These vegetables ripen in late summer. But until the fall, in one summer cottage, you can collect so many of them that you don’t already know where to go from such an avalanche of squash. If you are not a professional farmer who grows them for sale, then you need to think about harvesting - roll vegetables in jars for the winter, and while the zucchini is young and juicy, prepare a variety of dishes from them, delighting your family.
Below are some tips on how to cook zucchini in a slow cooker - a healthy and tasty vegetable. If you do not have such a kitchen unit, you can use the recipes below, bringing the dish to readiness in the oven at 180 degrees.
Zucchini with cottage cheese
Two young zucchini just wash, not removing the delicate skin. Grind the carrots and onions and fry until golden brown. Put it on a plate. We free two bell peppers from seeds, cut and also fry in a pan. After removing the pepper, fry the zucchini rings in vegetable oil. We will cook zucchini in the Polaris multicooker. In its bowl, lay in layers, first, the third part of zucchini. Top with 100 g of unsweetened cottage cheese. Next comes the whole pepper. The next layer should be zucchini (one third) and another 100 g of cottage cheese. On top of it lay the fried onions with carrots. Cover with the last third zucchini. The top layer is grated hard cheese (about 100 g is needed). Add salt and pepper to a glass of cream, pour the resulting mass into a multicooker bowl. We set the unit for 10 minutes by running the "Bake" mode. Sprinkle the finished dish with a green onion.
Zucchini stewed with tomatoes
This is an autumn dish when the fruits are already large, with hard skin. Peel large zucchini, cut into small cubes. Chop the onion rings, 2-3 tomatoes - slices, and 2-3 cloves of garlic pass through a crush, finely chopped a bunch of parsley. At the bottom of the bowl, pour a spoonful of vegetable oil, lay the zucchini and onions. Fry for 10 minutes. Then add the remaining components, pour mayonnaise or sour cream. We cook zucchini in a slow cooker in the “Baking” mode for 20 minutes.
Casserole
Three medium zucchini cut into thin washers, salt. Grind two tomatoes in circles, 100 g of three hard cheese. In a deep bowl, dilute 200 ml of sour cream with a glass of milk, add 2 eggs, 3 tablespoons of flour, grated cheese and spices.
How to cook zucchini
in a slow cooker to make a delicious casserole? First, grease the unit’s bowl with vegetable oil, spread it in neat layers of zucchini and tomatoes, fill them with creamy dressing. We put the device on the program “Baking”. If the hour is not enough to fully prepare the dish, set the timer for an additional 20 minutes.
How to cook steamed zucchini in a slow cooker
This culinary technique makes it possible to preserve all the useful properties of the vegetable. To prepare a delicious dish, it is enough to have only zucchini, water and salt. We clean the zucchini, cut into washers a centimeter thick. Pour 4 cups of water into the bowl. We put the vegetables in a special container, a little salt. We turn on the “Steam cooking” mode. In half an hour you will have a diet lunch.
Using the above recipes and connecting your own imagination, you can figure out how to cook zucchini in a slow cooker with the addition of other ingredients: with feta cheese, meat, potatoes, spinach.