My mother loves zucchini and every year I make a point to plant a lot of zucchini in my backyard garden. Luckily for me, it grows great here in PA. so I always end up with an abundance of it. A few weeks ago my mother made for us this delicious Zucchini Casserole and today I thought I would share the recipe with all of you.
The casserole is very easy to prepare and will feed 4 people. You can use it as a main dish, as an appetizer or as a side dish…whatever you prefer.
Mom’s Zucchini Casserole Recipe
3 to 5 fresh zucchinis, thinly sliced
1 medium onion, finely chopped
1 large can tomato sauce
1 tbsp. bacon fat
1/2 to 3/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. ground black pepper
1 tsp. dried chili powder
3 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
1/4 cup dry cracker crumbs
1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
Fry up the bacon, drain grease & reserve 1 tablespoon of bacon fat for later use. Crumble up bacon and set aside. In a large saucepan combine together the sliced zucchini, onion, tomato sauce and bacon fat. Bring mixture to a boil and simmer over medium heat for 15 minutes, stirring often. Remove from heat and stir in the salt, ground black pepper, chili powder and cooked, crumbled bacon. Pour mixture into a 2 1/2 quart glass baking dish and bake in the oven at 350 degrees F. for 10 to 14 minutes. Remove from oven and sprinkle cracker crumbs and shredded cheese on top. Place back into oven for 2 minutes and then remove. Serve immediately.
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OH heck yeah! I’m planning to plant some zucchini in our garden so I’ll definitely be trying this.
I make something similar to this from a recipe my late uncle gave me. But I would like to try this one with squash from my garden. Sounds really delicious too. thanks for the recipe
The best recipes are tried-and-true family recipes, every time. Thanks for sharing your mom’s zucchini casserole–it sounds great, and I’ll keep an eye out for a good buy on zucchini so I can give it a try. I’ll probably use Colby Jack cheese instead of the Cheddar, though, as I’m not a big fan of sharp cheese.
This does sound good, and I can never have enough zucchini recipes. It’s truly amazing the amount one garden can produce!
I will have to try this, maybe use squash as well, my neighbor had a good harvest and is giving a bunch away. Thank you for sharing this, I think it may be a thanksgiving side dish.
Zucchini is so healthy and this is a great recipe using this vegetable. I will have to make this, and this would be a great side dish for Thanksgiving. I like that there is cheese and bacon flavor. That’s what makes it taste so great!
I’ve recently discovered zucchini over the past couple of years, and I would definitely be interested in trying out this recipe.
It’s always good to have another good recipe to use zucchini in. This looks yummy. Thanks.
So yummy. I’ve never had this, but I made zucchini brownies last week and they were super good.
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I have never heard of zucchini casserole before but what a great idea sounds super delish and now I have to try it thanks for sharing this recipe and have a great day.
i have never tried making zuchinni casserole and this one sounds really good!
Mmm that sound delicious! We grow tons of zucchini too and I’ll will definitely have to try it.
I like this recipe with the bacon. It is relatively simple to make and I like the combination of cracker crumbs with the shredded cheese
Love this recipe sans bacon. I think the cheese is plenty for the taste too. I like the chili powder here since I don’t usually add that.