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Pan-fried zucchini rings stuffed with ground beef

Name: Pan-fried zucchini rings stuffed with ground beef
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Slovak
Ingredients: 2 Zucchini (small); 300 g Ground beef; to taste Salt and pepper; 3 Garlic cloves; 3 tbsp All-purpose flour; 2 Eggs; as needed Vegetable oil

Zucchini rings stuffed with garlic-seasoned ground beef, coated in flour and egg, and slowly pan-fried. A summer lunch that serves four.

Slovak cuisine · Translated from Slovak · October 24, 2026

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Recipe at a glance

Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Servings: 4 servings
Difficulty: Medium
Cuisine: Slovak

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Zucchini rings stuffed with ground beef are coated in flour and egg and pan-fried. Cut the centers out of thick slices of peeled zucchini, then fill the openings with beef seasoned with salt, pepper, and garlic. Fry slowly over low heat for about 15 minutes per side so the meat cooks through. Two small zucchini and 300 g of beef make four servings. Serve with potatoes or a vegetable salad.

Ingredients

4 servings

Zucchini (small) 2
Ground beef 300 g
Salt and pepper to taste
Garlic cloves 3
All-purpose flour 3 tbsp
Eggs 2
Vegetable oil as needed

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Instructions

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Wash and peel the zucchini, cut into thick rounds, and cut out the center of each round. Season the ground beef in a bowl with salt, pepper, and garlic, then fill the openings with the meat mixture.
Place the flour in one bowl. In another bowl, beat the eggs with salt and pepper. Coat the stuffed rings first in flour, then in egg.
Heat the oil in a skillet and fry the rings over low heat for about 15 minutes per side. The meat needs this longer cooking time to cook through.

Tip: Pack the meat firmly into the rings and level it with the edges so it stays in place when you flip them. Save the zucchini centers and grate them into soup, for example.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per serving, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 254 kcal
Protein: 19 g
Carbohydrates: 10 g
of which sugars: 2.7 g
Fat: 15 g
of which saturates: 5.2 g
Fiber: 1.3 g
Salt: 0.7 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Cuketové krúžky plnené mletým hovädzím v cestíčku