You WON'T BELIEVE How Easy It Is To Make Zucchini Fries From Scratch

[Music] hey everyone today I am making some delicious and nutritious and it makes you ambitious kind of recipe we're making zucchini sticks or fries depending on what you want to call them and I'm going to serve it up with some lemon aoli sauce which goes perfect with this you got that nice crunch going on with lots of flavor in the zucchini and then you got the AI you're going to love it I'm rock and Robin and I'm going to show you to make it right after my chef joke give a man a fish and he eats for a day give a woman a garden and the whole neighborhood get zucchini okay let's start this easy recipe with our zucchini now all I'm going to do here is just cut this in half or you could cut it into thirds if it's super long and then you'll cut this into strips so I'll cut this in half and then I'll just make some slices lengthwise you want these to look like fries basically so something like this zucchini contains a fair amount of water so I like to place them on a paper towel covered plate and then just kind of Pat them dry let them sit for a bit and let the paper towels soak up the moisture now I'm going to set up a dipping station for the zucchini I'm using Aaliyah's breadcrumbs here these are gluten-free and if that matters to you then this is an excellent brand to use these are already seasoned with Italian seasoning so it's good to go and to that we're we're going to add some gluten-free flour I like to use Bob's Red Mill here one to one now don't forget you can get the ridden recipe below the video in the description area next I'm going to add some freshly grated Parmesan cheese it's way better to grate it yourself that way you don't have all the extra additives in already grated cheese mix that up add a little bit of salt and set it aside our second station is an egg station so I'm just going to crack one egg because I'm not making too much right now and you want to scramble that up real well I've prepared a baking sheet with some parchment paper and I'm going to drizzle some olive oil because it's the best oil to use uh over the paper and then rub it in and spread it out as best you can it's time to get to dipping all right I got everything set up here in an assembly line so we'll place a zucchini in there so you'll want to coat it in the egg and then pick it up and place it into the crumbs and take your spoon to coat the breadcrumbs over the zucchini and you want to cover it pretty well so I like to just kind of turn it over and then I'll pick it up and make sure that it's coated properly and then we'll place it on the baking sheet also at this point you want to preheat your oven to 425° F now to speed up this already quick recipe you can go ahead and dip two maybe even three zucchini sticks at a time so we're going to bake these in the oven at 425° F and we're going to set it for 15 minutes and after that we're going to flip them over and if you have any of this crumb mixture left over don't throw it away save it put it in the refrigerator and you can use it within the next 3 or 4 days and you can make more because believe me you're going to want to after cooking these for 15 minutes at that point if you see any dry coating then you're going to want to maybe spray it with a little bit of avocado oil it must be time for chef joke number two here we go my therapist said that I should embrace my mistakes so I went home and I hugged my giant zucchini so after 15 minutes this is what my zucchini look like they're a little bit dry looking to me so I don't have any avocado or olive oil spray so I'm going to just drizzle a little more olive oil on the pan and that will help the second side to Brown up and it will moisten that second side a little bit these will go back in the oven and you're going to want to check them at 10 minutes and they may go 15 you just want them nice and golden brown all right these are going back in the oven so let's start our lemon aoli I'm making this as healthy as I can so I'm using avocado Mayo for this one clove of fresh garlic minced is going to give it just a little bit of bite to it give it some Pizzazz a touch of dry mustard goes next and then some some fresh me lemon off my tree I might add uh goes in next we're going to zest it first remember you always want to zest first and then squeeze it just makes zesting so much easier and for this amount of sauce I'm only going to use half a lemon but feel free to adjust it you know based on your taste next we want to season it up with just a little bit of salt and then we're going to add some fresh parsley give it a good mix and then adjust the flavors as necessary finish this off with a nice little drizzle of extra virgin olive oil if you're not serving this right away go ahead and refrigerate this sauce here are our zucchini fries after about 30 minutes total time in the oven they're nice and crispy and they look really delicious these are so delicious with the coating you've got that parmesan cheese that gives it a Nutty flavor and to me the most important part is that crunchy texture and when you finish it off with this aoli sauce oh my gosh it is such a great combination you got to try taking this or making this for your next party and if you're looking for another delicious appetizer try my deviled eggs I've got a secret ingredient in this that takes them over the top click the link on the screen and it'll take you right to the recipe thanks for watching today I hope you enjoyed the video if you did let me know by Smashing the like button and leave me a comment in case you have you know a recipe request maybe I'd love to hear it all right we'll see you back here next week for another delicious and healthy recipe