Today I’m dusting off my spiralizer and sharing a super simple side dish recipe – garlic stir fry courgetti. This easy summer recipe takes just minutes to prepare and is a great way of using up a glut of courgettes if you have them growing in the garden. I like to serve them under bolognese sauce or just as a simple side dish with any family meal.
I created a new Side Dish Recipes section for my recipe index when I was overhauling the Eats Amazing website earlier this year, and noticed recently that it’s looking a little bare of recipes. With this in mind I’m planning on sharing some of the simple side-dishes that I cook regularly for our family meals over the next few months, hence this recipe today!
A note on spiralizing courgettes for courgetti – don’t peel the courgettes before spiralizing. It’s best to spiralize them unpeeled as they will have more flavour that way and most of the nutrients are in the skin too.
This year we’ve got a yellow courgette plant in the garden (which my boys are very excited about!) so I used the first yellow courgette we harvested to make this yummy courgetti. My boys can usually be persuaded to try some courgetti by renaming it ‘worms’ or ‘snakes’ – that doesn’t sound quite as appetising to me but they love it! They really enjoy getting involved in spiralizing the vegetables too – under close supervision of course.
Garlic Stir Fry Courgetti
Ingredients:
- 2 courgettes
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- sea salt and pepper to taste
Method:
Wash the courgettes, then chop off the ends and spiralize (unpeeled) on the thinnest noodle blade.
Peel the garlic cloves and cut into thin slivers.
Heat the oil in a large frying pan or wok. Add the garlic and sizzle in the oil until just starting to turn golden around the edges.
Add the spiralized courgettes to the pan, then stir fry for 3-5 minutes until they are cooked but still have a little bite.
Season with a sprinkle of sea salt and pepper to taste.
Serve as a side dish with any meal, or under Bolognese or pasta sauce.
Enjoy!
Do you have a spiralizer? After you’ve given this recipe a go, check out these yummy spiralizer dishes:
Spiralized Sweet Potato Curly Fries from Eats Amazing
Spiralized Salad for Kids from My Fussy Eater
Brazilian Gaucho Potato Salad (with spiralized apple & carrot) from Veggie Desserts
Spiralized Butternut Squash with Sweet Chilli Chicken from Eats Amazing
Spiralized Courgette Salad with Vegan Ranch Dressing from Planet Veggie
Spicy Thai Salad with Peanut Dressing from The Veg Space
For more side dishes like this one, check out the Side Dishes section here on the Eats Amazing blog, or for more easy family friendly dinner ideas and recipes have a look at our Family Friendly Meals or pop over and follow the Eats Amazing recipes Pinterest board for fresh and seasonal inspiration all the year around!
Grace
This quick & easy garlic stir fry courgetti recipe makes a great side dish for family meals. Kids will love helping you to spiralize the courgette noodles!
- 2 courgettes
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- sea salt and pepper to taste
- Wash the courgettes, then chop off the ends and spiralize (unpeeled) on the thinnest noodle blade.
- Peel the garlic cloves and cut into thin slivers.
- Heat the oil in a large frying pan or wok. Add the garlic and sizzle in the oil until just starting to turn golden around the edges.
- Add the spiralized courgettes to the pan, then stir fry for 3-5 minutes until they are cooked but still have a little bite.
- Season with a sprinkle of sea salt and pepper to taste.
- Serve as a side dish with any meal, or under Bolognese or pasta sauce.
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Kate says
What a lovely side dish! This looks so easy and tasty.
Kate | The Veg Space says
This looks totally delicious Grace – the simplest ‘pasta’ dishes are always the best.
Cathy @ Planet Veggie says
This looks fab. I love spiralized veg but have only had it raw so far although I keep meaning to try them cooked. This looks simple enough for me to give a go!