Keto Zucchini Fritters made with creamy ricotta cheese are a fantastic, low carb, gluten free, nut free, keto side dish for any meal!
Easy Zucchini Fritters
There's just something about zucchini in season in the summer months that just make me want to make all recipes using zucchini! I can't get enough of it, and hopefully you can't either and are looking for more ways to use this delicious vegetable!
Today's recipe is a very easy zucchini fritter recipe that is perfect to use up zucchini if you have a garden and have an overload. Simply double or even triple the recipe to make more to have on hand in the fridge for the rest of the week. You could even cook these and freeze them for another time in the next month when you just need a simple side.
Using coconut flour helps absorb some of the moisture and water typically found in grated zucchini. If you don't like coconut flour and want to swap it with almond flour you would need to use more like 1- 1.5 cups of almond flour to make these hold together well. I would highly suggest trying the coconut flour though as you honestly won't even taste a coconut flavor. The spices with the ricotta cheese and flavor of zucchini are the stars in this recipe.
Enjoy with some main meals like my Crock Pot Garlic Parmesan Chicken or Crock Pot Maple BBQ Pulled Beef.
Or just serve it with a delicious salad for a vegetarian meal!
- Spring Roll Salad
- Cauliflower Potato Salad
- Mediterranean Cauliflower Salad
- Mediterranean Stuffed Peppers
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Keto Zucchini Fritters
Keto Zucchini Fritters
Ingredients
- 2 medium zucchini (about 400 grams or 14 ounces)
- 3 ounces ricotta cheese
- ½ cup coconut flour
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 tablespoon fresh basil chopped
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- salt and pepper to taste
- oil for frying
Instructions
- Grate the zucchini and place in a colander to drain for 10 minutes.
- Place into a clean cloth and squeeze until almost dry.
- Place in a large mixing bowl and add all of the other ingredients, except for the oil, and
mix really well. - Refrigerate mixture for 30 minutes to allow it to thicken.
- Heat a few tablespoons of oil in a frying pan and dollop approx. ¼ cup of mixture at a
time into the oil, using a spoon to neaten the edges and spread it out to a
fritter. You should be able to make about 10 fritters. - Fry until golden on both sides. Enjoy immediately.
- Store in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
Notes
Nutrition
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Josie
Any chance you can airfry these?
Brenda
I think so though I've not tested it out. I'd probably air fry at 400 degrees for maybe 10 minutes.
Stephanie
Hi Brenda,
Do you think the recipe would work with almond flour instead of coconut flour?
Thanks,
Steph
Brenda
You might need a lot more almond flour because about 1/4 cup coconut is equal to about 1 cup almond, so it's a big difference but its possible, I've just not tested it out.
Michael
I like the idea of many of your recipes; however I find that some of the ingredients are very difficult to get here (Canada). It is unfortunate.
Otherwise good stuff!
Mike
Sue Ostrowski
Hi Brenda! I'm a new fan...question...can these zucchini fritters be broiled or baked rather than fried? If so, how would the recipe change?
Thanks so much and I will be following your wonderful recipes!
Brenda
I think baked then broiled at the end to crisp them up would work nicely.
Dee Hoertz
Is one fritter considered a serving?
Brenda
No 2 fritters are 1 serving
Janeth H.
Hi there Brenda! These look fantastic, so I'll be fixing them for tonites side dish with grilled chicken. I'll let you know how my veggie-phobic husband likes them, unless veggies are disguised by frying or battered, he won't even look at them. Fingers crossed!! Thank you for being my keto-veggie-gluten & sugar free Queen!
Brenda
Thank you so much!