This boiled zucchini recipe is easy, quick, and ready in less than 6 minutes. With this post, you will learn how long to boil zucchini, and how to boil zucchini that is tender, delicious, and healthy.
Mash or puree for baby food or serve in tacos, pasta salads, or with any side dishes of your choice.
Boiled Zucchini Recipe
This boiled zucchini recipe is simple, with minimal preparation.
Zucchini also known as courgette is a healthy vegetable that is packed full of nutrients and has health benefits including lowering cholesterol and regulating blood sugars. It can be boiled, steamed, air fried, grilled, and baked.
Boiling zucchini is a healthy way of cooking it. No extra calories are added and nutrients are preserved.
Boiled zucchini can be mashed or pureed into baby foods, it can also be used in recipes that call for it.
This recipe uses very few ingredients. In fact, you only need Zucchini, water, and salt. Black pepper is optional.
With this recipe, you will learn how to boil and how long to boil zucchini perfectly.
This boiled zucchini is plant-based, vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free.
Related: Boiled carrots, Boiled asparagus
Ingredients
Zucchini- This is also known as courgette.
Salt
Pepper
How To Boil Zucchini
Rinse the Zucchini and place it on a chopping board.
Use a sharp knife to cut off the ends then slice the Zucchini into ½ - 1 inch thick slices. You can also cube or cut into cubes or any shape of your choice as long as they are similar in size.
Add water to a pot and put on high heat to bring it to a rapid boil, add salt to the water then add in the sliced Zucchini.
Cover the pot and reduce the heat to low.
Boil zucchini for 3 minutes or till it is soft and tender.
When it is cooked fork tender, take it off the heat and drain the water in a strainer or colander.
Serve and enjoy.
Cook Zucchini in Microwave
Put zucchini in a microwavable bowl, and add water.
Cover the plate with a microwave cover and microwave on high settings for 3 minutes.
Bring it out of the microwave, and drain the water.
Add salt and pepper.
Serve and enjoy.
How Long To Boil Zucchini
This depends on the size, if boiling it whole, the thickness of the slices, or cubes, and the quantity of water, if water was brought to a boil before adding zucchini, and if the pot was covered to cook it. If left whole, it takes longer to cook than when cut into smaller pieces.
Generally, it takes 3 minutes to boil inch-thick slices of zucchini.
How long to boil zucchini is 3-5 minutes.
If boiled with the pot uncovered, add 1-2 minutes.
Zucchini is a quick-cooking vegetable. It is boiled when it is fork-tender.
What To Serve With Boiled Zucchini
It can be served with other vegetables like carrots and boiled broccoli.
Pasta salads
Tacos
Mashed potatoes
Garlic butter sauce
How To Store
When the zucchini is completely cooled, put it in a Ziploc or an airtight container and store it in the fridge for up to 3 days.
It can be reheated in the microwave, or on the stovetop.
To reheat it in the microwave- Put it on a microwave-safe plate, cover it, and microwave at high settings of 30 seconds intervals till warmed through.
To reheat it in a pan- put a pan on medium heat, add asparagus, and heat until warmed through.
Tips For Boiling Zucchini
- Use a vegetable peeler to peel off the skin before cutting if you prefer not to boil it with the skin.
- Cut Zucchini in similar sizes for even cooking.
- You can use this boiling method for similar vegetables.
- Don't forget to reduce the heat after adding Zucchini to the boiling water.
- Cover the pot to speed up the boiling process.
- Don't have a colander or Strainer? Use a slotted spoon to take out Zucchini from the hot water.
- You can add black pepper, and butter after draining the water.
FAQS
This is optional. I like to boil with the skin as the skin contains nutrients that are beneficial to the body. If you prefer to peel the skin off, you can easily do this with a vegetable peeler.
Yes, you can as this recipe has shown. Boiling zucchini is easy and quick. Follow the above step-by-step instructions.
Cooking it at the right temperature and time. If overcooked it becomes soggy so ensure you check on it often. Take it off the heat once fork tender and you can run it under cold water after draining the hot water. This stops it from cooking further with retained heat.
It's best to blanch rather than boil. To do this, put the noodles in a bowl, and cover it with boiling water. Let it sit for 1-2 minutes, drain the water and serve.
Salting it enhances its flavor. Add salt to boiling water before adding Zucchini.
It takes 1-2 minutes. Check the post on how to blanch it.
Tools
Chopping board
Knife
Pot
Strainer or colander
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Recipe
Boiled Zucchini Recipe
Equipment
- Knife
- Pot
- Strainer
Ingredients
- 1 Zucchini
- Salt to taste
- Pepper to taste
- Water
Instructions
- Rinse the Zucchini and place it on a chopping board.
- Use a sharp knife to cut off the ends then slice the Zucchini into ½ - 1 inch thick slices. You can also cube or cut into cubes or any shape of your choice as long as they are similar in size.
- Add water to a pot and put on high heat to bring it to a rapid boil.
- Add salt to the water then add in the sliced Zucchini. Cover the pot and reduce the heat to low.
- Boil zucchini for 3 minutes or till it is soft and tender.
- When it is cooked fork tender, take it off the heat and drain the water in a strainer or colander.
- Serve and enjoy.
Notes
- Use a vegetable peeler to peel off the skin before cutting if you prefer not to boil it with the skin.
- Cut Zucchini in similar sizes for even cooking.
- You can use this boiling method for similar vegetables.
- Don't forget to reduce the heat after adding Zucchini to the boiling water.
- Cover the pot to speed up the boiling process.
- Don't have a colander or Strainer? Use a slotted spoon to take out Zucchini from the hot water.
- You can add black pepper, and butter after draining the water.
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