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Zucchini alla Scapece Peasant Style - Quick

Here's how you make Zucchini alla Scapece Peasant Style - Quick
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  • Servings: 4-6
  • Prep: 5m
  • Cook: 7m
    • The following recipe serves 4-6 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
  • 2 to 4 garlic cloves, chopped (large cloves, more or less to your liking)
  • Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 8 peppermint leaves (plus more for garnish)
  • Olive oil, for frying
  • 3 zucchini (medium green zucchini's, or a mix of yellow and green zucchini, sliced on the diagonal in a 1/4" rounds)
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Combine the vinegar, garlic, ,and 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper in a small bowl. Submerge the mint in it and set aside.

  • Step 2: Fill a large skillet with a 1/4" olive oil and heat over medium-high heat. When the oil is hot but not smoking, slide the zucchini slices into the pan in a single layer. Do Not overcrowd! Fry about 7 minutes, until golden and flecked with dark spots, flipping constantly with a fork.

  • Step 3: Transfer the zucchini slices to a platter, overlapping them.

  • Step 4: Remove the mint leaves from the vinegar mixture and cut in think slices.

  • Step 5: Drizzle the vinegar mixture over the zucchini, scatter with the mint strands, and season with additional salt and pepper.

  • Step 6: Set aside at room temperature for at least 20 minutes and as long as 8 hours. Garnish with fresh mint leaves.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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