Parmesan Zucchini Crisps are made with tender bite-sized zucchini, coated in panko, and parmesan cheese and fried to perfection!
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These crispy zucchini chips are such a fun snack to make and a great way to get a little extra veggies in your recipes. I like to increase my veggie intake without feeling like I'm just eating servings of just boring plain veggies by using zucchini in other recipes like my Pineapple Zucchini Bread and Chocolate Zucchini Bread.
Why This Recipe Works
It's a great way to use up extra fresh zucchini from your garden at the height of zucchini season with your other favorite zucchini recipes.
These are healthier than potato chips, but still give you that crunchy satisfying chip crunch! It's one of my favorite ways to enjoy a semi healthy snack or side dish!
Ingredients Needed
- Oil: Vegetable oil or canola oil.
- Panko: panko bread crumbs
- Parmesan cheese: Fresh grated
- Italian seasoning and salt
- Zucchini: I like to use either small or medium zucchini and slice them into 1/4-inch thick round zucchini slices
- Flour: All-purpose flour
- Eggs: Helps to hold the breading on.
How To Make Parmesan Zucchini Crisps
- Step 1: Using a sharp knife, slice zucchini into 1/4-inch thick rounds.
- Step 2: In a shallow bowl, combine Panko crumbs, Italian seasoning, and cheese together and set aside.
- Step 3: In another shallow small bowl add flour and coat zucchini pieces.
- Step 4: In a third separate bowl, beat eggs and dip flour coated zucchini pieces into the egg wash.
- Step 5: Dredge egg coated zucchini pieces through the Panko mixture. Press the pieces into the mixture to coat both sides.
- Step 6: Place coated pieces in a single layer on a prepared baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Step 7: Heat oil in a skillet and add parmesan zucchini chips in batches and cook until golden brown.
- Step 8: Flip to cook the other side as well.
Recipe Tips
- Leftover chips should be stored in an airtight container in the fridge and can be kept for up to 2-3 days. However, these are the absolute best when you first make them since they're still nice bites of crispy perfection. The longer they site, the higher the chance they'll get soggy. If you're keeping these for later, you should use the Air Fryer or oven to reheat them.
- Don't forget to let your fried zucchini chips drain on a paper towel-lined plate before snacking on them.
- Serve them with ranch or my Yum Yum sauce!
Recipe Faq's
Yes, follow the recipe as directed. preheat your air fryer to 380 degrees and place a single layer of the breaded zucchini into the basket. Spray the tops of the zucchini with cooking spray and fry for 4-5 minutes. Flip the zucchini and spray again an fry another 2-3 minutes.
Usually, the larger the zucchini, the higher the water content is. The bigger zucchini tends to hold more water and can release more as it's cooking and this can make your zucchini chips turn soggy easier and faster. So, that's part of the reason why I suggest using small or medium sized zucchini for this recipe.
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Parmesan Zucchini Crisps
Ingredients
- 1 cup Panko
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
- 2 small/medium zucchinis thinly sliced to 1/4-inch thick rounds
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- In a bowl, combine Panko, Parmesan cheese, Italian seasoning set aside.
- In a second bowl add the flour.
- In a third bowl add the eggs and whisk.
- Working in batches, dredge zucchini rounds in flour, dip into eggs, then dredge in Panko mixture, pressing to coat. Set aside on a baking sheet or platter, and repeat until all zucchini slices are done.
- Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
- Add zucchini rounds to the skillet, but don't overcrowd the pan and cook until evenly golden and crispy, about 1-2 minutes then flip and cook another minute.
- Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate. Sprinkle with salt.
- Serve with ranch or your favorite marinara sauce
Yes you can bake them and I would definitely spray them with cooking spray.
Could you bake these in the oven as well? Maybe coat with some cooking spray? These look really good!
Lemon Aioli is excellent with this
Could you cook this in air fryer, if so what temperature would you use.