Loaded Keto Zucchini Boats (Potato Skins)

If you enjoy loaded potato skins, you are going to love this recipe.

Including flavor-packed ingredients like bacon, shredded cheese, and sour cream, this appetizer is everything you want in a bite-sized snack.

Zucchini makes a great keto-friendly and gluten-free option and works perfectly as a “boat” to load up the other ingredients. The resulting dish is a great appetizer choice to serve at parties because it can be easily served and eaten while walking around and talking with guests.

💛 Why you’ll love this recipe

• Keto zucchini boats are a perfect party or game day appetizer.
• Easy to make with ingredients that are likely readily available at your grocery store.
• Delicious low-carb substitute for traditional potato skins.
• Easily customizable.
• Takes less than 1 hour to prepare, bake, and serve.

➡️ Ingredients

• Bacon
• Zucchini
• Avocado oil
• Garlic powder
• Onion powder
• Ground black pepper
• Flakey sea salt
• Finely shredded cheddar cheese
• Sour cream
• Green onions or chives

⏲ How to make loaded keto zucchini boats

This is an overview of the recipe’s instructions. The full instructions can be found in the recipe card at the bottom of this post.

• Bake bacon.
• Slice zucchinis in half, de-seed, then cut into pieces.
• Transfer the zucchini to a baking sheet and toss with oil then season.
• Chop the cooked bacon into pieces.

• Bake zucchini until slightly tender then remove from oven before filling each zucchini piece with chopped bacon and shredded cheese and baking again.
• Garnish zucchini boats with a dollop of sour cream and green onions or chives before serving.

🍴 Net carbs

Per serving, there are 4 grams of net carbs. A serving size is 2 zucchini skins and the recipe, as written, yields 12 servings. Depending on the size of zucchini you use, you could easily yield a total of 16 zucchini skins.

Net carbs are calculated by taking total carbs, subtracting fiber, and subtracting sugar alcohols.

The full nutrition information for this recipe, including the calorie content, total carbs, protein, and fat per serving, can be found in the nutrition label located below the recipe instructions.

👉 Ingredient substitution suggestions

• Bacon: Turkey bacon or pancetta can be used in place of pork bacon here. Alternatively, you could altogether omit the bacon, if you’d prefer.
• Avocado Oil: You can substitute olive oil at a 1:1 ratio for avocado oil.
• Shredded Cheddar Cheese: Use any shredded cheese you have on hand in place of cheddar. Shredded Colby-Jack, Mozzarella, or Monterey Jack would be my suggestions.
• Sour Cream: Full-fat plain Greek yogurt can be substituted for sour cream at a 1:1 ratio. You can also omit the sour cream, if you’d prefer.
• Green Onions: Chives, spring onions, or scallions can be used in place of green onion in this dish. You can also choose to omit altogether.

Keep in mind any changes you make to this recipe will modify the total net carbs.

💬 FAQs for keto zucchini boats