In the summer, when it is very hot, there is no desire to cook on the stove. The maximum that housewives are capable of is a light salad and scrambled eggs, but you can’t feed your family with such a breakfast. Here it is - a simple and affordable recipe - zucchini in a slow cooker with minced meat.

Zucchini in a slow cooker with minced meat

So, in order to cook zucchini, you will need only your desire and a set of necessary products. The process is fascinating, with the most part of the work, the multicooker will cope on its own.

Cooking products:

• young zucchini with a total weight of about 700 g;
• buff of its own cooking from a mixture of beef with pork - 400 g;
• boiled rice - 100 g;
• sour cream and cream (fat content 15 and 9%) - 100 g each;
• tomato paste - 1 tbsp.;
• salt, seasonings - to taste.

Preparation of zucchini in a multicooker with minced meat:

1. First you need to cook minced meat. Perhaps you have a small piece of finished minced meat in the freezer, you just need to defrost it. Or prepare a fresh portion from low -fat pork and a piece of beef.
2. Now zucchini - you will need young, small size. It is also advisable to pre -boil the rice to the state of half -coil. This can be done either on the stove, or in a slow cooker in the "Croats", "Rice" mode. Only then the time of cooking the product needs to be reduced.
3. The zucchini, although you will need young ones, it is advisable to choose fleshy so that there is more pulp. Each zucchini needs to be cleaned (if the peel is very thin, then you can leave).
4. Each zucchini must be cut into 2 equal parts, it can also be obtained by small blocks, from which you need to carefully remove not only the seeds, but also a little pulp with a spoon. How much the pulp was taken, so many fillings will fit.
5. Now we make a filling of minced meat and undercooked rice. Mix these components in a bowl, add salt and spices. Be sure to try the filling for salt, as the rice boiled without salt.
6. That's it, now you need to fill the free space of each barrel with a teaspoon, generously adding fillings from above to make a small slide.
7. Now it is necessary to neatly move the fried zucchini to the slow cooker, put tightly to each other on the barrel, because it will fit so more. In general, the styling method can be different.
8. We cook delicious sauce from tomato paste and sour cream. Combine these components in the PIAL, mix well. We do not pour cream yet, otherwise sour cream can remain in the sauce with lumps.
9. If the sauce with sour cream is thoroughly mixed, you can pour cream, as well as add black ground pepper (and in general, any seasonings that you like) and of course, salt. You need to mix the sauce well, taste it to understand how much seasoning or salt you need to add.
10. The sauce needs to generously water the zucchini laid in the multicooker bowl. That's all, it remains only to set the desired cooking mode and tolerate a little more.
11. We will prepare zucchini in a slow cooker with minced meat in the “Extinguishing” mode for approximately 40 minutes. If the zucchini is mature, with dense pulp, then it is advisable to extend the cooking time for another 10-15 minutes.
12. Follow the preparation process, turn the barrels, move - nothing of this needs to be done. It remains only to set the table and how the signal sounds, get the zucchini from the multicooker to put everyone on the plate.
13. Each portion of zucchini prepared in a multicooker with minced meat must be watered with a sauce that remained at the bottom of the bowl. That's it, you can serve this tasty and hearty dish for breakfast or dinner. By the way, if you have small bowls, then lay out the finished zucchini in molds - in such a dish the dish remains warm longer.

The zucchini is very tender, fragrant and, of course, hearty. And thanks to the delicate creamy-volume sauce, they literally melt in the mouth. Try it for sure. You can serve both an independent dish and with a salad of fresh vegetables. Enjoy your meal!

Zucchini in a slow cooker with minced meat and mushrooms

And another simple and accessible recipe for each family. No more than an hour stands out to prepare this dish. It is necessary to prepare young zucchini, a little meat minced meat and mushrooms. You can take any mushrooms: just collected in the forest or bought in a store.

Preparation of ingredients, which will be needed:

• young zucchini is approximately 5-6 pcs.;
• pig Sharp Gloros-300 g;
• egg - 1 pc.;
• rice round -grained boiled to half -coat - half a glass;
• onions with carrots - 2 pcs.;
• vegetable oil - 2 tbsp.;
• champignons or any other mushrooms - 300 g;
• salt, spices and greens - optional.

Features of cooking zucchini in a multicooker with minced meat:

1. Let's start with the preparation of ingredients: clean the vegetables. We chop the onion, you can either chop the carrot with a sharp knife, or use a coarse grater.
2. Mushrooms, like vegetables, must first be rinsed with water, then cut into small cubes.
3. Pour onions, carrots, and then mushrooms in a heated oil (in the “frying” mode, enough for a pair of minutes).
4. Fry everything to the signal.
5. Boil the rice pre -or at the same time, while vegetables with mushrooms are fried. Only the slow cooker is busy, so the rice will have to boil on the stove. Or you can do this in advance even before you get ready to cook zucchini in a multicooker with minced meat.
6. Put the minced meat in the bowl, add salt, pepper, mix. Just if the rice was boiled in advance, pour half a glass of boiled rice, knead well with minced meat. Do not forget to add black ground pepper and salt.
7. When the filling is almost ready, you need to break one fresh egg, knead again and lay out half or even a little more mushrooms with onions and carrots.
8. The first stage in the preparation of zucchini in a multicooker with minced meat was completed, now preparation of zucchini: vegetables need to be washed, peeled (if necessary), cut into 2 parts. And now armed with a tea or dessert spoon, you need to remove the pulp, and put the filling in the resulting fossa. Fill it tightly, make a small “hat” from the filling on top. So it will be tastier.
9. We do not throw the remaining middle or pulp of zucchini, you need to grind the middle in a blender, fry in oil for a couple of minutes and mix with pre -cooked mushrooms, carrots and onions. You can thread all the ingredients in the cup of multicooker for a couple of minutes. At the end of cooking, add sour cream.
10. Now prepare the bowl to put the zucchini in a multicooker with minced meat. You need to pour the sauce on top, add a little water, just a little bit to the bottom.
11. Now the most interesting and long -awaited: we lower the device cover, set the desired cooking mode - this is the “Extinguishing” program, we will set the time for 40 minutes.

When you hear the signal, it's time to try the dish. If the vegetables are soft, then you can stop there, and if you need a little more time, then we recommend extend the specified mode for 10-15 minutes so that the zucchini is soft. The dish is very interesting and the kids will surely appeal. You can serve zucchini as an independent dish, watering with sour cream and sprinkling with crushed fresh herbs.

Baded casserole in a multicooker with minced meat

Saving products, effort and time - so you can briefly say about a stunningly delicious dish - casserole. You can cook the casserole from any set of products. In our case, the base is zucchini and minced meat, and the rest of the ingredients will be added from what is in the refrigerator.

Preparation of products:

• small medium size young zucchini - 2 pcs.;
• potatoes - 4 pcs.;
• minced meat (mix of pork and chicken) - 0.5 kg;
• fresh tomatoes - 2 pcs.;
• green onions - a bunch;
• hard cheese - 100 g;
• vegetable oil - 1 tbsp.;
• salt, spices - to your taste.

For filling the casserole, you will need:

• flour - 3 tbsp.;
• salt and black pepper - a pinch;
• sour cream - incomplete glass;
• eggs - 3 pcs.

Preparation:

1. Wash the main ingredient and if necessary, then clean. Wash and clean the potatoes. These vegetables need to be cut into thin slices, 0.5 mm thick. By the way, zucchini can be cut into circles, the thickness of which will be approximately 1 cm and potatoes - 0.5 mm.
2. Immediately prepare the fill, so as not to be distracted later: in the PIAL we connect sour cream with flour, spices and salt. By the way, sour cream can be replaced with mayonnaise. Add eggs to the mixture, beat lightly with a fork.
3. It is necessary to pour vegetable oil (any that you like) in the multicooker bowl). Put the circles of zucchini. True with a mixture of salt with spices, pour sauce.
4. Now you need to grind the feathers of green onions, sprinkle the zucchini stacked in a multicooker on top.
5. The next layer - we lay out the potato circles, also do not forget to trigger a mixture of salt with pepper and pour the sauce.
6. The next layer will be meat. We lay out a meat filling with a spoon on the potatoes (salute and pepper), pour the sauce.
7. If products remain, lay out in layers of zucchini, potatoes and minced meat again.
8. The upper layer - cut the tomatoes into thin circles, lay it so as to fill all the free space. Pour the sauce.
9. We rub a piece of hard cheese on a grater, generously sprinkle the top of the zucchini in a multicooker with minced meat. In order for the sauce to penetrate each layer, you can take a thin wooden skewer and make punctures in several places.
10. We will cook in the “Extinguishing” mode for first for 20 minutes, then we will transfer the device to the “Baking” mode, the time is 40 minutes. If there are a lot of layers, then first stew for 1 hour, then bake for 40 minutes.
11. After the cooking process is completed, we hold the dish under a closed lid for another 15 minutes in the "heating" mode.

When all the recommendations are made, you can open the lid to transfer a delicious casserole to the plate. And if you want to serve zucchini in a slow cooker with minced meat, like a single dish, preserving integrity, then you need to carefully turn the zucchini on a flat plate with a double boiler. And then divide into portioned pieces. Serve with crushed herbs. Enjoy to everyone appetite!

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