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Super crispy air fryer zucchini fries. In the most delicious breading and perfect for a quick appetiser using the air fryer.
Whether you call it breaded zucchini or breaded courgette, you will love the simplicity of this air fryer beginner friendly recipe.
Table of Contents
- Zucchini In The Air Fryer
- Air Fryer Easy Everyday
- Can You Cook Zucchini In An Air Fryer?
- Can You Cook Raw Vegetables In An Air Fryer?
- Why Is My Food Soggy In The Air Fryer?
- What Is The Trick To Getting Things Extra Crispy With An Air Fryer?
- Zucchini Fries Air Fryer Ingredients
- Can You Recommend An Air Fryer?
- How To Make Zucchini Fries In Air Fryer?
- Breaded Zucchini In Air Fryer
- How Long To Cook Zucchini Fries In Air Fryer?
- Sam & Doms Top Tips For Success
- Get Air Fryer Confident
- More Air Fryer Resources
- More Air Fryer Veggies
- Air Fryer Zucchini Fries (Courgette Chips) Recipe
- Can’t make it now? Then save it for later!
Zucchini In The Air Fryer
I am pretty sure (I have had an air fryer for a long time now) that the first vegetable that we cooked in the air fryer was zucchini.
It would have been zucchini fries but the unbreaded type. Where instead of making yourself typical French fries you did so with zucchini instead.
We loved it so much that zucchini, or courgette as us Brits would call it, soon became a Milner family favourite.
Then a few years later, my cousin (she is American) and pointed out that over here, on the other side of the pond, they are traditionally breaded and deep fried, and I would enjoy them more like this.
Well, that started my obsession for air fryer breaded zucchini. Perfected over the years and now in our 2nd cookbook Air Fryer Easy Everyday. You will just love how amazing it is, and how you can rinse and repeat the method with other favourite veggies.
Air Fryer Easy Everyday
Air Fryer Easy Everyday is new for 2024, following on from our first air fryer cookbook. Our first cookbook sold over 160,000 copies worldwide is still selling well and has changed the way people use the air fryer.
In this newer air fryer cookbook (which is perfect for beginners) we have a vegetable chapter and one of our favourites are these zucchini fries (called courgette chips).
Read more about Air Fryer Easy Everyday here.
Can You Cook Zucchini In An Air Fryer?
Yes, you can cook zucchini in the air fryer and you have a lot of delicious options. You can cook veggie fries (like this) either breaded or not. You can make air fryer zucchini pizza bites, or just slice it into chunks and have it as part of one of your many air fryer dinners.
Can You Cook Raw Vegetables In An Air Fryer?
Yes, you can cook any raw vegetable in the air fryer. Of course, some vegetables taste better than others, and some crisp up in the air fryer better.
Among our favourites include air fryer broccolini, air fryer asparagus and the best of them all air fryer carrot fries.
Why Is My Food Soggy In The Air Fryer?
The reason why food ends up soggy in the air fryer is one of two reasons:
- Oil and temperature balance – You need to be spraying your food with olive oil for extra crisp and you also need to increase the temperature towards the end of the cooking time. Like we do in air fryer chips, or air fryer roast potatoes.
- Soaking your food – if you soak potatoes and similar food, you end up with too much water on them and have to do a lot of patting dry to get them completely dry. If the food is wet going in (and its not from the old) then its very easy for it to be soggy.
- Food naturally high in water – This relates very much to the fried zucchini in air fryer that we are cooking. Zucchini (or courgette as I would call it) has a very high-water rate, you need air fry for longer to get rid of the water otherwise it will be very soggy. But don’t worry, we are showing you today in our air fryer zucchini recipe exactly how to do this.
What Is The Trick To Getting Things Extra Crispy With An Air Fryer?
With the likes of air fried zucchini, it’s all about the amazing spray bottle. We love this one that we bought from Amazon, and you can also buy this bottle with the olive oil already in it. Though avoid the likes of Frylight and Pam Oil Sprays as they have extra chemicals in it. (read all about why not to use frylight here).
Then for the crispy trick, shake your air fryer food (if it’s the kind you would shake) and then spray the tops of the food with olive oil spray. Then air fry at the higher temperature of 200c/400f for 3-4 minutes and it will make a huge difference to the crispy texture of your air fryer food.
Zucchini Fries Air Fryer Ingredients
Zucchini – Whether you call it zucchini or courgette, you need a medium or large that you can chop into fries, though I would describe them more as steak chips/chunky fries.
Breading – More on breading air fryer zucchini sticks below, but as a standard starting point you will need egg, breadcrumbs and flour and then some nice seasonings.
Can You Recommend An Air Fryer?
I often get asked which air fryers I recommend and which one I use. In 95% of our air fryer recipes, we use either the Philips Air Fryer XL or the Cosori XL because they are the best ones, we have found out of many air fryers we have tried over the years. You can click on the links above and read up on them. But if you would rather have a dual air fryer we recommend this Ninja Dual (make sure you order the right one as not all are good) or the Philips Dual.
How To Make Zucchini Fries In Air Fryer?
- Prep. Start by slicing your whole courgette/zucchini into zucchini sticks. If it’s a large zucchini I will often half it first and then it will make more. Then place them into a bowl with some salt, pepper and oregano and mix with your hands.
- Cook. Place the zucchini sticks into the air fryer basket and cook zucchini in air fryer for 12 minutes at 200c/400f.
- Production. Whilst the air fryer is cooking and removing the excess moisture from the zucchini, create your production line. With a bowl for flour, one for breadcrumbs and one for the egg.
- Bread. When the air fryer beeps, coat in the flour, then drench in the egg and finish in the breadcrumbs.
- Finish. Load the zucchini fries (spread out) into the air fryer basket or drawer and air fry for a further 8 minutes at the same temperature.
Now that is how simple it is to make zucchini fries in air fryer and now it’s your turn!
Breaded Zucchini In Air Fryer
For air fryer fried zucchini, it starts with a breading production line. It makes your veggie fries so much easier to prep and makes you feel super organised too.
Here is our production line for our breaded zucchini all ready to go.
You need:
- Flour bowl
- Breadcrumbs bowl
- Egg bowl
Then organise it so its flour, then egg, then breadcrumbs, then you can go from one to another to another. Also mix your dried ingredients first with forks, then the egg, so you’re not taking wet ingredients into dry.
Dom also recommends using just one hand for the egg, the other for the fry ingredients as it stops you from getting extra egg in your breadcrumbs and flour.
You can also season your bowls. Such as adding salt and pepper to your bowls, adding oregano to the breadcrumbs and so on.
How Long To Cook Zucchini Fries In Air Fryer?
The zucchini air fryer time and temp is 20 minutes. This is for giving the zucchini a cook first, to prevent soggy fries, and then to cook in the breading. Very quick for a recipe as delicious as this.
Sam & Doms Top Tips For Success
It’s all about cooking zucchini in an air fryer first on its own and then breading. That way you get a fantastic crisp and don’t have zucchini soggy syndrome.
Skip this step and you will be thinking that this zucchini recipe could be better.
Get Air Fryer Confident
It can be daunting when you first get an air fryer, you land on a recipe site and then think now what?
Well, we love helping new people to the air fryer as we remember the struggle ourselves when got our first air fryer back in 2012. That is why we have put together these useful resources just for you.
Sign up for our 100% free air fryer kickstart course. It’s a 5 day free mini series delivered by email and teaches you the basics of air frying. Get it here – its free!
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We also have two amazing air fryer cookbooks that are perfect for learning the air fryer. With step by step photos for key techniques and more than 140 recipes in each book. The Complete Air Fryer Cookbook was our first and has sold over 150,000 copies worldwide, and our new baby is Air Fryer Easy Everyday.
More Air Fryer Resources
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- Plus check out all our 600+ air fryer beginner recipes!
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Air Fryer Zucchini Fries (Courgette Chips)
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 Medium Courgette
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil Spray
- 2 Tsp Dried Oregano
- 35 g Plain Flour
- 1 Large Egg
- 45 g Panko Breadcrumbs
- 1 Tsp Dried Thyme
- 1 Tsp Dried Basil
- Salt & Pepper
Instructions
- Slice the courgette/zucchini into medium sticks/fries.
- Add the zucchini fries into a bowl with a generous seasoning of salt and pepper and the oregano. Mix with your hands and then place into the air fryer basket. Air fry for 12 minutes at 200c/400f.
- Create your production line with a bowl with flour, a bowl with beaten egg and a bowl with breadcrumbs. Add the remaining herbs to the breadcrumbs bowl and season all bowls with salt and pepper.
- When the air fryer beeps, coat in the flour, drench in the egg and coat in the breadcrumbs.
- Transfer the zucchini fries to a single layer in the air fryer and air fry for another 8 minutes at the same temperature.
- Once you have crispy zucchini fries serve with your favourite dip.
Notes
Nutrition
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