Zucchini Fritters (with Creamy Yogurt Sauce)

August 3, 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 muffins 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 option to take pleasure in zucchini! (After zucchini bread and zucchini cake, after all.) These savory pan-fried zucchini fritters make for a tasty gentle meal or aspect dish.

In contrast to many zucchini fritter recipes that use flour or breadcrumbs to bind the shredded greens, my recipe makes use of cornmeal, which retains the muffins 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
Sizzling & crispy, served with refreshing garlic herb Greek yogurt sauce
Bursting with taste, due to recent herbs and garlic
Vegetarian, wholesome, & gluten free
Makes a wonderful gentle major dish or aspect dish, or take pleasure in at breakfast as an alternative of hash browns
Sauce might be made upfront
Fantastic option to take pleasure in a summertime bounty of zucchini

And when you nonetheless have zucchini left after making these fritters, listed here are all my favourite zucchini recipes—each candy and savory.

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

Greatest Components to Use & Why

Zucchini: You want a couple of pound of zucchini. Shred them on a field grater.
Onion: You should use no matter sort of onion you like, however ensure to cut it actually effective (until you need massive items of onion in your fritters, during which case, don’t take heed to me—comply with your coronary heart!).
Salt: For taste, and in addition does the necessary 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 collapse. 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.
Contemporary Herbs: Chopped parsley, mint, and dill give a lot recent taste to those savory fritters. You’ll use the identical herbs within the sauce.
Advantageous Cornmeal: The cornmeal provides a beautiful, virtually surprising, crunch, and a touch of sweetness. Utilizing cornmeal as an alternative 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: Offers slightly elevate 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? Nicely, the moisture is nice for baking zucchini muffins, chocolate zucchini bread, and chocolate zucchini cake. Not so nice for fritters, although. Moisture strips these fritters of their crisp texture. They’ll be moist, gooey, and smooth. So, what’s 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 whenever 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), elevate 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 amount of greens, and that’s okay. Combine with the remaining substances, and measure 2 Tablespoons (1/8 cup) per fritter. Do you might have 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 holding your fritters crisp? Pan-fry in slightly olive oil till they’re golden brown on each side. You solely want sufficient oil to cowl the underside of the pan. That’s lots. 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 straightforward corn fritters, I prefer 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 at this time’s model.

Much like a tzatziki sauce, this garlic herb yogurt sauce is the proper accompaniment. It jogs my memory slightly of the Greek yogurt herb dressing I exploit on my rooster pasta salad. You most likely have already got most of those substances in your kitchen, and a few are repeated within the fritter combination (herbs, salt, pepper).

Whisk all the things 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 palms 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 an alternative of hash browns, or take pleasure in as a lightweight 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 option to take pleasure in them proper now!) You can even 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 summer season squash is a 1:1 substitute for zucchini right here.

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