tuna stuffed zucchini

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 zucchini, ends trimmed
• 2 (6 ounce) cans tuna, drained and flaked
• 1/4 onion, grated
• 1 tomato, finely chopped (optional)
• 1 cup dry bread crumbs
• 1 egg, beaten
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1 tablespoon olive oil

Recipe

Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 25 mins Ready Time: 50 mins


• fill a large pot with salted water, place the zucchini into the pot, and boil over medium heat for about 5 minutes to soften. remove the zucchini, slice in half the long way, and allow to cool. scoop out the flesh from the zucchini halves, leaving a 1/2-inch shell. set aside the scooped out flesh in a bowl.
• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). lightly grease a 9x12-inch baking dish.
• place the zucchini flesh into a bowl, and mash well. mix in the tuna, onion, tomato, bread crumbs, egg, salt, and black pepper. lightly stuff the zucchini shells with the tuna mixture. drizzle about 1/2 teaspoon of olive oil over each stuffed zucchini half.
• bake in the preheated oven until the tops are slightly browned, 20 to 25 minutes.