Grilled Lemon Garlic Zucchini
Amazingly crisp-tender zucchini grilled with a lemon butter garlic sauce – a side dish that will go well with anything!
The weather is getting warmer and the zucchini is getting in gear for full bloom this summer season, although living in California does have its luxuries with year-round zucchini.
But for those of you who don’t have zucchini readily available 365 days out of the year, it’s time to dust off that grill (or grill pan) for these crisp-tender zucchini rounds.
Now these zucchini rounds are first tossed in a lemon butter garlic sauce – a sauce so good, you may want to double the sauce portion and serve some on the side with a spoon.
Go ahead. You know I won’t judge.
Grilled Lemon Garlic Zucchini
Ingredients
- ¼ cup unsalted butter, melted
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- Juice of 1 lemon
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 2 medium zucchini, cut diagonally into 1/2-inch-thick slices
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves
Instructions
- In a small bowl, whisk together butter, garlic, Italian seasoning and lemon juice; season with salt and pepper, to taste. Brush zucchini slices with butter mixture.
- Heat a grill pan over medium high heat. Add zucchini in a single layer and grill until charred on both sides and just beginning to soften, about 2 minutes per side.
- Serve immediately, garnished with parsley, if desired.
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I am having here small dinner party with my family, and I am searching for different recipes to prepare, aside from your Asian salmon kabobs, I also ordered Mott32 hk’s peking duck, dim sum and ice tea. Now, I think the list is completed with this amazing side dish, you know zucchini is really healthy and it looks so great! Thanks Chungah!
Love the addition of the lemon and garlic. I usually just do olive oil.
Totally trying this one tonight! Thank you!
Good Stuff!!
This really looks good and, since I just started to eat more vegetables (zucchini included 🙂 ), I am definitely going to try your recipe asap 🙂 Thank you very much!
Grilled zucchini is the best! I love this as a summer side.
Needed a veggie side dish for our first night at the beach this year. This is the one! Will go great with grilled shrimp and chicken sausage kebabs!
Oh yay ~ this sounds awesome, thank you for posting, and please keep those zucchini recipes coming! The hubs and I have 12 zucchini plants sprouting in our garden, and in our ignorance, had no idea that one plant will produce plenty for us. Needless to say, I’ll be looking for recipes to use up the abundance that is coming our way for those I don’t give to friends and family. Heck, when driving through Oregon, you may see me by the side of the road with a pick-up filled with zucchini to give away!
My husband says in our small town you can always tell when it is zucchini season because everyone locks their car doors on main street. Every year I do what you did. It is just so rewarding to grow!
are people afraid that others will put zucchini in their car? when zucchini comes in, people go a little crazy giving zucchini away. laugh out loud
Looks great, as do most of ur postings. Why dont you have the Yummly app anymore?
Vicki, I don’t think I ever had a Yummly app before.
Been loving your recipes! I have made this using olive oil instead of butter for many times over the years. Sometimes I cut the zucchini in wedges also. Just personal preferences. Thanks for all the great yummy recipes.
Thank you Chungah for the lovely recipe and have a good weekend!
Very fresh tasting ingredients – will definitely be trying this one