Easy Zucchini Pancakes Recipe: these zucchini pancakes or fritters are made with fresh zucchini and fried for crispy edges, perfect served with a dollop of sour cream.
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These easy zucchini pancakes or sometimes called zucchini fritters are the perfect side dish. Made with fresh zucchini and perfect for using up an abundance of fresh zucchini from the garden during zucchini season. If you have too much zucchini, and you've already made your fill of zucchini bread, you should try this easy and delicious recipe. We love their crisp edges and tender zucchini inside.
If you've ever grown your own zucchini in the garden, you know there comes a point near the end of the summer that you're looking for ways to enjoy these delicious fresh little squash. And even if you don't grow them yourself, they're found easily at grocery stores year round, and at the farmer's market in the summer.
We love this zucchini pancake recipe as the perfect side dish for grilled meats. This savory pancake is great served with a little sour cream on the side. It's similar to a potato pancakes or latkes. We also like a good sprinkling of sea salt, and a some fresh cut chives with them. This is a great summer side dish with a mild taste that the whole family will love.
Draining The Zucchini
Zucchini are 94% water. After grating them it's best to drain some of the water. This will keep the zucchini pancake mixture from becoming too wet and making soggy pancakes. The best way to do this is to grate the zucchini with the large holes of a box grater and then drain the shredded zucchini to remove the excess water. Place the grated zucchini on a paper towel-lined plate, or on a clean reusable kitchen towel inside of a colander and let it sit to remove excess moisture. Then squeeze the remaining water out of the shredded vegetables by squeezing the paper towel or clean kitchen towel and gently wringing the water out. Try to remove as much liquid as possible. Once it's drained it's ready to be used in the zucchini pancake batter.
Zucchini Pancake Size
I like to make small pancakes, using only about 3 - 4 tablespoons of batter per pancake. The smaller zucchini pancakes cook faster and get crispier. With smaller pancakes you don't have to worry about the outside burning before the center is fully cooked either. They're also easier to flip over in the pan.
Recipe
Ingredients
- 5 small zucchini 5 cups grated
- ½ onion
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ ground black pepper
- olive oil for frying
Instructions
- Wash 5 small zucchini and grate on the large side of a box grater, or with a food processor. Place the shredded zucchini on a plate or colander covered in paper towels or a clean tea towel. Let the zucchini drain for about 10 minutes. Then gently wring out the shredded zucchini to remove any more excess water.
- Place 5 cups of shredded zucchini in a large bowl. Next grate the onion into the zucchini mixture.
- Add the eggs, flower, baking powder, salt and pepper, and stir to fully combine. If you find your mixture is too wet, or if it becomes wet as the mixture sits while your cooking, you can add more flour tablespoon by tablespoon until the mixture is no longer too wet.
- To cook the zucchini pancakes heat a few tablespoons of oil olive in a large skillet over medium-high heat and drop about 3-4 tablespoon of batter per pancake into the hot oil. Fry until they're golden brown on one side, and then flip over and cook on the other side.
- Serve hot with a sprinkle of sea salt and some sour cream.
Nutrition
These zucchini pancakes are best eaten as soon as they are cooked, and still crispy. If you need to keep them warm while cooking the rest, put them on baking sheet in a 300 degree oven for up to about 20 minutes.
We love to serving them with a little sour cream and flaky sea salt sprinkled over top, and some fresh chopped chives.
This is one of my favorite zucchini recipes. If you have a bumper crop of zucchini this time of year, then this easy recipe is a great way to use them up. It's sure to become a family favorite. Serve these zucchini as a side dish to any grilled meats this summer.
With these easy zucchini pancakes to enjoy, life really is a party.
More Recipe Inspiration
You might also like our Mac and Cheese with Panko Breadcrumb Topping recipe here.
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