Here’s a really quick & easy baked zucchini recipe that takes 3 minutes to prep. Also known as courgettes, this speedy side dish goes down like this: Cut zucchinis lengthwise, toss with oil, salt & pepper. Sprinkle with parmesan and breadcrumbs, 12 minutes in a hot oven. Delicious!
Quick Baked Zucchini recipe
This recipe is just a really fast way to cook zucchini in the oven that’s extremely tasty. For all those times you don’t have time to salt, squeeze, grate, slice, dredge, batter and fry.
You just need a super quick veggie side dish. Right?
I hear you. Enter – quick and easy baked zucchini! With crispy golden crunchy parmesan bits!
What you need
Here’s what you need: 500g / 1 lb (or so) zucchini, 2 tablespoons each breadcrumbs and parmesan (store bought!), oil, salt and pepper. Just a bit of parmesan adds terrific savoury flavour and a touch of breadcrumbs adds welcome texture. The two little things that makes this quick recipe so good!
How to bake zucchini / courgettes in the oven (quickly!)
Now the fun part – showing you how this is so quick and easy. Lining them up together on the tray is my trick for capturing 99% of the parmesan and breadcrumbs without the hassle of dredging / coating!
Cut in quarters or sixths lengthwise – minimal chopping!
Toss with oil, salt & pepper, line them up next to each other, then sprinkle the breadcrumbs and parmesan straight on top. Because they’re touching, it “catches” most of the parmesan and breadcrumbs;
Drizzle with oil – just 2 teaspoons or so – then bake 12 minutes in a super hot oven….
Until the parmesan becomes golden and the zucchini is tender but not mushy. Voila! Speedy Baked Zucchini!
What to serve with zucchini
As a veggie side, this baked zucchini will go with almost any meal, though I don’t see it alongside Asian food! In the spirit of “quick and easy”, try it on the side of one of these speedy main dishes:
But hand on heart, most of the tray you see was my lunch on that day. You will start eating them, and you won’t stop! – Nagi x
Watch how to make it
See how quick and easy this baked zucchini really is!
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Quick and Easy Baked Zucchini
Ingredients
- 600g/ 1.2lb zucchinis (4 large, 5 medium)
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 tsp each salt and pepper
- 2 tbsp breadcrumbs
- 2 tbsp parmesan , grated (store bought sandy type is best)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 240°C / 450°F (220°C fan) with the oven shelf set high in the oven.
- Trim the ends off the zucchini. Cut medium zucchinis in quarters lengthwise, and large ones into sixths (halve then cut each half into 3 lengthwise to make 6 long “wedges”).
- Pile zucchini on a tray. Drizzle with 1 tablespoon oil, salt and pepper. Toss.
- Line up in two rows so they’re touching each other, with the skin side down.
- Sprinkle evenly with breadcrumbs, then parmesan, drizzle with 1 tablespoon oil.
- Bake 12 minutes until the parmesan is golden and zucchini is soft but not soggy.
- Serve immediately!
Nutrition Information:
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I can assure you he doesn’t clamp down on zucchinis like he does this toy.
Can I use yellow squash along with the zucchini ?
This was delicious and so easy to make! Even my picky 7 year old loved it.
I just wanted to find zucchini loaf recipe but it catches my attention looks yummy.. and for sure I’m going to regret if I did not try it! So simple, but Soooo good, even my kids can make it by their own.. thanks to these recipe.
I made this for an after school snack for my kiddos, and then immediately made your Salisbury Steak recipe! I just want to give you huge kudos and thanks for making easy to read and follow recipes with superb print versions!!! Thanks so much!
This was amazing! Will make again FOR SURE!!!
Would it be possible to make this recipe on a charcoal barbecue? If so, how long would you recommend grilling?
Great recipe. It’s simple, quick, and delicious. I had to roast mine for 22 minutes, but maybe my zucchini were bigger. I’ll try adding some onion and garlic powder to give it a bit more flavor. Thank you!
How long would you cook these in air fryer?
Delisious
Excellent and easy to make side dish. Used GF panko and didn’t mind grating my own Parmesan 😉 served alongside rissoles as we’re having a zucchini glut here in Canada.
Can’t wait to try the zucchini recipe:
My husband and I both loved this recipe! I added some paprika that has a bit of a kick and left out the breadcrumbs as we didn’t have any on hand. I’ve never seen zucchini disappear so fast off the dinner table. We’ll be making this all summer!
Love this recipe! I substitute aged cheddar cheese (grated) for the parmesan and it still turns out terrific.
Nice recipe but I fail to see how’s it’s a vegetarian one considering that Parmesan is not vegetarian.
Nowhere in the article does it say that it’s vegan or vegetarian. You are referring to vegan, but this recipe is clearly vegetarian.
Vegetarians allow cheese in their diet as it does not involve killing an animal to make it. You are thinking of vegans who do not consume any animals or animal by products.
Most cheeses are vegetarian but parmesan traditionally contains rennet from the stomach of calves. There are vegetarian parmesans made from non animal rennet now though, so vegetarians need to check the ingredients when purchasing parmesan
Vegetarian people typically do not eat meat. Vegans are people that do not eat animal products of any kind. Since this does not have meat.. it’s vegetarian. 🙂
Vegetarians eat dairy. Vegans have no animal products.
I think you mean vegan – vegetarian includes dairy
It is vegetarian. It’s just not vegan.
Nevermind! Learned a new piece of Parmesan facts today!
I think you might be mistaking vegan for vegetarian
it is vegetarian, if it didn’t have parmesan it would be vegan
So yummy!! Thanks for the easy recipe!
I don’t usually post reviews, but this is AWESOME!! I wouldn’t have guessed such small amounts of key ingredients would have such an impact!
Love this recipe very tasty will make again thanks for sharing
Super-greate
I tried this for the first time and as you said, it is a good side dish. Please note that under “What you need”, panko breadcrumbs is listed but in the recipe itself, it only refers to breadcrumbs, which are much different from panko breadcrumbs. Many thanks for your wonderful recipes!
I made the baked Parmesan Zucchini (without bread crumbs). Turned out EXCELLENT & TASTY!
Thanks for the recipe! I’d love to upload a photo but don’t see where I can do this.