Heather says:
The ability to sauté, or cook over high heat with a small amount of fat, is a great method for bringing out great flavors in simple foods. Typically zucchini is a summer vegetable, but there was a bag in the marked down produce for a dollar. Who can pass that up?
Sautéed Zucchini
Ingredients:
This is a method, not an exact recipe, this is what you’ll need .
~ 2 TBSP olive or vegetable oil
minced garlic
zucchini
salt/pepper
Cut the zucchini into similar sized pieces. As this is a quick cooking method you need the pieces to be relatively the same side to ensure even cooking.
Heat a skillet over medium heat (if you have teflon pans skip this step, as it is possible to create toxic fumes by overheating teflon) then add a small amount of oil to the pan. If the oil starts to smoke, your pan was too hot; start over.
Add the garlic, followed by the zucchini in a single layer. If you have more zucchini than room in the pan, cook it in batches. You can “hold” the food in a covered dish in a 200F degree oven, while you finish the second batch.
Stir occasionally but not constantly. Over medium high heat, zucchini cut about 1/2″ thick should take about ten minutes to cook.
We like to top ours with grated parmesan.
Other ideas: instead of garlic try herbs such as rosemary, oregano,or basil, depending on the flavoring of your main dish. Experiment, but use some restraint, I wouldn’t use rosemary on taco night. Cilantro on the other hand . . .
Enjoy.
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Mmmm, I do it Korean style with some sesame oil , Mrs. Dash, and toasted sesame seeds. So yummy!
I have a great recipe for pork loin and zucchini made sort of like this. Remind me.
Yum! We ate quite a bit zucchini this summer! We sauteed it with a little bit of butter, and then added dried basil and Jane’s Crazy Salt. Yummy!
I am jealous of your dollar bag of zucc. It’s going for $1.99/lb here, and that almost makes me wish it were August already.
My mother used to make something very much like this when I was a kid. i used to love it, but I can never seem to cook it right. I have the ingredients, I have the right pan and I sure as heck have the desire, but it never comes out quite like she used to make.
Maybe I should try your variation!
I love sauteed zucchini! Wish the rest of my family liked it as much.
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