These healthy baked zucchini fries have an addictively crispy “junk food” taste! The kid-friendly recipe is perfect for a healthy snack or side dish.
Do you count calories?
These crispy baked zucchini fries have just 35 calories per serving!
Even if you ate the entire recipe in a single serving—which would be quite a lot of fries!—it’s still under 200 calories.
I used to think counting calories was a ridiculous waste of time and energy. Going by calories alone, a white rice cake would be a better snack choice for someone on a diet than a highly nutritious banana spread with a little peanut butter.
However, in the years of writing this blog, I’ve met quite a few people who swear by counting calories, who say it’s the only thing that’s worked for them and that it offers a sense of routine and control, helping them lose unnecessary weight or make healthier choices.
While I still don’t personally count calories, I now at least respect the practice and concede that it might be the best option out there to help some people turn their lives around for the better.
If you don’t count calories and think the idea of counting calories is a complete waste of time? You’ll just fall in love with the crispy “junk food like” taste of these crispy baked fries.
It’s one thing on which calorie counters and carb-o-holics can agree:
These zucchini fries are almost impossible to stop eating!
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Dip them in ranch, marinara sauce, or even my Healthy Ketchup Recipe.
I initially worried about trying these without the egg wash called for in most breaded recipes. But making egg-free and vegan zucchini fries turned out to be really simple and just as good as any egg-based breaded recipe I’ve ever tried.
I brought the zucchini fries to a Memorial Day barbecue… people were quite surprised I came with something other than dessert ;).
Leftover zucchini? Make this Chocolate Zucchini Bread!
Baked Zucchini Fries
Ingredients
- 2-3 small zucchini, sliced into fries
- 1/4 cup flour (white, whole wheat, or chickpea flour work)
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 cup milk of choice
- 1 cup breadcrumbs (I toasted Ezekiel bread and processed it in a food processor. You can use gf bread.) (40g)
Instructions
- Zucchini fries recipe: Preheat oven to 420F. Lightly grease a cooling rack, place it on a baking tray, and set aside. Set up an assembly line: flour and spices in one bowl, milk in another, and breadcrumbs in a third. Dip each zucchini stick in the flour, then the milk, then the breadcrumbs. Place on the cooling rack. Bake 20 minutes, or until desired crispiness is reached. View Nutrition Facts
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I really want to make these, but zucchini is kind of hard to find around these parts (I live in China). Do you think I could substitute another vegetable for good results, like cucumber? Thanks! 🙂
You never know until you try 😉
I subbed matzo meal for bread crumb. Was worried how would turn out. They were fantastic. Added chipolte chili powder and spicy Mrs. dash seasoning. Sprayed w light coating of olive oil. Make sure your oven is nice and hot. At first they weren’t browning but I think my oven wasn’t truly up to temp. I also baked at 450 which is what my oven needed to be at. These exceeded my wildest expectations!
I made these last night! They are so AMAZING! I added a little black pepper, onion powder, and a little parmesan cheese. The cheese will increase the calories a bit. My husband loved them and I couldn’t get enough. We ate the whole batch! I was worried about not using egg but it worked perfectly and made them lighter than if we had used egg. We will be making these again and again! Thank you for such a great recipe! 🙂
love these!! featured them in a healthy tailgate recipe roundup I posted last week… thanks for being such an inspiration to me as a blogger~and just so you know…you MAY or may not be one of the main reasons I even started a blog!
http://deliciousbydre.com/spicy-macadamia-pretzels/
Uh, Katie, I think there might be something wrong with your blog. I clicked on a link for your raw gingerbread men recipe and it took me here?
I grew up in a nonfat, diet home and counted calories always. As I’ve grown though I have made nutrition my life and unfortunately calories counting is typically not healthy. If its non fat, diet or low-fat it has been processed in one way or another and in doing so they’ve added artifical flavors, preservatives, sweeteners, etc. Food doesn’t come from the earth that way. I recommend all my calorie counting clients to cleanse their system then go on a raw, natural diet. Typically the preservatives and artifical sweeteners is what is causing the actual weight gain. This recipe is a great example of “real food”
Good post. Even just looking at them seems to make me hungry. Thanks for posting.
These look great! I was wondering how much is in a serving?
Any chance there is a dairy substitute that I can use? I can’t have any milk.
Katie’s blog is a vegan blog, so none of the recipes call for dairy.
When she says milk of choice, you can use almond, soy, rice, or even oatmilk.
I was looking for a way to not use eggs and the milk alternative is totally great! Thank you!