Zucchini is a vegetable that does not have a pronounced taste and just requires the right supplement.
Therefore, it is always cooked with spices, with various vegetables and sauces.
The main thing is to get into the right product. One of these is onions.
Zucchini with onions - general principles of cooking
The most valuable are young zucchini. They do not require preliminary preparation, have no waste, just cut off the ends on both sides. But large squash is not a marriage. Vegetables just need to be cleaned and, if necessary, remove the entrails with seeds. Then it is cut into pieces of the desired shape and suitable size.
What do zucchini cooks with:
• onions (onions, shallots, leeks, green feathers);
• carrot;
• tomatoes;
• potatoes;
• pepper;
• cabbage.
Often in one dish combine several types of vegetables, different spices, herbs. Sometimes they add meat products, cereals, legumes.
Dishes from zucchini are mainly fried, stewed or baked. Cooking, as a method of preparation, is rarely used. More often in diet, medical and baby food.
Recipe 1: Fried Zucchini with Onions and Garlic
A variant of a dish of fried zucchini with onions for dinner or a light snack. It is prepared very simply and quickly, it turns fragrant and tasty. We use young zucchini.
Ingredients
• 2 zucchini;
• 2 onion heads;
• 2 cloves of garlic;
• 20 ml of oil;
• 3 branches of dill.
Cooking
1. Rinse the zucchini and cut lengthwise into 4 parts. Then each strip across to pieces to 0.5 centimeters. Get a kind of triangles.
2. Onions cut into half rings and pour into a skillet with oil, fry until transparent.
3. Add the zucchini, make the maximum heat and fry together until cooked. If the fire is weak, the vegetables will immediately give a lot of juice and begin to boil.
4. As soon as the zucchini is browned, add salt to them, stir.
5. After a minute, sprinkle the dish with chopped dill, chopped garlic and turn it off. Let stand a little under the lid and can be consumed!
Recipe 2: Stewed Zucchini with Onions and Carrots
A variant of a very juicy dish of stewed zucchini with onions and carrots. He does not need many ingredients and spices, but this does not affect the taste.
Ingredients
• 0.6 kg squash;
• 0.15 kg of carrots;
• 0.1 kg of onions;
• 40 ml of oil;
• 2 tablespoons of pasta;
• spices.
Cooking
1. Dice the onions and add them to the stewpan with heated oil. You can take a small cauldron.
2. After a minute, we send the grated carrot to the onion.
3. In a couple of minutes, we throw chopped slices, cubes, circles or any other pieces of zucchini. Size and shape do not matter and will only affect the cooking time.
4. The paste should be diluted in 50 ml of water, add a little salt, you can pepper. No more fluid is needed as the squash will release its juice.
5. Pour the resulting tomato juice to zucchini, cover and simmer until vegetables are soft.
6. At the end of cooking, we surely taste it and, if necessary, add more spices, turn it off.
Recipe 3: Zucchini with Onions and Tomatoes in the Oven
Ideally, parmesan is used for these zucchini with onions and tomatoes. But it can always be replaced with another hard cheese, which will simplify and reduce the cost of the dish.
Ingredients
• 1 zucchini;
• 2 ripe tomatoes;
• 0.1 kg of cheese;
• 1 onion head;
• salt, basil, pepper.
Cooking
1. As always, we use a young zucchini with unstable and small seeds. We wash the vegetable, wipe and cut into ringlets of five millimeters.
2. We clean the onion head and also cut across the ringlets, but very thinly. Otherwise, the onion will not have time to bake and will crunch. The rings should be transparent.
3. Now it’s the turn of tomatoes, which we also cut into rings, but not as thinly as they did with onions.
4. We put in a greased baking sheet circles of zucchini.
5. We put onion rings on them and lightly sprinkle with a mixture of salt with basil and pepper. If you sprinkle with zucchini, then they will begin to actively allocate juice. But we don’t need it.
6. It remains to spread the tomatoes, sprinkle with cheese and send the dish to bake. Cook at 200 until a crust of cheese appears.
Recipe 4: Zucchini with Onions and Eggs
The recipe is a very hearty and quick dish of zucchini with onions, which is ideal for breakfast. Although, such an omelet can be consumed at any time of the day or even for dinner.
Ingredients
• 0.2 kg of vegetable marrow;
• 1 onion head;
• 3 eggs;
• 1 clove of garlic;
• spices;
• 30 ml of milk;
• 1 tablespoon of oil.
Cooking
1. Immediately put a frying pan on the fire, add oil to it.
2. Dice the onion and send it to fry.
3. A little later, add zucchini to the onion. Cut them into thin slices so as not to wait long. We fry on a big fire.
4. While the zucchini are fried, beat the eggs with milk. You can use water, sour cream, cream.
5. Add spices and chopped garlic to the egg mixture.
6. Pour the eggs into the fried vegetables. We let the omelet grasp, then mix and bring to readiness.
Recipe 5: Stewed Zucchini with Onions, Carrots and Chicken
For such zucchini stewed with onions and carrots, you will also need chicken. In general, any parts can be used, but we will have a breast. She cooks fast and is very helpful.
Ingredients
• 0.5 kg of vegetable marrow;
• 0.25 kg of breast;
• 1 carrot;
• a tomato;
• 2 onion heads;
• oil, seasonings;
• parsley or other greens.
Cooking
1. Shred straw chicken breast, rinsing and drying with a towel.
2. Heat the oil. Throw the breast and fry for a minute, so that the flesh turns white.
3. Add chopped onion with straws, fry a couple of minutes.
4. Add the grated carrot. We pass the vegetables with chicken for about four minutes.
5. While the vegetables are cooked, cut the zucchini into cubes. If the skin is hard, then remove. The same goes for ripe and large seeds. We send to the cauldron.
6. Add the grated tomato, stir and cover. Stew the dish for about seven minutes.
7. Open, salt, pepper, you can throw other seasonings. We bring it to full readiness, season with chopped greens, turn it off.
Recipe 6: Zucchini with Onions and Tomatoes with Cheese Sauce
Another recipe for zucchini with onions and tomatoes for cooking in the oven. Vegetables are poured with an amazing sauce of processed cheese and cream.
Ingredients
• 2 zucchini;
• 2 onions;
• 4 tomatoes;
• 2 processed cheese;
• 200 ml cream;
• seasonings;
• butter;
• 1 spoonful of flour.
Cooking
1. In a pan, heat a spoonful of oil and fry the recipe flour in it. Add cream and grated cream cheese. Boil the sauce until thickened, salt, pepper well, as no seasonings will be added to the vegetables.
2. Cut into zucchini circles. Also tomatoes and thin onion slices.
3. We take a form with high sides or a small baking sheet. Lubricate. You can grate a piece of butter. It is not necessary to melt it.
4. We spread alternately circles of onions, zucchini and tomatoes on the lap rib. Repeat until all vegetables are over.
5. Pour over the previously prepared cream sauce with cream cheese.
6. Put in the oven. We bake for about half an hour at 200 degrees, but we focus on our dish and bring it to readiness.
Recipe 7: Fried Zucchini with Onions and Potatoes
An ideal dish of zucchini with onions for lovers of potatoes. But how to make the zucchini not fall apart and the potatoes toasted?
Ingredients
• 0.5 kg of potatoes;
• 2 onion heads;
• 1 zucchini;
• spices;
• 4-5 tablespoons of oil;
• a spoonful of flour.
Cooking
1. Peel the tubers, cut into strips and send to fry in a skillet.
2. Onion cut into strips, but so far do not spread.
3. Zucchini can be cut into strips or small cubes.
4. Put the second pan on the fire and pour the remaining oil. Warm up.
5. Sprinkle slices of zucchini with flour, stir directly in a bowl or on a cutting board. We shift into hot oil. We fry on high heat to a beautiful crust on the surface. Do not cover.
6. For almost finished potatoes, spread the onion, fry together.
7. Then add spices and toasted zucchini. We warm up a couple of minutes and turn it off.
Recipe 8: Braised zucchini with onions and carrots in pots
An easy way to cook stewed zucchini with onions and carrots in the oven. We wash the pots before cooking, if they are new, it is better to calcine in the oven.
Ingredients
• 0.5 kg of vegetable marrow;
• 2 onions;
• 2 carrots;
• 1 bell pepper;
• 150 grams of sour cream;
• spices;
• butter.
Cooking
1. Cut the onions with carrots into strips and fry for a couple of minutes in a skillet. We shift into the pots with the first layer. Sprinkle lightly with salt.
2. Cut the zucchini into small cubes and put it in the pan after the onion, no need to add oil. Also, lightly fry, very slightly, to a light crust.
3. We shift the squash into pots. Salt a little too.
4. Add the pepper cut into small pieces, and spread the sour cream on top.
5. Send the pots to the oven. Cook at 180 for about 35 minutes.
Recipe 9: Zucchini Caviar with Onions and Tomatoes
The recipe for ordinary caviar, which can be prepared for direct use or prepared for the winter, adding vinegar. Everything is taken in 2 pieces.
Ingredients
• 2 zucchini;
• 2 carrots;
• 2 onions;
• 2 tomatoes;
• 2 tsp Sahara;
• various spices;
• for frying oil.
Cooking
1. Pour a little oil into the bowl and send to the fire.
2. Throw chopped onions.
3. After 2 minutes, the carrot, it can also be cut or just grate.
4. After another 2 minutes of zucchini. As you fry, juice begins to stand out and then you need to cover the cauldron. Let the vegetables cook until tender.
5. We rub the tomatoes, getting rid of the skins during the process.
6. Pour the tomato mass into the cauldron, put sugar and salt. Let it boil for another five minutes and turn it off. Vegetables should be very soft and fall apart at this point.
7. Cool the eggs, grind with a blender.
8. If the workpiece is winter, then put it on the stove again, pour a tablespoon of vinegar 70%, boil and pour into sterile containers. Cork up.
Zucchini with onions - useful tips and tricks
• To zucchini fried and not drowned in its juice, it is never salted in advance, but only at the end of cooking. It is also important to spread the vegetable in a very hot oil. And for quick frying, you can powder the pieces with flour.
• Zucchini cooks quickly, but only without acid. Therefore, when stewing a vegetable, tomatoes or tomato paste should be added at the very end, when the zucchini is easily pierced with a fork.
• Zucchini easily absorb oil like a sponge. Therefore, do not add a lot of fat when frying. If the pan has a non-stick coating, then a few drops that give a taste and toasted crust are enough.
• Quickly clean the zucchini with a regular peeler. And you can remove the insides with a spoon. For this, the vegetable is simply cut in half and the internal contents are selected.
