Crispy Baked Vegan Zucchini Fries (Easy Recipe) (2024)

FAQs

How do you keep breading from falling off zucchini? ›

Transfer the breaded zucchini onto a baking sheet or large plate and refrigerate for at least 15 minutes or up to 3 hours. This will allow the breadcrumbs to really stick to the zucchini.

These Zucchini Fries are a great way to use up those extra vegetables. Plus, they're delicious, easy to make and a much healthier alternative to those greasy french fries.

These fries are amazingly crisp-tender and healthy with just 135.4 calories.

The secret to zucchini with the best flavor and texture is roasting it in a 450°F oven. Roasting zucchini at a high temperature instead of baking or sautéing helps develop browning and a slight char on the outside, which keeps it from getting soggy.

Salt causes zucchini rounds to release excess water. This important extra step helps the zucchini to sauté rather than stew in its own juices.

Salting your zucchini is the most important step in preventing it from getting soggy. Additionally, make sure your pan is properly preheated before frying the breaded zucchini. Adding the zucchini to a cold pan will make it come out oily and soft rather than crisp and golden.

In fact, salting before cooking is actually Daniel Boulud's tip for prepping crispier eggplant, and zucchini is much the same. Science is on the side of salting in advance. When salt is sprinkled on the flesh of a water-dense fruit like zucchini and left to sit for a while, a process known as osmosis occurs.

Still, cooking can change the taste and appearance along with its nutritional benefits. Boiling vegetables, for example, causes vitamin loss as some nutrients leak out into the water. Boiling and frying zucchini also lead to a loss of plant compounds called antioxidants.

There are many advantages of baked fries over fried fries. Baked fries are lower in calories and fat, and they're also much easier to make at home. When you fry potatoes, a lot of the potato's natural nutrients are lost in the process. But when you bake potatoes, they retain more of their vitamins and minerals.

Does fried zucchini have protein? ›

Breaded Or Battered Fried Zucchini (1 cup) contains 26.5g total carbs, 24.5g net carbs, 29.1g fat, 6g protein, and 387 calories.

Farmer Boys Farm Fresh Sides Crispy Zucchini (7 Pcs) (1 serving) contains 66g total carbs, 61g net carbs, 26g fat, 6g protein, and 521 calories.

These Crispy Zucchini Fries are breaded with almond flour, parmesan and spices and baked until perfectly crispy! The perfect keto, low carb side dish! Only 3 net carbs per serving!

For those of you having problems getting the Batter to stick. Just Dust Very Lightly with flour this will absorb excess moisture and then the batter will stick. Or you could just pat dry with paper towel and the batter won't slide.

Egg White.

Beaten egg whites help the Panko and flour coating stick, and because egg whites become crispy when baked, they help the zucchini crisp further. You'll find this same egg white trick at play in recipes like Honey Almond Flax Healthy Granola and Sweet Spicy Chex Mix.

Cooling the bread on its side on a cooling rack gives the bread's structure an opportunity to stabilize, making it less likely to fall. Oh, and while you're at it — leave your loaf of bread on its side to slice it, which will also help prevent you from smushing the dome.

As the bread or cake cooks, those air bubbles make it rise, but because they are unstable, the bread or cake then collapses as it sits. Try mixing with a gentler touch: use medium, not high, speed on the electric mixer. Add eggs one at a time, mixing slowly in between each addition.