step by step recipe with photos

Zucchini sticks are vegetable sticks coated in breadcrumbs. It becomes a kind of dense coat that allows you to preserve the sweetish juice in full, and at the same time does not interfere with high-quality baking.

To make the dish look more advantageous, select small young vegetables and cut them lengthwise into long slices. Flour can be mixed with starch, this will allow them to be more firmly bound to the egg mixture.

Crispy sticks in a spicy breading can be served with a glass of fresh beer or chilled tomato juice, garlic sauce or mayonnaise.

Ingredients

• zucchini or zucchini 3 pcs. (small)
• chicken egg 1 pc.
• wheat flour 5-6 tbsp. l.
• breadcrumbs 8-10 tbsp. l.
• salt 0.5 tsp.
• dried thyme 1 tsp.
• ground black pepper 0.25 tsp.
• ground paprika 0.5 tsp.
• granulated garlic 0.5 tsp.
• ground coriander 0.25 tsp.

Preparation

1. Wash small zucchini, remove the tails. Be sure to dry with a towel to remove excess liquid. Cut into small pieces and place in a separate bowl. Add salt and mix thoroughly. Set aside for 10-15 minutes to allow the zucchini slices to release their juice.

2. In the meantime, prepare the other ingredients. In a separate bowl, place breadcrumbs, ground black pepper, dried thyme, ground paprika, granulated garlic and ground coriander. Also break one egg into a separate bowl and mix thoroughly with a fork until smooth.

3. Zucchini does not need to be washed. Dip each slice from the resulting juice.

4. Pour flour into a plastic bag or suitable sized plastic container with a lid. Move the zucchini. Lift the edges of the bag and tie it into a knot. Shake several times until all pieces are evenly coated with flour. If using a container, cover it with a lid and shake.

5. Dip the zucchini block first into the egg mixture, and then into the mixture of breadcrumbs and spices. Bread well on all sides. Do this with all the zucchini. Use two forks or tongs.

6. Place parchment paper on a baking sheet. Place all the prepared zucchini sticks and cook in the oven for 20-25 minutes at a temperature of 200-220 degrees.

7. The appetizer is ready.

Today the culinary site wants to offer you a very simple recipe for making spicy zucchini sticks. You can serve zucchini sticks either warm or already cooled. And when serving, they can be supplemented with some sauce. Sour cream sauce is ideal here, but aioli or tartar sauce is also great. So let's get started!

To prepare spicy zucchini sticks in the oven you will need:

• zucchini – 6 pcs. (small size)
• vegetable oil – 2 tbsp.
• dried herbs (a mixture of basil, oregano, thyme) - 2 tsp.
• paprika (smoked) – 1 tsp.
• dried garlic – 0.5 tsp.
• salt, black pepper - to taste

For sour cream sauce (optional):

• sour cream – 100 g
• garlic – 1 clove
• mustard – 1 tsp.
• dill (fresh) – 3-4 sprigs
• salt, black pepper - to taste

Zucchini sticks in the oven - recipe with photo:

Wash the zucchini, cut off the tails and cut them lengthwise into 4 or 6 pieces. Transfer them to a large bowl.

Add paprika to the zucchini (if you don’t have smoked, then use regular paprika), dried garlic, herbs, and salt and pepper. Add vegetable oil.

Gently mix with your hands or a spatula, trying to evenly distribute all the spices over the surface of the zucchini.

Leaving a small distance between the sticks, place them on a baking sheet.

Bake spicy zucchini sticks in an oven preheated to 200 C for about 15 minutes. During this time they should brown quite a bit and become moderately soft. If you want the zucchini to have a distinct golden brown crust, you can bake it under the grill.

We suggest serving these zucchini sticks with sour cream sauce. To prepare it, mix sour cream with mustard, chopped garlic and herbs. Finally, season the sauce with salt and pepper. By the way, to reduce the calorie content of the sauce, sour cream can be replaced with natural thick yogurt.

Spicy zucchini sticks baked in the oven are ready!

Dietary zucchini sticks with a crispy crust are an ideal dish for those who care about their figure. It is cooked in the oven with a small amount of fat, so calorie content is kept to a minimum - 100 grams of the finished dish contains only 67 calories. Aromatic spices make the dish tasty and even refined, so that the diet will become a pleasant pastime for you, and not torture, as is usually the case. By the way, even small children and picky men enjoy eating zucchini sticks with a crispy crust, so we recommend preparing a double portion right away.

Product composition

• zucchini or zucchini - 4 pcs.
• hard cheese - 100 gr.
• dried thyme - 1/2 teaspoon
• dried oregano - 1/2 teaspoon
• dried basil - 1/2 teaspoon
• garlic powder - 1/4 teaspoon
• salt - 1 teaspoon
• vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. spoons
• fresh parsley - 2-3 sprigs, optional.

How to cook diet zucchini sticks with a crispy crust

1. Turn on the oven and preheat to 180 degrees. Cover the baking sheet with baking parchment and set aside for now.

2. In a small bowl, combine hard cheese grated on a medium grater, all spices, salt and mix.

You can choose seasonings to suit your taste. You can replace the basil and oregano with rosemary, dried parsley, dill, or use Indian masala seasoning if you like your treats a little spicier.

3. Cut the zucchini into long sticks, place in a bowl, add vegetable oil and mix thoroughly so that the vegetables are coated with oil on all sides.

If you wish, you can use any oil: nut, pumpkin, sesame, olive or regular sunflower. In this case, dietary zucchini sticks will have a new flavor.

5. Place the zucchini sticks on a baking sheet, skin side down, sprinkle with a mixture of cheese and spices and bake in a hot oven for 15 minutes until golden brown and crispy.

6. Diet zucchini sticks with a crispy crust are ready! Sprinkle with finely chopped parsley and serve immediately while they are still hot, but the treat will be delicious even cold. By the way, this dish is convenient to take with you to work.

Servings: 4-6 Cooking time: 30 min.

I first tried zucchini in batter, the recipe for which you see on this page, during my student years in Dnepropetrovsk in a small cafe. And recently, when I visited Dnepr, I again saw them on the menu in the same cafe! Twenty years later!
It's amazing how popular all these summer vegetables are here in the south! And now is the time to cook them.

Over the years, I myself have cooked fried zucchini in batter more than once. Simple ingredients and quick preparation make this dish irreplaceable. You always need to dip them in flour and egg, but you can vary the top coating by mixing white crackers, grated cheese, nuts or garlic.

To avoid frying them in batches in a frying pan, I cook them in the oven for 20 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius. That's all! Crispy on the outside and soft, tender on the inside, cheese-breaded zucchini is ready!

1. 3-4 young thin zucchini (I used zucchini);
2. 1/2 cup flour;
3. 1 egg;
4. 1/2 cup breadcrumbs;
5. 1/4 cup of finely grated cheese (I used suluguni);
6. salt - to taste.

Wash the zucchini, cut off the edges, cut into pieces about 10 cm long, and then cut each piece into 5-6 long thin “sticks”.

Turn on the oven and let it preheat to 180 degrees Celsius.
Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and grease with vegetable oil.
In a wide, shallow bowl, beat the egg until smooth.

Pour flour into another bowl.
And in the third bowl, mix breadcrumbs with cheese, grated on a fine grater.

Dredge each squash stick in flour, shake off excess flour, dip in egg and finally roll in breadcrumb/cheese mixture.
Place the sticks prepared in this way on a baking sheet at a short distance from each other.
Spray them with oil using kitchen spray.

Bake the cheese-crusted zucchini on the middle rack of the oven for 15 minutes, or until the breading is golden brown.
Remove the baking sheet from the oven and use tongs to turn each squash stick over to the other side.
Return the pan to the oven and bake for another 5 minutes.

Hot zucchini in batter, baked in the oven, sprinkle with salt to taste. You can also sprinkle with additional grated cheese.
Serve the battered fried zucchini with your favorite sauce in a cup.
Bon appetit!