Step-by-Step Guide to Make Award-winning Cheesy filled zucchini with quinoa

Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, cheesy filled zucchini with quinoa. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Cheesy filled zucchini with quinoa is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Cheesy filled zucchini with quinoa is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook cheesy filled zucchini with quinoa using 7 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Cheesy filled zucchini with quinoa:

1. Make ready 160 g quinoa or rice
2. Get 300 g minced meat
3. Prepare 1 zucchini/courgette
4. Take 1 onion
5. Make ready 1 big clove of garlic
6. Make ready 100 mL cooking cream (cow or soy)
7. Prepare 150 g shredded cheese (use whatever cheese you like!)

Steps to make Cheesy filled zucchini with quinoa:

1. Preheat the oven at 200°C (or 392°F).
2. Shred the onion and crush the garlic to a pulp.
3. Cut the zucchini in half and scoop out the inside with a spoon. Cut the insides in small pieces!
4. Spread some olive oil on the outside off the zucchini halves.
5. Put olive oil in a hot pan and add the minced meat.
6. Add part of the garlic and season to taste. I seasoned with salt, pepper, cayenne pepper and a spice mix containing (ground) paprika, coriander, curcuma, fenegriq, chilli powder, ginger, cumin, cardemom and fennel seeds.
7. When half of the minced meat is ready, add the shredded onion and the rest of the garlic. Cook for about 5 minutes.
8. Add the zucchini insides, mix and cook for about 3 minutes.
9. Add the cooking cream and let it reduce.
10. Reduce the heat and add half of the shredded cheese (I use a mix of gouda, emmental and rigatello)
11. Stir and adjust seasoning to taste.
12. Fill the zucchini with the mixture and add shredded cheese on top to get a nice crust!
13. Put it in the oven for 15 min at 180°C.
14. Prepare the quinoa as described on the package. You can add chicken stock to the water to improve the taste!
15. Put everything on a plate and enjoy your meal! Cheers!

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