Zucchini and Chicken Casserole
October 22nd, 2016 in Chicken, Main Dishes by Julia Volhina
Total cooking time: 1h 40min
If you have an abundance of zucchini, this is definitely one recipe to try.
For me it stays somewhere on a verge between being a casserole and omelette. It has creamy texture, tons of fiber, nice amount of protein and green festive color 🙂
Zucchini and Chicken Casserole is a great choice for lunch or dinner, or even breakfast if you prepare it in advance ready for reheating.
Ingredients:
- 1.8 – 2 lb fresh zucchini squash
- 1lb of boneless skinless chicken meat (preferably chicken thighs)
- 2 eggs
- 1 tbsp of sour cream
- Small bunch of dill (or 2 tablespoons of dried dill)
- 1/4 cups of flour
- 1 tsp of baking powder
- 1/2 cups of shredded cheese (italian blend or alike)
- Salt to taste
- Ground black pepper to taste
- Butter for smearing of pan
How to prepare, step-by-step:
- Prepare ingredients:
- Grate zucchini on big slots of grater over a colander set over a bowl:
- Salt shredded zucchini, mix a bit and set aside for 15-20 mins to produce juice:
- Meanwhile, rinse chicken meat and dice it:
- Smear sides and bottom of baking pan with butter:
- Squeeze produced juices from zucchini (you can use colander and your hands, or a cheesecloth for that, the goal is to remove a much juice as you can, or casserole may be too liquid) and transfer zucchini to a bowl (discard juices):
- Mix in eggs:
- And sour cream:
- Mix well and add flour:
- Mix well again:
- Mix in diced chicken meat:
- Season with salt and ground black pepper to taste, mix, cover up and put bowl into fridge:
- After 30-40 mins warm up oven to 360F, take bowl out and add chopped (or dry) dill:
- Mix in baking powder:
- Pour batter to the prepare baking pan and put it to warmed oven for 20 mins:
- Carefully take pan out, sprinkle with shredded cheese and return back to oven for 15 mins more (until cheese colors up, you may use broil at the end):
- Take pan with casserole out:
- Slice it up in portion pieces using spatula and serve: