Pork sausage and rice filled zucchini
Hello, hello! how was your weekend?? Mine was fine, a quiet weekend at home. Can you believe October is over ?? Happy Halloween by the way? lots of treats? or too much tricks? tired? beat? from all the trick or treating? I have the answer for that! These Pork sausage and rice filled zucchinis are super easy to make and delicious to eat! and will mend all your weekend long injuries.
I found these beautiful zucchini at the market the other day! and I just couldn’t leave them lying over there. So I picked a few of them (couldn’t take them all, sadly) and took them home with me!!
Ingredients
- 4 medium round zucchinis
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 pork sausages
- 1 small chorizo
- 1 small onion chopped
- 2 garlic cloves crushed
- 1/2 cup cooked white rice
- 1 small can crushed tomatoes
- ½ tablespoon thyme leaves
- ½ tablespoon parsley leaves chopped
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees (175 degrees C).
- Cut the top off, to make a little sort of hat for them, with a spoon, scoop out the seeds. Chop and reserve about 3/4 of the seeds for the stuffing, paint the zucchini with olive oil and sprinkle some dry garlic and parsley, cook them in the oven for 20 minutes.
- In the meantime, I took the sausages and chorizo, took their skin off and placed them on the food processor bowl along with garlic, onion and salt and pepper, crushed tomatoes, give this mixture a few pulses until made into a coarse mix.
- In a medium bowl, mix together the ground sausage mix, rice and the reserved zucchini seeds, stir together, until well combined. Place the sausage rice mixture equally into all the zucchini. Place the filled zucchini in an oiled baking dish.
- Bake in the preheated oven for approximately 30 minutes.
When I placed the zucchinis in the oven, I cover them with the little hat I had made previously, so my sausage mixture was well cooked but super moist, all the flavors were there. This dish is simple but very tasty. Today I did a sausage filling but these zucchinis can be filled with your favorites veggies, cheeses, bread crumbs, couscous, quinoa, the possibilities are endless!
I hope you do enjoy this dish and can recreate it in your own kitchen when you and your loved ones are hungry and need a warm delicious dish to replenish energies.
16 thoughts on “Pork sausage and rice filled zucchini”
Wow! I’ve never seen round zucchinis before! They are so cute! The presentation of these is just beautiful and the filling sounds delicious, but, then again, can’t go wrong with sausage and rice, can ya? We didn’t have as many trick or treaters as I thought we’d have. I think it was because of the little bit of rain, so we have LOTS of treats left, which is both a good and bad thing, lol 😀 I can’t believe it’s November either!! Where is the year going?? Hope your week is going great 🙂 !
I am with you Dawn I just don’t know where this year is going, apart from that, my week is going fine so far! These round zucchinis are not that hard to find but it’s true they are not as popular as the others. I am glad you like this rice and sausage combination, but if you keep reading you will find there is a twist in this recipe!! a hidden small chorizo into the ground sausage mix.!! ☺ two types of sausages in one simple recipe ? you really can’t beat that!
Since you’re asking, my weekend (and Halloween even though I didn’t celebrate it) was fine. Not enough trears I think. And I’m so ready for another weekend. Well, I was ready on Monday, I believe:) Love this simple yet delish and comfort combo, and the zucchini look pretty:)
I am glad your weekend was fine! bummer about not enough treats! Thanks for stopping by!
Hi Gaila – these zucchini are beautiful! I’ve never seen round zucchini around here like this. I’m sure now that I’m looking for it I will see it everywhere! What a great way to fill it, and such a satisfying meal. Hope you are having a super week! xo
Hi Allie! my week is going great so far! I am glad you liked my round zucchini recipe, it was really good! Thanks for stopping by!
I can NOT believe it is already November! Seriously where has the year gone? I LOVE these zucchini! I’ve never seen round little pumpkin-esque zucchini before! Gorgeous dish, friend! Cheers!
I know I know, not so long ago it was Christmas!! and we are almost there! thanks darling!
I needed this recipe to come into my life! Every week I get the most beautiful squashes in my CSA and I’m going to make this with some of them this weekend. Can’t wait and I’ll let you know how it turns out 🙂
Hi Karrie! ? I am glad you liked it!! let me know hoe it turns out!
I’ve seen these round globe zucchini before, but I’ve never actually picked one up. I love the idea of using them as a “bowl” for that amazing sausage and rice stuffing. This sounds like the perfect meal for a chilly winter night…and it’s getting mighty chilly here at night now. I’m playing catch up as I was travelling last week, but man, this recipe needs to move right up to the top of my list of dinner ideas for the week! 🙂
This was really a yummy filling for the perfect bowl! I am glad you are back with Laura and Robbie!
I know this rice filled zucchini is as delicious as it is adorable! Love their little hats and addition of chorizo!
Thank you Annie!! the chorizo made the trick I think! ☺☺
Girl, those are some gorgeous gourds! I want to dive right in and wear those tops like a hat!
Hahahaha Rachelle I can just image that rice and sausage pool! ???