Air Fryer Zucchini Fries

Make this healthy air fryer zucchini fries for the upcoming parties. Great finger food and kid’s snacks as well. A quick and delicious appetizer.

Zucchini is a healthy vegetable. This contains a lot of water along with plenty of vitamins and minerals. This is a low-carb vegetable and suits many diets like the keto diet, paleo, etc. Read more on the health facts of zucchini here.

Zucchini is summer squash and is also known as courgette. If you love zucchini, you must read my vegan zucchini recipes here.

Air Fryer Zucchini Fries

These are so good you will surely love them too. This is one of the best appetizers you can serve your family or the crowd for some parties get-togethers. Add the fries to your list of vegan appetizers.

These zucchini fries are so good and easy to make. You can make them in the oven or in an air fryer. However, the air fryer has a few more benefits like these are quicker than oven ones. Also, you can make them completely oil-free. These zucchini fries are vegan. You can make them gluten-free as well with a few substitutions.

Why these zucchini fries are so good?

These air fryer zucchini fries are:–

• plant-based

• can be made oil-free or less oil

• quick & easy

• less than 20 minute appetizer

• great fingerfood

• kid’s will love it

• healthier snacking option

• great low carb alternative to traditional fries (with few modification)

Ingredients you will need:-

Zucchini – you can also add summer squash or yellow squash. For fries, cut them vertically like fingers.

Refined flour + Corn starch:- This will replace the eggwash mixture. You can also substitute with only cornstarch slurry for a gluten-free option.

Plant-based milk:- required to mix with flour. Can substitute with normal water as well.

Seasonings:- Garlic powder, onion powder, Italian seasoning/ herb mix. or oregano, parsley, salt, pepper, paprika,/ cayenne pepper.

Bread Crumbs:- Panko bread crumbs best to make them crispy. Regular white breadcrumbs or brown breadcrumbs will work too. However, you can take a mix of regular breadcrumbs and panko crumbs. For gluten-free zucchini fries, take brown rice crumbs or any gluten-free crumbs.

Avocado Oil:- To spray or brush oil on fries

Instuctions to make air fryer zucchini fries

Rinse the zucchini nicely. Remove the top and tail end. Cut them into fingers. I cut them as I cut my potato wedges, i.e. cut the zucchini into halves horizontally. Then cut each half vertically into wedges.

Prepare the mixture of refined flour and cornstarch adding seasonings, salt, and pepper. Add milk to make a batter of flowing consistency, not thicker than that. We need only to moist enough to hold the breadcrumbs. And to make the fries crisp this will be just a substitute for eggwash used for coating.

Also on another plate take bread crumbs seasoned with spices (seasoning mix) and a pinch of salt.

Takeout a piece, dip it into the batter. And roll them in the seasoned bread crumbs. Repeat the process for double coating. However, I have done single layer coating here.

In the meantime, preheat the air fryer at 400 f (200C) for 4 – 5 minutes. Then grease the basket with avocado oil (spray or brush). Place the coated pieces and spray a little oil from the top. Now place the basket back into the air fryer and set it at 360 F or 180 C for 10 minutes. Flip them carefully in the midways (with help of a tong). Then increase the temperature to 400 F or 200C for rest 5 minutes or till you get (nice crisp outer layer) checking at 2 minutes intervals. Remove and serve immediately with any dip of choice.

Variation –

If you love spicy food, coat them with buffalo sauce and serve immediately or bake for another 2 minutes.

Can I store the leftover fries?

Yes absolutely. The leftover fries can be stored in the air tight container in refrigerator for 4 – 5 days. You can also store them in the freezer for up to 2 – 3 months. When required to use, take out and place them in the air fryer for 4 – 5 minutes or till it looks perfectly warm and crispy too.

Air Fryer Zucchini Fries

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