Buffalo chicken zucchini boats are low carb meals. it is a complete package loaded with cheese, spicy sauces, proteins and goodness of vegetables. They can be perfect on weekend dinner tables.
The ranch dressing makes it all the more irresistible. I must say it’s a great use of zucchini. Believe me zucchini stuffed with buffalo chicken tastes divine. You can use the chicken in any form you want. Cooked and shredded or minced and browned.
The ranch dressing gives it a heavenly taste. The green onions give the buffalo chicken zucchini boats the much-needed punch and crunch.
Equipment needed:
- Rimmed sheet pan
- Bowl
- Spoon
- Scoop
Buffalo chicken zucchini boats
- Preparation time: 15 minutes
- Cooking time: 35 minutes
- Calories: 270
- Protein: 17g
Ingredients:
- Zucchini – 4, medium
- Chicken – 2 cups (cooked and shredded)
- Wing sauce – ½ cup
- Ranch seasoning – 2 tablespoons
- Green onions – 2 tablespoons
- Cheddar cheese – 1 cup (shredded and divided)
- Monterey jack – 1 cup (shredded and divided)
For dressing:
- Ranch or blue cheese dressing
Method:
- Start with preheating the oven at 400֯
- Cut the zucchini in half (lengthwise). Then with the help of a spoon, or you may use a scoop, get the center and scoop in a way that you have hollow zucchini pieces like a boat. You can either discard the scooped-out zucchini or save it for later use.
- Using a brush to coat the zucchini shells with 1-2 teaspoons of olive oil.
- Keep these zucchini shells on a rimmed sheet pan and put the pan in the oven to bake for 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, let’s prepare the chicken. In a bowl, add 2 cups cooked and shredded chicken, ½ cup wing sauce, 2 tablespoons ranch seasoning, 2 tablespoons green onions, ½ cup shredded cheddar cheese, and ½ cup Monterey jack. Mix all to combine well.
- Keep the chicken filling aside and take the zucchini out of the oven.
- Now, with the help of a spoon fill the chicken filling evenly and generously in the baked zucchini shells. Sprinkle the remaining ½ cup of cheddar cheese and the Monterey jack on the zucchini shells filled with the chicken mixture.
- Bake it for next 15 minutes or just bake until you have the cheese on the zucchini boat melted.
- Take it out of the oven and drizzle it with ranch or blue cheese.
- Serve warm.
Tips and tricks
- To make it spicier, you can add cayenne to the chicken mixture. You can also drizzle some extra wing sauce if you like it hot.
- Do not scoop out too much of the zucchini center. Doing so, it will not hold the filling.
- Use the wing sauce according to your preferred taste. Add more if you like it hot and lessen the quantity if you like it mild.
- You can replace the shredded chicken with minced or ground chicken that has been cooked until browned.
- You can choose the dressing between ranch or blue cheese.
- You can use the store-bought dry ranch dressing or make your own at home.
- You can store the left overs in the fridge for about 3-4 days. Just reheat it before serving.