This Baked Crispy Zucchini is was my go to during college. It’s healthy and surprisingly very filling. I love zucchini and grew up with my parents growing massive zucchini in the garden. We had it all summer long growing up. We made fried zucchini and it was my favorite! It was my favorite dinner in the summers. When I got to college I wanted to easy dinners that were healthy and frying an entire zucchini gets a little messy. This is the perfect alternative for fried zucchini!
1.) Preheat oven to 355 degrees. Pour olive oil onto baking sheet. Using a potato peel or shredder, peel the entire zucchini down and mix it with the olive oil.
When you get down to the very bottom of the zucchini either shred it or chop it into bite size pieces. I like eating the skin but it’s okay to not include it.
2.) Pour garlic powder and italian bread crumbs over zucchini.
3.) Baked for 20 minutes, flipping halfway through. If you want it extra crispy, bake for 20 minutes without flipping then broil for 2-3 minutes.
Once it’s all done, top with salt and pepper and serve! It’s great with ranch or sauces too. Eat it alone or pair it with my BBQ Cauliflower Wings! Zucchini is in season in the late summer months near August. I reccomend stocking up on zucchini then and chopping it up into pieces then freezing it. That way throughout the fall and winter you can use it.
One last thing – If you like fried Zucchini you will love this! I like to dip ranch in fried zucchini so I started doing it with this recipe and it’s amazing if I’m being honest. Hot sauce is another amazing topping for this recipe.
I hope you like it! If you try it, tag me on Instagram at @thesierraguide so I can see how it turned out!
Enjoy!!
– Summer Sierra
Baked Zucchini
Ingredients
- 1 Medium Zucchini The larger the zucchini the more it will make so I reccomend a small zucchini for one person
- 1/2 tbsp Italian bread crumbs
- 1/2 tsp Garlic Powder
- 1/2 tbsp Olive oil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 355 degrees
- On a sheet pan drizzle olive oil
- Peel entire zucchini onto pan
- Mix together the zucchini and olive oil until everything is evenly coated
- Lay the zuchini flat and spinkle garlic powder and italian bread crumbs onto zucchini
- Baked for 10 minutes then flip the zucchini so they are evenly baked
- Bake for another 10 minutes then let cool
- Broil for 2-3 minutes if you want it extra crispy
- Serve immediately
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Baked Crispy Zucchini
