Today, we are making my favorite zucchini fries recipe with freshly picked zucchini and a few other basic ingredients you surely have at home. This recipe is part of our Foraging Minnesota series.
Zucchini Fries
Zucchini Fries are a fun way to make a finger food or appetizer for your tailgating party! Late summer always produces tons of zucchini and having a lot of good recipes helps to not waste any of this fresh vegetable.
Need more appetizer ideas?
We have a great list of our favorite appetizers here:
- Chicken Wings
- corn fried corncobs,
- homemade jalapeno corn dogs,
- Toasted Ravioli,
- Fried Pickles,
- Cheese Curd Jalapeno Poppers,
- Crispy Jalapeno Poppers Bites
- Grilled Pheasant Poppers,
Not the zucchini recipe you were looking for?
We have a lot of great zucchini recipes including:
Please check out our other blog, LiveDan330.com for other great ideas too.
Our Zucchini Fries are a deep-fried, crisp, yet fresh and light summer treat. Served with a delicious Adobo Ranch dipping sauce.
Ingredients
- 1 zucchini
- salt
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1 cup Italian panko bread (http://amzn.to/2xJmZaS)
- 4 cups vegetable oil
Equipment
- three kitchen bowls
- kitchen strainer or slotted spoon
- large pan
- paper towels
Directions
We had no idea this post was going to be as popular as it was and a lot of you are asking for the dip recipe. We put it together here: Chipotle Ranch Dipping Sauce
Start by washing off your zucchini. Then cut it into strips that are just the right size to grab and dip. There is nothing magic about the size or the shape, just make them easy to handle. They should look something like this:
After your zucchini is cut, sprinkle it with salt. Prepare three bowls. One with the flour, another with the eggs, beaten, and the third with the panko breadcrumbs. Set them up something like this so that you can easily make your fries.
First, drag the stick through the flour. This helps the egg stick to the zucchini strip.
After coating the entire zucchini stick, you will dip it into the egg.
The last step before frying the zucchini is to coat it with the panko crust. Here, you will want to let the egg drip off so that it is just wet, not dripping. Too much egg will keep the crust from sticking well.
Set the breaded zucchini fries aside on a plate while you heat up the oil in a large frying pan.
When the oil is hot, gently place the zucchini in the oil. They may sink, but as they cook they tend to rise to the surface. Cook them until they are golden brown.
The best way to pull the fried zucchini fries out of the pan is with a slotted spoon so that they can be gently moved. Let them rest on paper towels while the rest of the grease drips off of them.
That’s all there is to it! Easy peasy! The zucchini fries are easily served with an adobo sauce for dipping as shown below.
Printable Recipe
A salty, fresh, fried, finger food perfect for your tailgating party.
10 minPrep Time
10 minCook Time
20 minTotal Time
Yields tray
Ingredients
- 1 zucchini
- salt
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1 cup Italian panko bread (http://amzn.to/2xJmZaS)
- 4 cups vegetable oil
Instructions
- Start by washing off your zucchini. Then cut it into strips that are just the right size to grab and dip. There is nothing magic about the size or the shape, just make them easy to handle. They should look something like this:
- After your zucchini is cut, sprinkle it with salt. Prepare three bowls. One with the flour, another with the eggs, beaten, and the third with the panko breadcrumbs. Set them up something like this so that you can easily make your fries.
- First, drag the stick through the flour. This helps the egg stick to the zucchini strip.
- After coating the entire zucchini stick, you will dip it into the egg.
- The last step before frying the zucchini is to coat it with the panko crust. Here, you will want to let the egg drip off so that it is just wet, not dripping. Too much egg will keep the crust from sticking well.
- Set the breaded zucchini fries aside on a plate while you heat up the oil in a large frying pan.
- When the oil is hot, gently place the zucchini in the oil. They may sink, but as they cook they tend to rise to the surface. Cook them until they are golden brown.
- The best way to pull the fried zucchini fries out of the pan is with a slotted spoon so that they can be gently moved. Let them rest on paper towels while the rest of the grease drips off of them.
- That's all there is to it! Easy peasy! The zucchini fries are easily served with an adobo sauce for dipping as shown below.