Oriental Courgette (Zucchini)

Total time: 25 minutes
     Thinly slice the zucchini using a box slicer, mandolin, or food processor.  Sauté quickly, until just starting to get soft but stop while they still retain their shape.  Finish with toasted sesame seeds.

 Ingredients:

• 1 medium zucchini (courgette) - about 2 cups thinly sliced, 300gr, 10.5oz
• 1 small red onion or 1/2 large, 100gr, 3.5oz
• 2 cloves garlic, 8gr, .28oz
• 1 tsp sesame or walnut oil, 4.5gr, .16oz
• 1 tbs olive oil, 13.5gr, .48oz
• 1 tbs soy sauce, 16gr, .56oz
• 1/4 tsp ground ginger, .45gr, .02oz
• 1 tbs sesame seeds, 9gr, .32oz

 Instructions:

• Slice onion.
• Mince garlic.
• Thinly slice zucchini.
• Heat oils in medium, nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.  Add onion, and sauté until tender.
• Add garlic, ginger and soy sauce and sauté briefly.
• Turn heat to medium, add courgette and continue to sauté for about 7 - 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until zucchini is tender. 
• Remove, top with toasted sesame seeds and serve.

Note:  To toast sesame seeds put into a bare, nonstick skillet over medium heat and brown, tossing/stirring frequently.  It takes 8 - 15 minutes depending on heat and size of pan. 

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Nutrition Information               Recipe serves 2             Entire Recipe / per serving Calories:   320 / 160 Total Carbohydrates:  26 / 13           Dietary Fiber:   7 / 3.5 Total Fat:   58 / 29          Saturated Fat:  3 / 1.5 Cholesterol:   0 / 0 Protein:   8 / 4 Calcium:  174 / 87 Sodium:    936 / 468

General Technical Details and Disclaimer:

Measurements are actual measurements used for calculation. If there are no values the nutritional numbers were simply too small.

I try to be accurate, but I do not guarantee it.  I use 'grams' as the unit of weight; with an approximate conversion to ounces.

My information comes from my own digital, computerized scale and the USDA Nutrient Data Library: http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/