You can use ground turkey, chicken or beef. The possibilities are endless. For low-carb/keto, replace the breadcrumbs with any low-carb breading of choice (crushed pork rinds, almond flour, etc - and use a low-carb marinara sauce if serving with a sauce).Want a lot of meat filling? Then Pre-cooking the filling ensures that the sausage or any meat is fully cooked. If you're not adding a lot of filling then the raw meat should be cooked when the zucchini is cooked.If you like your zucchini extra soft, you can air fry just the cored out zucchini for about 5 minutes before adding the sausage and other fillings.
Prep Time20 minutesmins
Cook Time10 minutesmins
Total Time30 minutesmins
Servings: 4servings
Calories: 285kcal
Ingredients
2mediumzucchini, halved and cored
1/2lb.(227g)uncooked sausage meat
1/4cup(60ml)breadcrumbs
1/2cup(57g)grated cheese
2Tablespoons(30ml)fresh chopped parsley
oil spray, for coating
OPTIONAL:
serve with your favorite tomato sauce or marinara sauce
Lay zucchini cut-side down and spray skin side with oil spray.
Flip the zucchini and stuff the center with sausage. Top with breadcrumbs and cheese. Spray tops with oil spray.
Lay zucchini in air fryer making sure the zucchini doesn’t tip over (see note below).
Air Fry at 360°F for 10-14 minutes or until sausage is cooked all the way through. Serve with sauce if you want. Top with parsley. It’s delicious either way!
Notes
Zucchini can often tip over if you’re using a large basket air fryer or oven style air fryer. Create an aluminum foil ring around zucchini base so it doesn’t roll over.