Fried Zucchini
By
Kimberly Biegacki
@pistachyoo
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My Grammie (Roberta Campbell) used to make this all the time. We always had zucchini growing in the garden. 2 things you could plan on eating was fried zucchini and zucchini bread. When making this recipe it always reminds me of my Gram and how she was always in the kitchen cooking something good. She did not use Panko bread crumbs but her own. I have changed my Grammie's recipe by using the Panko crumbs and adding Parmesan and parsley.
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We could eat plates of these simple fried zucchini chips. The batter is light but crunchy at the same time. Panko gives an extra crunch to the zucchini, too. Pan-frying in just a bit of oil makes the coating super crunchy. Yum!
Note: We found frying these in small batches worked best. If you do that, you'll need to add more oil between batches.
Rating:
★★★★★ 9 votes5
Comments:
Serves:
2 to 4 people
Prep:
10 Min
Cook:
15 Min
Method:
Pan Fry
Ingredients
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2 - 4 mediumfresh zucchini
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2 largeeggs
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1 - 1 1/2 cPanko bread crumbs (plain or italian)
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1/4 cgrated Parmesan cheese
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1 Tbspfine chopped parsley
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1 tspblack pepper
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1/2 tspgarlic salt
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·for frying: vegetable oil or butter or both
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FOR DIPPING
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1 cranch or blue cheese dressing or marinara
How to Make Fried Zucchini
- Slice the zucchini into medium-thick slices. Then place them on a paper towel to absorb some of the moisture.
- Crack the eggs into a bowl and whisk together.
- Add remaining ingredients (except dip) into another bowl and mix together until well blended.
- Take a slice of zucchini and dip into the egg.
- Shake it off gently and then place into the Panko bread crumb mixture and dredge it or take a handful of bread crumb mixture and pat on the top of zucchini until nicely covered.
- Set it on a plate. Repeat until finished.
- Now, heat up a pan on medium heat and add 1 Tbsp olive oil or a pat of butter, whichever you prefer. Wait until it is hot and then place zucchini slices in the pan.
- Fry until nicely browned on each side. It could be from 4 - 7 minutes.
- Take out and place on another plate that has a paper towel on it to absorb any extra oil. Repeat until finished with the slices.
