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Air Fryer Zucchini Fries

May 10, 2022 by Katie Wells
Zucchini fries in the air fryer
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  • Frying in the Air Fryer
  • Making the Zucchini Fries
  • Need a Dipping Sauce?
  • Air Fryer Zucchini Fries

I love how happy and healthy spending time outside makes me feel, so I garden. Part of the result of that is there’s always an abundance of zucchini during the summer months. Zucchini plants are such super producers that I frequently find myself with more vegetables than I know what to do with. I’ve come up with a number of recipes over the years to make use of them. These tasty, crispy, air fryer zucchini fries are the latest.

Frying in the Air Fryer

I’ve been re-testing a lot of my old fried recipes, like my homemade mozzarella sticks, in the air fryer lately. I do enjoy frying stuff occasionally, but doing it in the air fryer is a big time saver. I have a big stainless steel one that allows me to cook more at once than the smaller kind.

If you don’t have an air fryer you can absolutely bake these in the oven. Just make sure that you leave plenty of space between them. Also, I would broil them for the last few minutes to make sure they’re nice and crispy.

Making the Zucchini Fries

To make the fries you need to first cut the zucchini into evenly sized sticks about 3-4 inches long. I don’t bother peeling the zucchini. 

To bread the zucchini fries I use the classic dip it in beaten egg and then flour breading technique. Simple, tried and true, and yes, messy. But that’s okay. We’re washable.

Since we tend to avoid most grains though, I usually use almond flour for breading fried food. Example: these chicken fingers. In the case of these zucchini fries, I mix the almond flour with Parmesan cheese, garlic powder, Italian seasoning, and salt. 

Once the zucchini fries are breaded and ready to go, just give them a spritz with oil and stick them in the air fryer for about 10 minutes. You may have to work in batches depending on the size of your air fryer. Resist the temptation to crowd them all in there at once or you won’t have a nice crispy exterior.

And that’s really all there is to it! The breading is the most labor-intensive part of it all, but if you’ve got kids running around let them do it. They’ll have fun and be extra excited to taste what they’ve made.

Need a Dipping Sauce?

Some of my kids are die-hard dippers. I’ve got a couple that really don’t seem to require condiments at all, which makes the dippers think the non-dippers are completely insane. So if you’ve got dippers in your life you may want to consider a sauce to dunk these zucchini fries in. 

Here are some sauces to try with the air fryer zucchini fries:

  • lemon garlic aioli
  • chipotle mayo
  • honey mustard
  • ranch dip
Zucchini fries in the air fryer

Air Fryer Zucchini Fries

Katie Wells
Healthy zucchini fries breaded with almond flour and Parmesan cheese and then cooked in the air fryer for a nice crunchy exterior.
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Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 10 mins
Total Time 25 mins
Course Appetizer, Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine American
Servings 6
Calories 178 kcal

Equipment

  • Air fryer

Ingredients
  

  • 3 medium zucchini
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup almond flour
  • ½ cup Parmesan cheese
  • 2 tsp Italian seasoning
  • ½ tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • olive oil spray

Instructions
 

  • Cut the ends off the zucchini and discard. Then cut the zucchini into sticks, about 3-4 inches long and 1/2 inch thick.
  • In a shallow bowl, beat the eggs then set aside.
  • In a shallow dish, mix together the flour, Parmesan cheese, Italian seasoning, and salt.
  • Bread the zucchini sticks by dipping them first in the beaten egg and then in the almond flour mixture.
  • Place them in the air fryer basket/tray leaving space between each one.
  • Spritz the zucchini fries with a little oil and air fry them at 400°F for 10 minutes or until crispy and browned. Work in batches until all the zucchini fries are cooked.
  • Serve immediately plain or with your favorite dipping sauce and enjoy!

Notes

If you’d rather bake these in the oven just cook them at 425° for about 25 minutes and then broil them for a couple of minutes to get them nice and crispy.

Nutrition

Calories: 178kcalCarbohydrates: 8gProtein: 10gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 60mgSodium: 550mgPotassium: 295mgFiber: 3gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 352IUVitamin C: 18mgCalcium: 173mgIron: 2mg
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Do you have a favorite air fryer vegetable recipe? I’d love to hear about it — I want to try them all!

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About Katie Wells

Katie Wells, CTNC, MCHC, Founder and CEO of Wellness Mama and Co-Founder of Wellnesse, has a background in research, journalism, and nutrition. As a wife and mom of six, she turned to research and took health into her own hands to find answers to her health problems. WellnessMama.com is the culmination of her thousands of hours of research and all posts are medically reviewed and verified by the Wellness Mama research team. Katie is also the author of the bestselling books The Wellness Mama Cookbook and The Wellness Mama 5-Step Lifestyle Detox.

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