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Baked zucchini fries are crispy after baking in 500 degree oven.
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Stan's Baked Zucchini Fries

You can bake these zucchini sticks in the oven, or fry them in oil just like french fries.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time25 minutes
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Keyword: zucchini fries, zucchini sticks
Servings: 4
Calories: 93kcal
Author: Stan Z.

Ingredients

  • 2 c. zucchini sticks (about 1 large zucchini)
  • 4 tbsp. Parmesan cheese, grated, heaping freshly grated or store bought
  • 4 tbsp. Panko breads crumbs, seasoned or unseasoned, heaping
  • 2 large eggs
  • ¼ tsp. thyme
  • ¼ tsp. sage
  • ¼ tsp. salt, kosher
  • ¼ tsp. rosemary
  • 5 sec. cooking spray

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 500°F.
    ingredients for recipe set out on counter
  • Cover a flat baking pan with foil and spray with cooking oil.
    Using cooking spray to oil baking sheet.
  • Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl, then pour mixture onto a large flat dinner plate.
    seasoned bread crumbs in a shallow dish
  • Beat two eggs thoroughly  in a shallow bowl.
  • Cut zucchini in half horizontally, then lengthwise, to make sticks.
    zucchini is quartered by slicing horizontally and vertically
  • Continue to cut lengthwise until French fries size (removing any large seeds as you go).
    line up zucchini sticks, beaten eggs, and seasoned bread crumbs to assemble the fries before baking.
  • Dip zucchini sticks into beaten eggs.
    zucchini sticks are dipped in beaten egg before bread crumbs
  • Then press the egg coated sticks into dry mixture of bread crumbs and seasonings.
  • Place skin side down on oiled cookie sheet
    Bread crumb coated zucchini sticks are placed on a baking sheet.
  • Bake in 500°F oven for approximately 8-10 minutes. Check after 5 minutes to see if fries are browned. Do not burn.
  • Fries should be crispy and crackling when done.
    Baked zucchini fries are crispy after baking in 500 degree oven.