How to cook stuffed zucchini with minced meat and cheese in the oven

I want to offer you a dish of a summer day today. These will be very juicy and tender stuffed zucchini with minced meat and cheese. We will bake them in the oven. To save preparation time, use ready-made minced meat for stuffing, otherwise just make it yourself by twisting the meat in a meat grinder. The presence of fried vegetables and cheese in the meat filling gives the zucchini a special piquant flavor.

Zucchini can be stuffed in two ways. The first method involves cutting the zucchini lengthwise into two parts and removing the middle from it. Boats are obtained, which are then stuffed with filling and baked in the oven. The second way is that we will make small stuffed stumps from zucchini. We offer this option in our master class with step-by-step photos.

How to cook stuffed zucchini with minced meat and cheese in the oven

For stuffing, you can use zucchini of different shapes and ripeness. Young zucchini for stuffing must be rinsed and cut into bars. For example, one medium zucchini can be cut into five parts. If you have zucchini with a dense ripened skin, simply remove it with a vegetable peeler.


With a teaspoon, carefully remove the inside to make cups. If these are young zucchini, then finely chop this inside and set aside for the filling. From mature zucchini, do not use the inner part for the dish, it is tough due to the seeds.


For the filling, finely chop the onion, and grate the carrot on a coarse grater.


Grind ground beef and pork in a meat grinder in advance. If desired, you can use minced chicken or plain pork for this recipe without additives.


In vegetable oil, pass onion with carrots and zucchini (cut out chopped part) over medium heat. Add salt to taste to vegetables and squeeze a clove of garlic, sprinkle with ground peppers. From the pan, send the vegetable mixture to the minced meat.


Stir the minced meat and add finely chopped parsley to it.


Grate all the hard cheese and add one handful to the minced meat.


On parchment in a baking sheet, place blanks from zucchini cups. Fill zucchini with stuffing. Send stuffed zucchini to a hot oven at a temperature of 180 degrees. Bake zucchini for 20 minutes.


To make stuffed zucchini with a spicy and tasty top, I suggest preparing a sour cream and cheese dressing. To do this, mix sour cream with grated cheese. If you have a piece of blue cheese or Parmesan, add it. Aged cheeses reveal their aroma very well when baked, and give the dish an excellent taste.


Spread the dressing on top of the stuffed zucchini and bake for another 15-20 minutes.

Ready stuffed zucchini can be served immediately after cooking or already cooled.

Inside the stuffed zucchini, a very juicy and tasty filling is obtained.


When serving this dish, garnish it with a sprig of parsley and you can additionally pour sour cream on top of the zucchini.