Spicy Sauteed Zucchini Food

SAUTEED ZUCCHINI

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir the onion in the melted butter until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic; cook and stir 1 minute more. Stir the tomatoes and 1/4 cup water into the mixture; cover. Cook until the tomatoes have reduced slightly, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes.
• Pour another 1/4 cup water into the skillet, and add the bouillon cube; stir until the bouillon is dissolved. Add the zucchini; continue cooking until the zucchini is tender, 5 to 7 minutes. Season with black pepper to serve.

SPICY ZUCCHINI

Steps:

• Place oil in a large, heavy non-stick skillet and begin heating over medium high heat.
• Meanwhile, slice onion and cut zucchini into 1/4" rounds.
• Once oil is nice and hot, saute onion until it is starting to carmelize (about 2 minutes).
• Add zucchini and seasonings. Turn heat down slightly (to medium), and cook for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Zucchini should be yellow with some brown spots, slightly transparent looking and soft without being mushy. Onions should be thoroughly carmelized and yummy. :).

SPICY SAUTEED ZUCCHINI

Steps:

• Heat oil and butter in pan.
• Toss in remaining ingredients and sauté until it's to your desired doneness.
• Eat and enjoy!
• Both the Thai chiles and the jalapeno are good, but the dish tastes different depending on which you use; try it both ways!

SPICED STEWED ZUCCHINI

Steps:

• Heat a skillet over moderate heat. Go 1 turn of the pan with a slow stream of extra-virgin olive oil. Add crushed garlic and red pepper flakes to the pan. Saute garlic and red pepper flakes 1 or 2 minutes. Add zucchini and season with salt, cumin and chili powder. Saute, stirring occasionally, about 3 minutes. Add chick peas, tomatoes and scallions to the pan and stir to combine. Cook over medium low heat for 10 minutes. Stir in cilantro and serve.
• To reduce the heat level, omit the red pepper flakes from the recipe and method.

SAUTEED ZUCCHINI WITH GARLIC AND HERBS

Steps:

• In a large skillet, heat oil, over medium-high heat. Add zucchini, scallions, and garlic. Saute for 6 to 8 minutes, or until zucchini is tender.
• Slowly pour in vegetable stock. Stir in sauce mix and parsley. Simmer for 1 1/2 to 2 minutes. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper.

ASIAN-STYLE ZUCCHINI

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a skillet over medium heat. Stir in the zucchini, and cook until lightly browned. Sprinkle with soy sauce and sesame seeds. Season with garlic powder and pepper, and continue cooking until zucchini is well coated and tender.

SPICY SAUTéED FUZZY MELON

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large, deep skillet over high heat until smoking. Add the garlic, ginger and melon and sauté for 2 minutes, until the melon has absorbed the oil. Add 1/4 cup water and sauté, stirring occasionally, until it evaporates. Repeat this process, adding water in 1/4-cup increments, until the melon is tender, 6 to 8 minutes. Stir in the soy sauce, vinegar and red-pepper flakes and sauté for another minute. Add salt and pepper to taste and serve immediately.

MAMA'S SPICY ZUCCHINI CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Cut zucchini into 1/2 inch strips. Boil in salted water until tender. Drain.
• Melt butter and saute onion and green pepper in a sauce pan. Add tomatoes and chili powder. Cook for 5 minutes and add zucchini.
• Blend melted butter with cracker crumbs. Layer 1/2 of zucchini mixture, 1/2 of cracker crumbs and 1/2 of cheese.
• Add remaining zucchini mixture, 1/2 of cheese and 1/2 of cracker crumbs.
• Bake 25 to 30 minutes in a 340 degree oven.
• Note: Yellow squash may be substituted for zucchini.

GARLIC VEGETABLE SAUTE

Steps:

• Heat olive oil and butter in a large skillet; cook and stir garlic and jalapeno in hot skillet until softened, about 5 minutes. Add zucchini, yellow bell pepper, red bell pepper, and shallot; continue to cook and stir until tender, about 5 minutes more. Season with salt, pepper, and paprika.

SPICED CHICKPEA AND ZUCCHINI SAUTE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, heat oil over medium. Add onion; cook, stirring occasionally, until beginning to brown, 5 to 8 minutes. Add garlic, coriander, and cumin; cook, stirring, until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Add tomatoes, chickpeas, zucchini, and 1/2 cup water; season with salt and pepper.
• Cover skillet; simmer mixture over medium-high heat, stirring, until zucchini is tender, 10 to 12 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, as desired, and serve.

ZUCCHINI SAUTé WITH SPICY PEANUT BUTTER SAUCE

Steps:

• To make sauce: Stir tahini in container thoroughly before measuring. Then blend 3 T. with hot water. Add remaining ingredients one at a time, whisking after each. Set aside.
• To make sauté:.
• Cut zucchini in half width-wise, then cut each half into 3 spears length-wise.
• Heat sunflower oil in skillet until smoking hot.
• Carefully add sesame oil.
• Quickly add peanuts and stir. Cook them until they begin to brown.
• Add in chili powder and garlic, stir. Cook until garlic begins emitting fragrance.
• Add zucchini and sauté 1-2 minutes.
• Add sherry. Cook until sherry is reduced (around 1-2 minutes).
• Add sauce. Immediately lower heat to medium.
• Cook 2 minutes.
• Remove from heat.
• Garnish with sliced green onions before serving.

SPICY GARLIC POTATOES AND ZUCCHINI

Steps:

• Cover potatoes with salted cold water by 1 inch in a 4-quart saucepan, then simmer, uncovered, until just tender, 20 to 25 minutes. Drain in a colander and let stand until cool enough to handle, about 15 minutes. Peel potatoes and halve lengthwise.
• Cook garlic in oil in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over moderate heat, stirring, until garlic is pale golden, about 2 minutes. Discard garlic, then stir potatoes and red pepper flakes into oil and sauté over moderately high heat, stirring occasionally, until potatoes begin to turn golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes.
• While sautéing potatoes, cook zucchini in a pot of boiling salted water until just tender, 2 to 3 minutes, then drain in a colander.
• Transfer potatoes with a slotted spoon to a bowl, then add zucchini to oil in skillet and sauté over moderately high heat, stirring, until hot, about 1 minute. Return potatoes to skillet and stir in salt.