{"id":40371,"date":"2026-11-08T12:31:42","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T19:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=40371"},"modified":"2026-11-08T13:07:16","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T20:07:16","slug":"simple-zucchini-fritters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=40371","title":{"rendered":"Simple Zucchini Fritters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-40373\" src=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Simple-Zucchini-Fritters.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"335\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Simple-Zucchini-Fritters.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Simple-Zucchini-Fritters-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Simple-Zucchini-Fritters-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Simple-Zucchini-Fritters-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Simple-Zucchini-Fritters-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Simple-Zucchini-Fritters-1025x1536.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Simple-Zucchini-Fritters-180x270.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/>Simple Zucchini Fritters<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1 large or 2 small zucchini<\/p>\n<p>\u00bc C, chopped Scallion<\/p>\n<p>2 eggs<\/p>\n<p>1\/4 cup all-purpose flour + scant tsp. baking powder<\/p>\n<p>salt and pepper for seasoning \u2013 to your taste<\/p>\n<p>Sunflower oil or olive oil<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Take a box grater and on the side with the largest holes shred the zucchini.\u00a0 Place in a colander in the sink and sprinkle with 1\/2 tsp. of salt.\u00a0 Mix well and gently so salt gets in all the nooks and crannies.\u00a0 Leave like this for around 10 minutes or so.\u00a0 Take a clean kitchen towel \u2013 flour sack style is best \u2013 place the salted zucchini in the towel and wring out the excess moisture.\u00a0 If you don\u2019t have a towel you can just wring it in your hands!!\u00a0 Place the squeezed zucchini in a large bowl.\u00a0\u00a0 Using the same grater shred the scallion \u2013 Gently stir in eggs, salt and pepper.\u00a0 Mix well then slowly add flour.\u00a0 Again mix well so there are no lumps. Heat a large saut\u00e9 pan over medium-high heat.\u00a0 Add 2 T. of oil.\u00a0 Heat just until the oil sputters when you drop a small spoonful of the zucchini batter into the pan.\u00a0 Carefully spoon about 2 T. of zucchini batter into hot oil.\u00a0 Keep spooning batter spacing the fritters a couple inches apart. Cook until golden about 2 or more minutes.\u00a0 Lower the heat a bit to medium flip the fritters and keep cooking till golden on the other side about 2 or 3 minutes more.\u00a0 Remove cooked fritters from pan to a plate that has been lined with paper towels.\u00a0 Continue till all batter is cooked.\u00a0 You may need to add more oil to pan \u2013 just be sure to let oil get hot before you start frying the next round.\u00a0 Serve as is or you can serve the firtters with a side of sour cream or creme fraiche with some fresh dill or basil finely chopped and mixed into cream.\u00a0 Lemon Basil Oil or Garlic Aioli would also be tasty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simple Zucchini Fritters &nbsp; 1 large or 2 small zucchini \u00bc C, chopped Scallion 2 eggs 1\/4 cup all-purpose flour + scant tsp. baking powder salt and pepper for seasoning \u2013 to your taste Sunflower oil or olive oil &nbsp; Take a box grater and on the side with the largest holes shred the zucchini.\u00a0 Place in a colander in the sink and sprinkle with 1\/2 tsp. of salt.\u00a0 Mix well and gently so salt gets in all the nooks&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=40371\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,3],"tags":[214,87,264],"class_list":["post-40371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appetizers-snacks","category-vegetables","tag-fried","tag-from-the-garden","tag-nutrition-skipped"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40371"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40374,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40371\/revisions\/40374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}