Zucchini Fritters (with Creamy Yogurt Sauce)

July 10, 2023

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Golden brown and crispy, these easy zucchini fritters are naturally gluten free—and naturally, everybody loves them! Flavored with onion, garlic, and recent herbs, these savory little truffles prepare dinner rapidly on the range and are welcome at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Serve with a creamy, tangy, and refreshing herb yogurt sauce for amped-up taste.

savory zucchini fritter cakes on gray plate with garlic herb Greek yogurt sauce on top of one.

Meet your new favourite solution to get pleasure from zucchini! (After zucchini bread and zucchini cake, in fact.) These savory pan-fried zucchini fritters make for a tasty gentle meal or aspect dish.

Not like many zucchini fritter recipes that use flour or breadcrumbs to bind the shredded greens, my recipe makes use of cornmeal, which retains the truffles gluten free. Plus, the cornmeal lends an surprising crispiness that I haven’t present in different recipes. I exploit it when making zucchini candy potato fritters, too!

Extra Causes to Love These Zucchini Fritters

Fast & very simple
Scorching & crispy, served with refreshing garlic herb Greek yogurt sauce
Bursting with taste, because of recent herbs and garlic
Vegetarian, wholesome, & gluten free
Makes a wonderful gentle primary dish or aspect dish, or get pleasure from at breakfast as a substitute of hash browns
Sauce will be made prematurely
Great solution to get pleasure from a summertime bounty of zucchini

stack of zucchini fritters on gray plate with dollop of Greek yogurt sauce on top.

Greatest Components to Use & Why

Zucchini: You want a few pound of zucchini. Shred them on a field grater.
Onion: You should utilize no matter form of onion you like, however be sure that to cut it actually high quality (except you need giant items of onion in your fritters, by which case, don’t take heed to me—comply with your coronary heart!).
Salt: For taste, and in addition does the essential job of drawing out moisture from the zucchini. You’ll want some pepper, too.
Egg: 1 overwhelmed egg helps bind the fritters collectively so that they don’t crumble. I exploit an additional egg when making the candy potato model, and that’s as a result of candy potato has much less moisture than zucchini.
Garlic: I like to recommend recent garlic, however the jarred variety or garlic powder work in a pinch.
Recent Herbs: Chopped parsley, mint, and dill give a lot recent taste to those savory fritters. You’ll use the identical herbs within the sauce.
Fantastic Cornmeal: The cornmeal provides an exquisite, nearly surprising, crunch, and a touch of sweetness. Utilizing cornmeal as a substitute of flour or bread crumbs retains these zucchini fritters gluten free.
Cornstarch: Helps to thicken up the combination, whereas additionally absorbing some liquid.
Baking Powder: Gives a bit of carry when cooking, so the fritters aren’t tremendous flat.
Olive Oil: For cooking.

bowls of ingredients on wooden backdrop including shredded zucchini, chopped onion, cornstarch, cornmeal, baking powder, fresh herbs, egg, and garlic.

Success Ideas: Easy methods to Forestall Soggy Zucchini Fritters

Zucchini is the wettest vegetable round. Near it a minimum of, proper? Properly, the moisture is nice for baking zucchini muffins and chocolate zucchini cake. Not so nice for fritters, although. Moisture strips these fritters of their crisp texture. They’ll be moist, gooey, and comfortable. So, the answer? Get as a lot moisture out of the zucchini as attainable. That is what I like to recommend doing with pumpkin puree when making pumpkin oatmeal cookies, too!

The quantity of liquid you drain will make or break your fritters. Take the time to attract out as a lot moisture as you probably can, much more than if you make zucchini casserole. Use a large-hole field grater to shred your zucchini. Combine the shreds with the chopped onion and a teaspoon of salt. The salt helps to attract the water out.

Wrap all of it up in a paper towel-lined bowl (or use a clear kitchen towel, or cheesecloth), carry it out, and start squeezing over the sink. You can be amazed how a lot moisture you draw out. Use extra paper towels if wanted.

vegetable mixture in paper towel-lined bowl.

Eradicating a lot moisture reduces the quantity of greens, and that’s okay. Combine with the remaining elements, and measure 2 Tablespoons (1/8 cup) per fritter. Do you’ve gotten an 1/8 cup measuring cup in your assortment? It’s extremely helpful.

zucchini mixture in bowl and shown again in 1/8 cup measuring cup.

One other trick for maintaining your fritters crisp? Pan-fry in a bit of olive oil till they’re golden brown on each side. You solely want sufficient oil to cowl the underside of the pan. That’s loads. I prepare dinner these for about 3 minutes on both sides.

cooking zucchini cakes in cast iron skillet.

Creamy Herbed Yogurt Sauce

Like my recipe for simple corn fritters, I wish to whisk up a fast and straightforward sauce/dip to serve alongside these crispy zucchini fritters. It’s the identical sauce I serve with candy potato zucchini fritters… as a result of it’s cool, creamy, and completely scrumptious. I add dill to as we speak’s model.

Just like a tzatziki sauce, this garlic herb yogurt sauce is the proper accompaniment. You in all probability have already got most of those elements in your kitchen, and a few are repeated within the fritter combination (herbs, salt, pepper).

Whisk every part collectively and retailer within the fridge till you’re able to serve it.

Greek yogurt herb mixture in glass bowl.

How Do You Get the Liquid Out of Zucchini?

Combine the shredded zucchini and chopped onion with salt, which helps draw moisture out. Wrap it in a pair paper towels, skinny kitchen towel, or cheesecloth and squeeze it over the sink. Give your fingers a relaxation, then squeeze once more! You’ll be amazed how a lot liquid comes out.

Why Do My Zucchini Fritters Fall Aside?

There’s doubtless an excessive amount of moisture within the combine, or they’re under-cooked. Make sure you wring out as a lot liquid as you may over the sink. Prepare dinner the fritters till golden brown on each side.

What Do You Eat With Zucchini Fritters?

You’ll be able to serve zucchini fritters at breakfast as a substitute of hash browns, or get pleasure from as a light-weight lunch or dinner alongside recent inexperienced salad, cornbread, grilled greens, or pasta salad. Or roll them up in a wrap with some chopped tomatoes and cucumber, and dip within the yogurt sauce. (My favourite solution to get pleasure from them proper now!) It’s also possible to serve them as a aspect dish with baked rooster meatballs, baked lemon salmon, or these spicy turkey burgers.

Can I Use Yellow Squash As an alternative?

Sure, completely. Yellow squash is a 1:1 substitute for zucchini right here.

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