How To Make Sautéed Zucchini and Cherry Tomatoes
Preparation: 10 minutes
Cooking: 13 minutes
Total: 23 minutes
Serves:
Ingredients
- 2tbspextra virgin olive oil
- 1smallred onion,diced
- 1lbzucchini,cut into ½ inch chunks
- 1pintcherry tomatoes,halved, or grape tomatoes
- 2clovesgarlic,minced
- 1tspsalt
- ¼tspfreshly ground black pepper
- 1tbspbasil,fresh chopped, plus more for garnish if desired
Instructions
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Heat the olive oil over medium heat in a large sauté pan. Add the red onions and cook for 7 to 8 minutes, stirring frequently, until very soft and pale purple in color. Do not brown.
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Add the zucchini, tomatoes, garlic, salt and pepper and cook, stirring frequently, for 3 to 5 minutes, or until the zucchini are cooked but still crisp and the tomatoes have started to collapse, creating a little sauce.
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Stir in the fresh basil, then taste and adjust seasoning if necessary. Transfer to a serving dish and garnish with more fresh basil if desired.
Nutrition
- Calories: 104.45kcal
- Fat: 7.32g
- Saturated Fat: 1.06g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 4.97g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.90g
- Carbohydrates: 9.17g
- Fiber: 2.56g
- Sugar: 5.90g
- Protein: 2.47g
- Sodium: 528.94mg
- Calcium: 35.83mg
- Potassium: 538.95mg
- Iron: 0.80mg
- Vitamin A: 49.88µg
- Vitamin C: 34.17mg
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