Sautéed Zucchini with Mint, Basil, and Walnuts

Sautéed Zucchini with Mint, Basil, and Walnuts is a side dish that serves 4. For $1.06 per serving, this recipe covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Watching your figure? This dairy free, lacto ovo vegetarian, and vegan recipe has 228 calories, 5g of protein, and 15g of fat per serving. 232 people were impressed by this recipe. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. It is brought to you by Food52. If you have mint, pine nuts, sea-salt, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. Overall, this recipe earns a pretty good spoonacular score of 65%. Similar recipes are Sauteed Zucchini with Walnuts, Zucchini Carpaccio Salad with Parmesan, Basil, and Walnuts, and Sauteed Zucchini With Mint & Ricotta.

Servings: 4

 

Ingredients:

5 basil leaves

Ricotta and your favorite bread (optional, for serving)

1 heaping tablespoon capers, rinsed

3 small cloves garlic

Additional mint and basil, torn, to garnish

10 mint leaves

3 tablespoons olive oil, divided

2 tablespoons walnuts or pine nuts, lightly toasted

1 to 2 teaspoons red wine vinegar

Sea salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste

1 pound zucchini (or any summer squash), sliced into 1/2-inch rounds

Equipment:

frying pan

knife

Cooking instruction summary:

Heat half of your olive oil in a 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat. When the oil is hot, add half the zucchini and saut, flipping and turning every few minutes, until golden brown, about 15 minutes. Don't salt them yet! While your zucchini cooks, chop together the garlic, mint, basil, and capers so that they intermingle and turn into a sort of knife pesto. When the zucchini is golden, remove it from the pan and cook the remaining zucchini in the remaining oil, just as you did the first batch. Then add the first batch back into the pan, along with the herb-garlic mixture and the vinegar, to taste. Taste for salt; add a good pinch, plus a few cracks of pepper. Toss well. Scoop everything out onto a serving plate. Right before serving, sprinkle on the nuts and extra herbs as a garnish. I like to carve out a corner of my serving dish, dollop on a big pile of ricotta, and serve everything together with thick slices of crusty bread. It also makes for some mean crostini.

 

Step by step:


1. Heat half of your olive oil in a 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat. When the oil is hot, add half the zucchini and saut, flipping and turning every few minutes, until golden brown, about 15 minutes. Don't salt them yet!

2. While your zucchini cooks, chop together the garlic, mint, basil, and capers so that they intermingle and turn into a sort of knife pesto.

3. When the zucchini is golden, remove it from the pan and cook the remaining zucchini in the remaining oil, just as you did the first batch. Then add the first batch back into the pan, along with the herb-garlic mixture and the vinegar, to taste. Taste for salt; add a good pinch, plus a few cracks of pepper. Toss well.

4. Scoop everything out onto a serving plate. Right before serving, sprinkle on the nuts and extra herbs as a garnish. I like to carve out a corner of my serving dish, dollop on a big pile of ricotta, and serve everything together with thick slices of crusty bread. It also makes for some mean crostini.


Nutrition Information:

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227k Calories
5g Protein
15g Total Fat
19g Carbs
9% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
227k
11%

Fat
15g
24%

  Saturated Fat
2g
13%

Carbohydrates
19g
6%

  Sugar
4g
5%

Cholesterol
0.0mg
0%

Sodium
405mg
18%

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Protein
5g
11%

Manganese
1mg
53%

Vitamin C
22mg
27%

Vitamin K
17µg
17%

Vitamin E
2mg
15%

Folate
57µg
14%

Vitamin B1
0.21mg
14%

Vitamin B6
0.25mg
13%

Magnesium
50mg
13%

Vitamin B3
2mg
12%

Selenium
8µg
12%

Vitamin B2
0.21mg
12%

Phosphorus
121mg
12%

Potassium
408mg
12%

Fiber
2g
12%

Iron
2mg
11%

Copper
0.2mg
10%

Vitamin A
406IU
8%

Zinc
1mg
7%

Calcium
72mg
7%

Vitamin B5
0.5mg
5%

covered percent of daily need
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