Fried Green Zucchini

"A lighter take on Idgie and Ruth's favorite dish..."
 
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Ready In:
25mins
Ingredients:
12
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • In shallow dish, combine cornmeal, fennel seeds, oregano, salt, cayenne and pepper. In another dish, beat eggs with water.
  • Cut zucchini into ½-inch slices. Dip each slice into flour to coat; shake off excess. Dip into egg mixture; dip into cornmeal mixture, pressing mixture on to coat.
  • In skillet, heat half of the oil and butter over medium-high heat; add half of the zucchini and reduce heat to medium. Cook, gently turning once, for 5 to 7 minutes or until zucchini is soft inside and outside is golden. Repeat with remaining oil, butter and zucchini.

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Reviews

  1. Turned out great!!!
     
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  2. Pretty good. Didn't use fennel.
     
  3. I absolutely LOVED these little nibbles. (: So much, in fact, that I will be making them again today!!! Unfortunately, I couldn't find fennel seeds anywhere but a friend is going to help me out so I will post again when I've had them...I can't imagine them being any better than they already are. Made for PAC 2007. Thanks country girl kim, for sharing this terrific recipe.
     
  4. This was tasty and unique. I did not have any cornmeal, but did have seafood breading. I used that in place of both the cornmeal and the flour. The fennel added a nice flavor. I left out the cayenne and halved the recipe as I only had one zuke. This was enough for 2 people. I served this with chicken parmesan. Great!
     
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Tweaks

  1. Omit fennel, double salt, fry on med low at 3 min 3 secs per side. I used fresh pick from the garden zucchini so cooking time and lower temperature was necessary.
     

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I live in a century old farmhouse on the Bruce Peninsula of Ontario. I work as an artist and bring that creative chaos into the kitchen! My favourite cookbook is my collection of my, my mom and grandma's recipes - called Bountiful. I put it together as a gift last Christmas and it's over 120 pages! My passions are family, friends, living healthy and happy, working towards a safe and loving world. My pet peeves? nasty people, mittens with holes, coffee dregs, margarine and cool whip.
 
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