Heres a unique zucchini recipe for you Spicy Asian Zucchini!
Meaty zucchini halves seared then smothered with a mild chilli-garlic sauce.
Serve as a side or a meat-free main withGarlic Rice.
Zucchini halves are pan seared
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is looking forsomething different to make with zucchini.
As in main meal worthy.
This Spicy Asian Zucchini ticks all those boxes.
What you need for Spicy Asian Zucchini
Heres what you need for this Asian zucchini recipe.
First up the secret ingredient…..zucchinis!
But here in Australia, its available year round for fairly good value.
Zucchini halves are pan seared
Youll be surprised, it only takes around 3 to 4 minutes.
But if you have gigantic ones (sometimes they can be!)
you might want to cut them into quarters.
Then doused in a chilli-garlic sauce!
Spicy CHILLI GARLIC Sauce
This sauce is good!
Simple with big flavours.
Actually not that spicy, its mild.
15 – 18cm long (6 – 7″) is ideal. If larger, cut in quarters so they cook through.
I see myself using this in another recipe in the foreseeable future.
Sambal Oelak chilli paste which makes a nice sauce for smothering.
Made with fresh chillis, found in large grocery stores and Asian stores.
Sesame oil Use toasted sesame oil which is brown and has better sesame flavour.
Un-toasted is yellow and the sesame flavour isnt as strong.
Here in Australia, toasted sesame oil is standard.
Un-toasted is harder to find.
Crispy Fried Shallots anAsian pantry essential!
Salty, oily, crunchy, terrific garnish for all things Asian, fromsoupstosalads.
Find itin the Asian section of supermarket but cheaper at Asian stores.
Id even use roughly chopped peanuts.
Green onion For freshness.
Id toss them through the sauce briefly to make them floppy.
How to make Spicy Asian Zucchini
Have you ever cooked zucchini halves on the stove before?
Its much faster than the oven 6 minutes vs 30 minutes.
The zucchini just goes soft and watery.
Then turn and cook the other side for 3 minutes.
The residual heat will finish cooking it through.
However, if you prefer your zucchini fully soft all the way through, thats entirely up to you!
Directions in the recipe notes.
Garlic In the same pan, saute the garlic until light golden.
Sauce Then add the remaining sauce ingredients and simmer for 30 seconds on low heat until syrupy.
Dont take it too far I keep making that mistake when Ive had multiple things on the go.
Pourthe sauce over the pile of zucchinis.
I do it this way for simplicity the sauce goes everywhere and I think it looks nice.
The other way of doing it is to put the zucchini in the pan and toss to coat evenly.
How to serve Spicy Asian Zucchini
The obvious way to serve this is as a vegetable side.
An excellent substantial (interesting!)
one that can go alongside anything Asian, fromstir friestonoodlestoChar Sui PorktogyozaorChinese pan fried dumplings(potstickers).
My go-to:Chinese Fried Rice.
Personal favourites:Nasi Goreng,Korean Kimchi Fried Rice.
Garlic rice quick, easy, you’ve got the option to make it right now!
Baked fried rice super handy when you dont have day-old cooked rice on hand.
(Also, its all baked in one pan.
Yes, I saidbaked.
And Im a rice snob).
Love to know what you think of todays recipe!
Certainly a little different from the usual zucchini recipes.
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Photo byStephanie Halpin
Photo byStephanie Halpin
