These yummy Baked Zucchini Fries are low carb, gluten-free, vegan and pair well with my delicious avocado mayo. Zucchini spears are coated with a flavorful gluten-free breading and baked for a healthier snack or side.
I decided to revisit this recipe and I was amazed at how simple it was to make and how delicious it was. It has been a popular recipe on my website for over 4 years and it is loved by my readers. The almond flour is a great gluten-free breading alternative. I would advise you not to do any substitution, I have made this recipe so many times and it has worked perfectly with almond flour.
However, I have simplified the recipe for you, in the older versions, I made flax seed egg. I decided to add the ground flax seed with the almond flour and just dip the zucchini spears into unsweetened non-dairy milk before coating with the breading. Guess what! It worked like a charm.
Sometimes I just don’t feel for eating potatoes, please don’t get me wrong I do at times love some delicious crispy oven baked fries. As a matter of fact, I have several recipes for fries on here. Check out my, Oven Baked Potato Wedges, Baked Jicama Fries and my Jamaican Jerk Butternut Squash Fries, so yummy!
For most of my pregnancy with Daevyd I was on a raw foods diet, but towards the end, I ate cooked foods. I loved to prepare oven fries with cashew cheese sauce and to this day Daevyd loves when I prepare them.
I loved to grow my own zucchini and share with friends, however, since moving to Florida my lifestyle has changed so much that I don’t have the time to grow my own produce plus the soil here is sandy. However, we do have a mini orchard with citrus, olive, pomegranate, loquat.
This winter has been brutal here in Florida and from what I realize, we have lost our guava tree, papaya, moringa and soursop, fig and I have a strong feeling that our pomegranate tree has succumbed to the winter artic black.
Making baked zucchini fries is a wonderful way to use up surplus zucchini. Well, these crispy zucchini fries are super healthy, low in carb, calories and they are delicious served with marinara sauce or avocado mayo. It is best to buy organic zucchini because some zucchini are genetically modified. Here in the USA, there are no labeling laws implemented.
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Nutrition
(Per portion)- Energy: 55 kcal / 230 kJ
- Fat: 3 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Carbs: 6 g
Cook Time
- Preparation: 10 min
- Cooking: 20 min
- Ready in: 30 min
- For: 4 servings
Ingredients
- 2 medium zucchini
- 1/4 cup unsweetened almond milk
Breading
- 1/2 cup almond flour
- 1 tablespoon ground flaxseed
- 1 teaspoon nutritional yeast flakes
- 1/2 teaspoon ground paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon Cayenne pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven 425 degrees. Lightly oil parchment paper lined baking sheet. Cut ends off zucchini and cut into strips about 1/4 inch wide and 3 inches long,
- In a large bowl combine, almond flour, flaxseed, nutritional yeast flakes, paprika, onion powder, garlic powder cayenne pepper, and salt.
- Dip zucchini strip into non-dairy milk then into breading and place onto baking sheet. Bake for 25 minutes turning halfway or until lightly brown and crispy.
Notes
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The spice blend is spot-on! These are delicious. The breading is crunchy when it is hot out of the oven, but I find them addicting even after they’ve sat a few minutes and are “floppy”. Will make these again!
*I was making 2 batches. I made the first batch as directed. The second batch, I had already made 1/4″ spears of zucchini, but wanted something quicker than hand-breading. I chopped each spear into 1″ chunks, drizzled milk over them and drained off the milk. I dumped the spice/flour mix over it all, shook it well to distribute breading, and dumped the pieces on a pan spread out. It was the same great flavor, but much quicker!
Thank you for sharing your feedback, I’m so happy you enjoyed them.
Looking forward to trying these! Can they be baked in air fryer? If so, time and temp please? Thanks! I seem to be finding several recipes on your site that are really good and really easy!
TC thank you, I hope you enjoy them. I’m so surprised that I didn’t post the Air Fryer version. about 10 minutes at 380 should be fine in the air fryer.
Fantastic, love these worked perfectly, even though i left out the yeast. Thank you! I used this also on tofu , really yummy!
Diane, I’m so happy you enjoyed it. Thank you for sharing how you also use the seasoning on tofu.
Liked it but didn’t get crispy. Thank you for the healthy alternative!
Dquiat, next time bake it longer since no two ovens are exactly alike, as you can see from my photo it was crispy.
OMG! You’ve done it again. I’m in love with this and absolutely giving it a try.
Oye, thank you. I hope you enjoy it!