📋Low-Carb Zucchini Pizza Bites

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📋Low-Carb Zucchini Pizza Bites

Zucchini pizza bites are great choice if you want to eat low carb meal. An instant pizza with all comforting flavors you would love. These are great as party appetizer; we eat it as a meal it’s filling and comforting!

Prep Time5

Cook Time10

Resting Time15

Total Time40

Course: appetizers, light meal, Snacks

Cuisine: American

Servings: servings

Calories: 174kcal

Author: Jyothi Rajesh

Ingredients

2 large zucchini
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 tablespoon olive oil
½ cup spicy marinara sauce
2 teaspoon oregano or Italian seasoning
2 cups mozzarella cheese grated
¼ cup mini pepperoni slices
Freshly ground pepper to taste

Garnish-

Fresh basil leaves

Instructions

Clean and rinse zucchini well and pat dry.
Slice zucchini ¼ inch thick slices.
Salting Zucchini - Place slices in a bowl and add 1 teaspoon salt. Toss and let it sit for 20-30 minutes. Zucchini will seep out moisture. Remove the slices and wipe off all the moisture. You should see a good amount of water left in the bowl.
Note: salting zucchini will prevent it from turning soggy or watery when you bake.
Arrange dry zucchini slices on a greased baking tray.
Spray olive oil of the slices.
It’s time to add the toppings-
Start off with sauce. Spread ½ to 1 teaspoon of marinara or pizza sauce on each slice (you might need more sauce depending on the size of the slice)
Sprinkle generously dried oregano or Italian seasoning on top of the sauce.
Next add generous amount grated mozzarella on each slice.
Arrange a few pepperoni slices.
Season each slice with freshly ground pepper. You can skip adding pepper, but it does seasoning the zucchini well.
Bake in pre-heated oven at 400°F for 10-12 minutes or until cheese is melted and begin to brown.
Serve hot.

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Notes

Just like cucumber, zucchini too has a lot of water content in it. If you bake it directly it will turn watery or soggy. First dry zucchini using salting method or grill/broiling method.
Zucchini skin is edible. But sometimes the skin of zucchini can taste bitter because of the wax on it. Peel the skin off if you want, but mostly once you wash the zucchini well it tastes just fine with the skin.
Can't find mini pepperoni slices? Buy regular pepperoni and cut small rounds using a mini melon baller.
To add more topping slice the zucchini a little thicker than usual. Then using a melon baller scoop off some of the white flesh in the center making a small cavity. You can add little more sauce and more cheese. Remember to adjust the baking time to cook thick zucchini.

Nutritional Info – Please remember that the nutritional information provided is only a rough estimate and can vary greatly based on the products used.

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