a few seconds, pour in 2/3 cup of the wine around the cutlets and let it heat briefly, 10 to 20 seconds.
• Spoon the rest of the cup of tomato sauce into the pan (not on the chicken).
• Bring to a simmer, then drop the mint into the sauce all around the pan.
• Give the pan a gentle shake or two, to mix and emulsify the sauce ingredients.
• Finally, sprinkle 2 tablespoons of grated cheese evenly over each zucchini-topped mound.
• At this point, the sauce should be about 1/3 inch deep in your pan or even higher, coming well up the sides of the chicken cutlets. If not, pour in the rest of the wine and as much hot vegetable broth or stock as necessary. Raise the heat again to bring the pan sauce to an active simmer.
• Finishing in the Oven
• When the sauce is simmering, place the skillet in the oven. (Put the handle in front and the food in the back.)
• Bake for about 10 minutes-and have thick pot holders or dry towels in hand before you touch the handle or the skillet!-then open the oven and check the pan.
• Right on the rack, give the skillet another gentle shake. There should still be plenty of sauce, and the cheese should be lightly colored. If the sauce appears syrupy, or close to evaporating, add more vegetable broth, stock, tomato sauce, or wine to raise the level.
• Bake for another 8 to 10 minutes, until the chicken is fully cooked and tender and the gratinate top is deeply and evenly browned. If the cheese layer still appears too light, raise the heat in the oven as high as possible (turn on the broiler if it is top-mounted) and bake briefly until it is as dark and crispy as you like.
• Carefully remove the skillet from the oven, handling it with plenty of thick cloths. I carry it right to the dining table, where it makes a beautiful presentation (see the photo on page 286). While it is on the table, leave the cloths covering the hot handle. With a large, angled spatula, lift one portion of chicken-and-zucchini gratinate onto a dinner plate, then spoon over it some of the sauce.

SKILLET ZUCCHINI CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside. Pour off all but one tablespoon of bacon fat from the skillet.
• Stir in the onion, green and red bell peppers, and celery to the skillet and cook over medium heat, stirring, for 2 minutes. Add the zucchini and mushrooms and cook 1 more minute. Stir in the tomatoes, artichoke hearts, pineapple and crumbled bacon.
• Pour in the reserved pineapple juice and the soy sauce. Season with the salt and pepper, basil, garlic power and Italian seasoning. Cover and simmer over low heat for 10 minutes stirring occasionally. Do not over cook.
• Sprinkle the Cheddar cheese on top of the vegetables and cook 2 more minutes, or until the cheese melts. Serve zucchini in the skillet topped with Parmesan cheese, if desired.

SEASONED ZUCCHINI IN A SKILLET

Steps:

• Slice the zucchini.
• Heat the olive oil in a non-stick skillet over a medium heat and add the zucchini and garlic. Cook until done to your liking, around 10-12 minutes (this will also depend on the thickness of your zucchini slices).
• Add the Cavenders seasoning once the zucchini has softened and released some liquid so the seasoning doesn't burn or stick.
• Serve hot when cooked to your liking.

ZUCCHINI SKILLET

Steps:

• 1. Heat oil in a non-stick skillet over medium-high heat.
• 2. Slice zucchini and add to skillet. This recipe is for small to average size zucchini so adjust the recipe as needed. Stir and cook for about 5 minutes.
• 3. Add onion, garlic, oregano (I use an Italian mix from Penzey's spices which is delish!), salt and pepper.
• 4. Cook for a few more minutes until lightly browned.
• 5. Add tomato (you can use canned diced tomatoes or even salsa if you don't have a tomato on hand). Bring just to a boil and reduce heat to low.
• 6. Simmer 3-5 minutes until zucchini is crisp tender.
• 7. Sprinkle top with cheese.
• 8. Cover with a lid until the cheese melts. Serve hot.

SKILLET PARMESAN ZUCCHINI RECIPE

Steps:

• Cook and stir peppers and onions in large nonstick skillet sprayed with cooking spray on medium heat 5 min. Add zucchini; cook and stir 2 min.
• Stir in pasta sauce; cover. Cook 8 min. or until vegetables are crisp-tender, stirring occasionally.
• Sprinkle with cheeses; cook, covered, 1 min. or until mozzarella is melted.