Zucchini or Summer Squash Fritters

Recipe Rating:	1 Rating5
Categories:	Vegetables, Quick & Easy, Vegetarian
Keywords:	squash, zucchini, freeze
Prep Time:	15 Min
Cook Time:	15 Min

Ingredients

4-5 md	zucchini or summer squash
1 sm	onion - grated
1 tsp	coarse salt
1 lg	egg - well beaten
1/2 c	flour
1/2 tsp	black pepper - freshly grated
2-3 Tbsp	oil of your choice for frying

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Rose Abrams

Lightly Salted

Lumberton, NC (pop. 21,542)

rosalene

Member Since May 2011

Rose's Notes:

We all have an abundance of both yellow summer squash and zucchini. Here's a recipe that allows you to have your squash and save it too! Enjoy!

Directions

(If planning to serve as soon as they’re done), preheat oven to 250 degrees. Have a baking sheet lined with paper towels ready. Trim ends off zucchini and grate them either on the large holes of a box grater or, if you have one, using the shredding blade of a food processor.

In a large bowl, toss zucchini with 1 teaspoon coarse salt and set aside for 10 minutes. Wring out the zucchini in one of the following ways: pressing it against the holes of a colander with a wooden spoon to extract the water, squeezing out small handfuls at a time, or wrapping it up in a clean dishtowel or piece of cheese cloth and wringing away.

Return deflated mass of zucchini shreds to bowl. Taste and if you think it could benefit from more salt add a little bit more. Stir in onion, egg, flour and some freshly ground black pepper.

In a large heavy skillet, heat 2-3 tablespoons of oil over medium-high heat until shimmering. Drop small bunches of the zucchini mixture onto the skillet only a few at a time so they don’t become crowded and lightly nudge them flatter with the back of your spatula.

Cook the fritters over moderately high heat until the edges underneath are golden, about 3 to 4 minutes.
Flip the fritters and fry them on the other side until browned underneath again, about 2 to 3 minutes more. Drain briefly on paper towels then transfer to baking sheet and then into the warm oven until needed. Repeat process, keeping the pan well-oiled, with remaining batter.

Cook’s Note: I like to make sure that the fritters have at least 10 minutes in the oven to finish setting and getting extra crisp.

Do ahead: (This is the best part!)These fritters keep well, either chilled in the fridge for the better part of a week and or frozen in a well-sealed package for months. When you’re ready to use them, simply spread them out on a tray in a 325 degree oven until they’re hot and crisp again.

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Tina Asher kissmeU_fool

Jul 16, 2012

I have an abundance of Zucchini this year so I tried out your recipe. My husband and teenage son LOVED them and so did I. I will definitely be making these throughout the summer. Thank you for sharing!

Rose Abrams rosalene

Jul 19, 2012

So glad you and your guys enjoyed them! If you have a freezer be sure to put some in there for the winter months when believe it or not we will enjoy the flavors of summer again. :o) Thank you for the kudos.