Fried Zucchini, (but not air fried)

[sawhorseray]

I love the stuff, my mama used to make it, would make two plates full, one for me and one for the rest of the family. So I picked up five nice zukes at the Way yesterday and was ready to get cooking. I bring up to my wife that I wonder how they'd cook up air fried, even tho I don't have a air fryer. She says you want one, I've got a couple in the closet as Xmas gifts for the cousins. Whoa, sure I want one! She comes out with this little thing.

I read the directions and it says not to load it more than 2/3s full, would have taken me all day using that thing, back into the closet it went. I scrambled up a half dozen eggs and added Italian bread crumbs until I had a nice thick sauce for dipping the zukes, then started frying the pieces up in 350º olive oil

Two plates full took a half hour, I'm in heaven, this stuff is better than candy to me

Dinner was leftover baby backs that I Sous Vide and fried zukes, with a stuffed shroom

Now I've got a nice stash in the fridge, I even gobble 'em down cold. Might have to smoke a sirloin roast on the SQ36 tomorrow, they go great with beef. Thanks for looking. RAY

 

[smokerjim]

looks like some tasty treats. i'll take a plate!!

 

[creek bottom]

Looks delicious. Hard to find around here this time of the year, but early summer we go through a pile of them fresh out of the garden. I love 'em!

 

[motocrash]

Yeah man.I used to get it from a Greek restaurant,it was sliced in discs,battered and fried.Seved with tzaziki sauce.The place had a drive thru window,I couldn't pass the place as a teen.

 

[chopsaw]

Yup , we always cut them into rounds , or make 'em like french fries . Good stuff .

 

[jcam222]

Looks tasty, Italian bread crumbs were always my go to for breading fish too. Seasoning built right in.

 

[chef jimmyj]

I scrambled up a half dozen eggs and added Italian bread crumbs until I had a nice thick sauce for dipping the zukes,

This is different. Never heard of this technique before. How loose is the Batter? Do you Flour the Zucchini first? Does the Batter stick well and uniformly? Sounds like a time saver over the traditional Breading Method. Interesting...JJ

 

[xray]

Looks delicious! Love fried zucchini, my grandfather used to make it all the time, he’d fry the flowers too!

Just need an airfryer now. Like!

 

[sawhorseray]

This is different. Never heard of this technique before. How loose is the Batter? Do you Flour the Zucchini first? Does the Batter stick well and uniformly? Sounds like a time saver over the traditional Breading Method. Interesting...JJ

I dry the sliced zukes in the fridge for a hour before frying. The batter is fairly thick, batter is the word I should have used in place of sauce. I used to watch my Sicilian noni make them, and then my mama, it's really the only way I know to make them. I turn them around in the batter a couple of times and then right into the frying pan, piece by piece, the batter seems to stick pretty well. I tried some flour once, didn't seem to make a difference. Thanks for the likes, I appreciate them. RAY

 

[kit s]

I dry the sliced zukes in the fridge for a hour before frying. The batter is fairly thick, batter is the word I should have used in place of sauce. I used to watch my Sicilian noni make them, and then my mama, it's really the only way I know to make them. I turn them around in the batter a couple of times and then right into the frying pan, piece by piece, the batter seems to stick pretty well. I tried some flour once, didn't seem to make a difference. Thanks for the likes, I appreciate them. RAY

Sawhorse love the fried zukes too. What I do when drying is first pat dry put on a rack, lightly salt and refrigerate and hour or two, pull and really press them between two paper towels to remove as much water as possible, batter up fry. The water in them is what tends to let the batter flke off while frying. I also do my egg plant fry the same way. Sometimes I batter a Q fry them.
Kit

 

[chef jimmyj]

Thanks. I have made Batter Dipped veggies but that was a Beer Batter or an Egg and AP Flour Batter. I've not seen Eggs and Bread Crumbs used. It sound interesting and worth a try...JJ

 

[Bearcarver]

Nice Looking Zukes, Ray !!
Nice Job!
Like.
Hey--Those little Black AirFryers work Great, but you can't get much at all in them.
Maybe enough Fries for a Woman, or 2 chicken thighs, if you're lucky.

Bear

 

[sawhorseray]

Nice Looking Zukes, Ray !!
Nice Job!
Like.
Hey--Those little Black AirFryers work Great, but you can't get much at all in them.
Maybe enough Fries for a Woman, or 2 chicken thighs, if you're lucky.
Bear

LOL! That just ain't enough for me Bear, as I do all the cooking at our house I want at least eight chicken thighs fried up, that's what the big pan will hold. Fries? I like Stouffers frozen steak fries and throw them in the oven for a half hour, and even then I only eat 'em maybe two times a month with burgers. I'm big into yams and have been for years, I guess that's kind of obvious from some of my previous posts. There's only so many carbs a old guy like me can settle in for, so instead of Idaho's I prefer my homemade semolina pasta. Just another great thing about the SMF site, we don't just cook stuff we buy at the local market, we MAKE stuff that's better than anything one could buy there. I think of Daveomaks post about Canadian bacon today, I've been doing the same thing for years, and that's what it's all about. The folks here are making CB and their own bacon, too many other things to list, for a fraction of the cost and with far greater quality than could ever be found at the local Safeway.

On another note, now that I know who Jeff is I say God bless the guy, this site wouldn't be here without him! Geez, there's nothing about a little change that won't be overcome in a few days, and I'm certainly no cyber genius. I jumped into the pool a couple months back with my beloved flip phone in the pocket of my shorts. Now I have a smart phone that lets me know at every opportunity that I'm too stupid to know how to use it. We only get to go around once, it's easier to adjust than fight or argue. Life is good! RAY

 

[SmokinAl]

I love fried zucchini!
I could make a meal out of just those alone!
Al