Marinated grilled zucchini

Name: Marinated grilled zucchini
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 8 persons
Cuisine: World
Ingredients: 200 gram feta cheese; few sprigs of fresh parsley; half large red onion; 100 gram pecan nuts; 2 zucchinis; 1 lemon (juice); 5 tablespoons olive oil; 4 garlic cloves; half large red onion; 2 teaspoons ground paprika; 2 teaspoons ground cumin seeds; 1 red chili pepper - depending how spicy you'd like the marinade; pepper and salt to taste

This marinated grilled zucchini is an amazing vegetarian barbecue side dish. Grilled zucchini topped with feta, pecans and more.

Recipe marinated grilled zucchini

Made by Véronique

Published at 2020-08-10, this recipe is for 8 persons and takes 40 minutes.

Founder of Ohmydish (since 2014), she prefers to spend all day in the kitchen. Once working in the hospitality industry as an independent chef, she loves helping you gain confidence in the kitchen. With her easy-to-follow recipes, handy tips, and cooking knowledge, you'll make the most delicious dishes yourself! The recipes are accessible to everyone, from beginners to advanced home cooks.

Updated at: 2025-07-19

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Preparation time

20 minutes

Time cooking

20 minutes

Total time

40 minutes

Preparation - 20 minutes + waiting time

Peel the red onion and finely chop half of it and divide the other half in thin half rings. Peel and finely chop the garlic cloves. For a milder version you can remove the seeds of the chili pepper, then finely chop the chili pepper.

Squeeze the juice from a lemon and combine finely chopped red onion with garlic, chili pepper, lemon juice, ground paprika, ground cumin and 5 tablespoons of olive oil.

Season with pepper and salt. Rinse the zucchini and divide into quite thick slices, but not too thick. Combine the zucchini slices and marinade and mix well. Let it marinate for at least an hour.

Finishing the marinated grilled zucchini - 20 minutes

Rinse and coarsely chop the parsley. Coarsely chop the pecans and crumble the feta into a medium-sized bowl along with the pecans, parsley and red onion rings and set aside.

Grill the zucchini slices on a barbecue until they're done and the grill pattern appears. The exact grill time depends on the heat of the barbecue. Divide the grilled slices over plates and finish with the feta and pecan mixture.

Serve immediately, enjoy!