Fried Halloumi and Courgette with Red Pepper Salsa

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recipe by Octopus Publishing https://octopusbooks.co.uk/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    25mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    4
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    348

Halloumi is a salty cheese that keeps its shape when fried. Here, it pairs beautifully with sweet courgettes.

recipe updated Jun 8, 2020

Ingredients

  • Red bell pepper icon
    Red bell pepper
    2
  • Garlic clove icon
    Garlic clove
    1
  • Fresh chili icon
    Fresh chili
    1
  • Lemon icon
    Lemon
    ½
  • Mint leaves icon
    Mint leaves
    1 tablespoon
  • Zucchini icon
    Zucchini
    250 g
  • Halloumi icon
    Halloumi
    200 g
  • Extra virgin olive oil icon
    Extra virgin olive oil
    2 tablespoons
  • Olive oil icon
    Olive oil
    2 tablespoons
  • Salt & pepper icon
    Salt & pepper
    as needed

Tools

  • kCook icon Spatula
  • kCook icon Plate
  • kCook icon Small bowl
  • kCook icon Frying pan

Step preview

  1. Add red bell pepper, garlic clove, fresh chili, lemon, extra virgin olive oil and mint leaves to a clean small bowl
  2. Mix until well combined then set aside
  3. Heat olive oil to a clean frying pan
  4. Add zucchini to the frying pan
  5. Fry in frying pan - 2 min, medium heat
  6. Turn
  7. Fry in frying pan until light golden - 1 min, medium heat
  8. Season with salt & pepper to taste
  9. Transfer content of frying pan to plate
  10. Heat olive oil to the frying pan
  11. Add halloumi to the frying pan
  12. Fry evenly in frying pan until golden brown - 4 min, medium heat
  13. Transfer content of frying pan to plate
  14. Serve
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