Baked Zucchini Sticks Recipe is a great recipe to use up an abundance of your zucchini crop. Once again it is time for the Secret Recipe Club reveal. So fun to go through other food blogs and find a recipe to try. Even more exciting is to see what others thought was an interesting recipe to try off my blog. It is not revealed until today so here we go! For those of you new to this club concept, each month each blogger is assigned another blog and secretly find a recipe post that we would like to try, finally to reveal our experience with their recipe.
This month’s assignment was one of my favorite group B ladies, Miz Helen’s Country Cottage. Miz Helen shares recipes from her simple living cottage and is the author of a cookbook, Miz Helen’s Kitchen Table cookbook. you will find comfort food recipes to make you feel welcome in her home.
When I received our assignment I had a bounty of Zucchini and chose her recipe for Spicy Zucchini sticks. I only modified the recipe to fit my kids taste buds!
Cutting the zucchini in equal sizes is the most tedious part of the zucchini recipe. The thinner and smaller the zucchini the smaller the seeds. If your kids won’t eat their zucchini this way be sure to check out our yummy Chocolate Zucchini Bread or our super delicious Zucchini bread recipes.
Next set up the stations for the coating right next to each other for easy preparation.
Next place on a coated cooking sheet with some space in between each piece so they can cook evenly.
Then straight into the oven but be sure and turn them. I am not sure what was wrong but I had to put the broiler on for a few minutes to get them crispy. Kids gobbled them up.
Baked Zucchini Sticks Recipe
Baked Zucchini Sticks
Skip the French Frieds and make Baked Zucchini Sticks instead
Ingredients
- 2 to 3 medium Zucchini cut into strips
- 2 egg whites
- 1 whole egg
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1 cup Panko Crumbs
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin, did not use
- 1/2 teaspoon Chipotle chili powder, did not use
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon salt
- Olive Oil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees
- Wash the Zucchini and cut into 1/2 inch X 3 inch strips
- Place the strips onto a layer of paper towels and generously sprinkle with salt, set aside
- This process will allow the extra moisture to be pulled out of the Zucchini
- Next, in a medium bowl mix the flour, Panko crumbs, cumin, Chipotle chili powder, garlic powder, salt and pepper together
- In a medium bowl whip the egg whites and the whole egg with 1/4 cup water until mixed well
- With a paper towel pat the tops of the Zucchini strips until the moisture has been removed
- For the breading process, take just a few at a time so you get really good coverage on all sides
- Drop several strips into the egg mixture and then into the flour and panko mixture
- Generously oil a baking sheet with olive oil
- Place the breaded strip onto a well oiled baking sheet making sure that each strip has room and is not touching the other strip
- Bake uncovered for 20 minutes then turn the squash strips and continue to cook another 15 to 20 minutes until lightly browned
- Remove from the oven and let cool for 30 minutes before serving
Notes
Adapted from Miz Helen's COuntry Kitchen
Nutrition Information
Yield 10 Serving Size 1Amount Per Serving Calories 100Total Fat 3gSaturated Fat 1gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 2gCholesterol 19mgSodium 315mgCarbohydrates 15gFiber 1gSugar 2gProtein 4g
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Delicious way to prepare an abundance of zucchini!
Hi Maria,
I am so happy that you and your family enjoyed the Baked Zucchini Sticks, you did such a great job with the recipe and your photos are just awesome! Thank you so much for your kind comments!
Miz Helen
don’t be afraid make half recipe incase they don’t like this
Think it has a good crunch on these baked foods.
Those look so tasty – I bet even my “I don’t like zucchini” kids would eat those!
Love the idea of panko instead of regular bread crumbs!
I keep pinning recipes like this and then being afraid to try them. Going to give this a go.
Baked SW Zucchini Fries sound so tempting… then Zucchini chips… Hooray for one more tasty preparation for zukes.
that is exactly what I thought when I found this recipe
Glad you found something that brought back your own memories.
Hi Maria, I had your blog this month and enjoyed cruising through yours looking for something special. Thank you for the mini tour of Greece!
I’ve been making zucchini bread like whoa lately with some zucchini a friend gave me. This would be a nice change!
These look great and a different way to use an abundance of zucchini. Great SRC choice!
Great choice for your SRC! I have never prepared zucchini this way, but it seems a fantastic method for zucchini… they browned beautifully in the oven!
Happy Reveal Day from Sally, your fellow member from group D
Great way to use zucchini and a fun way to eat veggies! I love the use of Panko crumbs to give that crispy texture. 🙂
I can’t wait to make these for my kids, too! Thanks for the idea.
They look so good. Your photos are so helpful and the recipe is awesome. who wouldn’t love them as a great side dish.