Zucchini Fritters (with Creamy Yogurt Sauce)

Golden brown and crispy, these easy zucchini fritters are naturally gluten free—and naturally, everybody loves them! Flavored with onion, garlic, and contemporary 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 strategy to get pleasure from zucchini! (After zucchini bread and zucchini cake, after all.) These savory pan-fried zucchini fritters make for a tasty mild meal or facet 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 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 straightforward
Sizzling & crispy, served with refreshing garlic herb Greek yogurt sauce
Bursting with taste, because of contemporary herbs and garlic
Vegetarian, wholesome, & gluten free
Makes a superb mild foremost dish or facet dish, or get pleasure from at breakfast as an alternative of hash browns
Sauce will be made upfront
Great strategy to get pleasure from a summertime bounty of zucchini

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

Finest Substances to Use & Why

Zucchini: You want a couple of pound of zucchini. Shred them on a field grater.
Onion: You should utilize no matter type of onion you favor, however be certain to cut it actually high-quality (until you need massive items of onion in your fritters, through which case, don’t take heed to me—comply with your coronary heart!).
Salt: For taste, and likewise 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 in order 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 contemporary garlic, however the jarred sort or garlic powder work in a pinch.
Recent Herbs: Chopped parsley, mint, and dill give a lot contemporary taste to those savory fritters. You’ll use the identical herbs within the sauce.
Advantageous Cornmeal: The cornmeal provides an exquisite, 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 a bit 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 Suggestions: Easy methods to Forestall Soggy Zucchini Fritters

Zucchini is the wettest vegetable round. Near it a minimum of, proper? Effectively, 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 tender. So, the answer? Get as a lot moisture out of the zucchini as potential. 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 presumably 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 may 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 have got 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 preserving your fritters crisp? Pan-fry in a bit 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 simple 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 right now’s model.

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

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

Greek yogurt herb mixture in glass bowl.

close-up of zucchini fritters with garlic herb Greek yogurt sauce.

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 possible an excessive amount of moisture within the combine, or they’re under-cooked. Remember to wring out as a lot liquid as you may over the sink. Cook dinner the fritters till golden brown on each side.

What Do You Eat With Zucchini Fritters?

You may serve zucchini fritters at breakfast as an alternative of hash browns, or get pleasure from as a lightweight lunch or dinner alongside contemporary 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 strategy to get pleasure from them proper now!) You may also serve them as a facet dish with baked rooster meatballs, baked lemon salmon, or these spicy turkey burgers.

Can I Use Yellow Squash As a substitute?

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

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