Uncle Bill's Deep Fried Zucchini Strips
Total Time: 25 mins
Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
Ingredients
- Servings: 4
- 1 medium zucchini, - 8 inches long
- 2 large eggs, beaten
- 2 tablespoons whole milk, homogenized
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon seasoning salt
- 3/4 cup cracker crumb (saltines)
- 2 cups extra virgin olive oil (for deep frying) or 2 cups vegetable oil (for deep frying)
- 1 (2 ounce) package bearnaise sauce mix
Recipe
- 1 wash and trim zucchini, (do not peel).
- 2 cut zucchini into about 2 1/2" long by 1/2" thick strips.
- 3 in a medium-size mixing bowl, beat eggs and milk until fluffy.
- 4 in a plastic bag, add flour, seasoning salt and shake well.
- 5 in a separate plastic bag, add finely crushed saltine crackers.
- 6 dip zucchini strips in egg mixture.
- 7 drop into flour mixture and shake well to coat.
- 8 dip again into egg mixture.
- 9 drop into crushed crackers and shake well to coat.
- 10 heat olive oil to 325 f to 350 f in a medium-size frying pan or use a deep fryer.
- 11 drop coated zucchini (a few at a time) in the hot oil and cook until lightly browned, about 2 minutes, turning once, (do not overcook).
- 12 zucchini should be crunchy.
- 13 serve immediately with bearnaise sauce as a dip.
- 14 sauce for dipping: prepare contents of bearnaise sauce according to package directions or make your own.
- 15 note: instead of using plastic bags, place the flour mixture in a mixing bowl, and the crumbs in a separate bowl. this will not be quite as messy.
- 16 also, panko crumbs would be excellent or cornflake crumbs.
- 17 see uncle bill's homemade panko style bread crumbs.
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