Shara's Stuffed Zucchini

Name: Shara's Stuffed Zucchini
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 medium Zucchini; 1/2 lb ground beef or turkey; 1/3 cup chopped yellow onion; 1 can Green Giant Shoepeg corn; 1 can diced Tomatoes (do NOT drain); 1 can (small) sliced black olives.; 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce; 1 tsp soy sauce; 1/2 can (small) tomatoe sauce; 4 cup of Mozzarella cheese; 4 cup Instant rice. I prefer Uncle Ben's boil-in-bag rice, works perfect for this recipe!

Sharadawn @cook_2972306

Shara's Stuffed Zucchini

Sharadawn @cook_2972306

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Ingredients

6 servings

3 mediumZucchini
1/2 lbground beef or turkey
1/3 cupchopped yellow onion
1 canGreen Giant Shoepeg corn
1 candiced Tomatoes (do NOT drain)
1 can(small) sliced black olives.
2 tbspWorcestershire sauce
1 tspsoy sauce
1/2 can(small) tomatoe sauce
4 cupof Mozzarella cheese
4 cupInstant rice. I prefer Uncle Ben's boil-in-bag rice, works perfect for this recipe!

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Steps

1

Preheat oven to 375°.
2

Brown meat till tender but cooked thru. Season with pepper and garlic powder to taste. Drain grease.
3

Slice zucchini lengthwise and scoop out center with spoon, creating a zucchini canoe... set what you scoop out aside.
4

Now in a large mixing bowl, mix together, meat, onion, corn, tomatoes, and left over centers of zucchini and 1/2 of the tomatoe sauce (set other 1/2 aside), Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce.
5

lay "canoes" in glass rectangle baking dish.
6

Stuff center of canoes with heaping meat mixture. Over stuff if need to, that's ok!
7

Drizzle remainder of tomatoe sauce over each of the 6 canoes.
8

Top, generously with Mozzarella cheese.
9

Top with sliced olives.
10

Cover with foil and bake for 25 minutes or until Zucchini is tender and can be cut with a fork.
11

Uncover for last 5 minutes to brown cheese slightly.
12

Serve over bed of cooked rice.
13

You may add your choice of spices or even green Chile to the meat mixture, this dish can either be Japanese, Italian or Mexican depending on ingredients.