Easy Stuffed Zucchini

This baked stuffed zucchini recipe uses large zucchini and stuffs them full of ground beef, cheese, sauce, and olives for a delicious baked dinner.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 55 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins
• Calories: 405 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 (16 ounce) jar spaghetti sauce
• 1 large zucchini, ends trimmed
• 0.5 cup bread crumbs
• 0.5 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 0.5 pound ground beef
• 0.5 (6 ounce) can sliced black olives, drained

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain and discard grease. Transfer beef into a large mixing bowl.

Step 3

Slice zucchini in half lengthwise, then use a spoon to scoop out the flesh, leaving a 1/2-inch-thick shell all around zucchini. Chop scooped-out zucchini flesh and add to beef in the mixing bowl.

Step 4

Stir spaghetti sauce, Parmesan cheese, bread crumbs, black olives, and garlic into beef-zucchini mixture until well combined. Lightly stuff both halves of zucchini with filling. Place filled zucchini halves into a baking dish; cover tightly with foil.

Step 5

Uncover the baking dish; sprinkle 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese over each zucchini half. Broil until cheese is browned and bubbling, about 5 minutes.

Step 6

Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes. Remove the baking dish from the oven; turn on the broiler and adjust an oven rack to within 6 inches of the broiler's heat source.