From cheap and affordable products, sometimes incredibly tasty dishes are obtained. One of these recipes is zucchini in a pan. Fast and tasty - that's for sure!
The original dish is suitable for breakfast, a snack during the day or a light diet dinner. By changing the constituent ingredients of batter, you can create a unique dish. The main products are only zucchini, egg and wheat flour. Mayonnaise, fresh herbs, cheese (hard or processed), milk or sour cream may be additional.
How to cook zucchini quickly and tasty in a pan - general principles of cooking
You can cook a dish from any zucchini. Fresh and last year's will do. Old vegetables must be removed core and peel. Young specimens can not be cleaned. Vegetable must first be thoroughly washed, remove all excess and dry. Do not cook the dish from zucchini with dark spots or from very soft vegetables. Before dipping in batter, the vegetable can be cut into cubes, a semicircle, cubes or circles.
Any flour is suitable for batter, sifting it is not necessary. Eggs are better to take fresh. Both chicken and quail are suitable.
Crispy batter is obtained with the addition of beer or soda. It is only necessary to add these drinks to the dough immediately after opening the lid. If the bubbles all erode, the dish will not work crispy.
Fry zucchini in batter in a well-heated frying pan with oil for no more than 4 minutes on each side. They should brown, but should not burn.
How to cook zucchini fast and tasty in a pan with cheese
Ingredients Composition:
• 200 g of fresh zucchini;
• one chicken egg;
• 50 g of premium wheat flour;
• 50 g of hard cheese (for example, Russian);
• 2-3 tbsp. l mayonnaise sauce;
• 6-8 g of salt;
• 50 ml of sunflower oil.
Cooking process:
1. Rinse and wipe the zucchini. Cut edges. Since they are young, seeds do not need to be pulled out. Also, do not peel vegetables. Cut zucchini into thin round slices.
2. In a separate bowl, break the egg, grate hard cheese on a grater there. Instead of hard cheese, you can use any processed or soft curd cheese. Add mayonnaise and flour. Season with salt. Add spices if desired. Beat the mixture well with a hand whisk until a homogeneous mass structure.
3. Immerse the zucchini in the cheese batter one at a time. So that they are evenly coated with the mixture. A little mix.
4. Heat oil in a pan and fry the zucchini on both sides.
5. Spread zucchini in batter on a paper towel to remove excess fat. The batter, like the zucchini themselves, takes a lot of oil when frying.
How to cook zucchini quickly and tasty in a pan in milk batter
Ingredients Composition:
• one fresh zucchini or zucchini;
• one chicken egg or three quail;
• 4 tbsp. l premium wheat flour;
• 40 ml of milk of any fat content;
• 50-60 ml of sunflower oil;
• a pinch of spices;
• 5-8 g of salt.
Cooking process:
1. Rinse the zucchini in water and wipe with a napkin. If there are any irregularities or contaminated spots on the skin, they can be cut off. Also remove the ponytail and the place where the flower was. Divide the vegetable with a knife into pieces no more than 6-7 mm thick. Pieces can be round or semicircular, as well as cubes.
2. For a batter mixture in a clean bowl, mix cold milk (if it is warm, the flour may be brewed) with the egg. Beat until smooth. Add wheat flour and mix well (this can be done using a mixer). There should be no lumps or pieces of unmixed flour. Another option is to replace part of the buckwheat wheat flour or any other cereal. Combine the mixture with salt and spices. Mix.
3. Transfer slices of zucchini into a bowl with batter.
4. Heat the pan with oil. Put the first pieces together with the batter. Fry on both sides. Then repeat the procedure with a second run. Fry until tender. If you wish, you can blot the fried pieces with a paper towel to remove the fat remaining from the frying.
How to make zucchini fast and tasty in a beer pan
Ingredients Composition:
• one mature squash;
• 4-5 st. l beer
• one raw egg;
• 3-4 tbsp. l wheat flour;
• 4-5 g of spices;
• salt;
• 60 ml of sunflower oil.
Cooking process:
1. Process the zucchini. Rinse in cold water and wipe. Since a mature vegetable is used, it should be peeled and seeds pulled out. Cut the flesh into thin slices.
2. For a crispy batter, break the egg into a bowl. Add beer (light or dark) and flour. Beat with a whisk or a fork so that the mixture is homogeneous. Add salt and seasoning to your taste. Mix. A crispy batter is obtained if there are a lot of bubbles of carbon dioxide in a beer. Exhausted beer will not give the desired effect.
3. Heat oil in a pan.
4. Dip slices of zucchini in batter and immediately place them in a pan. When the first call of vegetables get a crispy crust on one side, turn them over. Close the pan with a lid and reduce the heat. This is done to mature stiff zucchini a little softened.
5. During the frying process, you can turn the slices in batter several more times until they reach full readiness.
How to cook zucchini quickly and tasty in a pan in green batter
Ingredients Composition:
• one young zucchini;
• a bunch of parsley;
• a couple of branches of dill;
• 2-3 mint leaves;
• one raw egg;
• 50 ml of mayonnaise;
• 3 tbsp. l wheat flour;
• 6-8 g of salt;
• a pinch of spices;
• 40 ml of sunflower oil;
• 20 g butter.
Cooking process:
1. Process all the greens (parsley, dill and mint - if desired, you can choose another one). Go through it and put it in a cup of cold water. For the recipe, only young undamaged leaves with fresh bright green color are suitable. Rinse them in a cup and pull out. Drain the water and rinse the greens again. Arrange on a kitchen towel to dry slightly. Then put in a blender bowl and grind into a mushy mass. To grind more efficiently, add mayonnaise.
2. In the green mixture, mix the egg, salt and spices. Add flour and mix well until smooth.
3. Rinse the zucchini and cut off the ends. Cut the vegetable into thin slices up to 9 mm thick.
4. Dip slices of zucchini into the green batter. Mix.
5. Pour the sunflower oil into the pan and add the butter. Put on fire and wait for the latter to melt.
6. Put the slices in batter and fry first on one side, then on the other. A crispy crust should appear on the surface of the zucchini.
7. Repeat with the remaining slices of zucchini.
8. Put the zucchini in a plate and serve hot.
How to cook zucchini quickly and tasty in a pan in sour cream
Ingredients Composition:
• 300 g of young vegetable marrow;
• one raw egg;
• 1 tbsp. l mayonnaise;
• 1 tbsp. l sour cream of any fat content;
• 20 g of wheat flour;
• 1 tsp corn starch;
• a pinch of ground pepper;
• salt to taste;
• 60-70 ml of sunflower oil.
Cooking process:
1. Start by preparing the vegetable. Rinse and wipe it. Cut the skin and cut into small cubes.
2. Break the egg into a cup and beat it until smooth. Add mayonnaise, sour cream, salt and ground pepper. Pour in sifted wheat flour and corn starch. Mix everything so that all particles are mixed.
3. Add slices of zucchini to the batter and mix.
4. Heat the oil in a pan and spread the squash-and-butter mixture with a tablespoon (or teaspoon), forming small round pancakes. Fry them quickly on both sides to a distinctive rosy color. Zucchini should be soft.
5. Using a wooden spatula, place the pancakes on paper towels.
How to cook zucchini fast and tasty in a bread pan
Ingredients Composition:
• one young zucchini;
• two eggs;
• 60 g of wheat flour;
• 50 g breadcrumbs;
• 30 ml of mayonnaise;
• salt;
• spices;
• 60-70 ml of sunflower oil.
Cooking process:
1. Rinse and wipe the zucchini. Cut into thin slices.
2. For batter, prepare three bowls. First put the wheat flour.
3. In another bowl, break the eggs and add mayonnaise. Stir with a fork so that the mass is homogeneous. Season with salt and spices to your taste.
4. Pour breadcrumbs into a third bowl. You can use the store or made by hand from ordinary unsweetened crackers.
5. Pour oil into a pan and heat.
6. Alternately dip the slices of zucchini on both sides into flour, then into the egg mixture. Last but not least breaded.
7. Spread immediately in hot oil and fry on both sides until cooked. Serve hot.
How to cook zucchini fast and tasty in a pan - tricks and tips
• To zucchini well fried, do not chop them large.
• In the batter for zucchini, you can add any spices or herbs to your taste.
• The batter should be well kneaded so that it does not contain lumps of flour.
• Salt is best added immediately to the batter. It is not recommended to salt the zucchini themselves, otherwise they will let the juice go.
• Zucchini boned in batter should only be sent to a pan with well-heated butter.
• For even faster and tastier cooking of zucchini in batter, you can use the grill pan.
• Ready zucchini in batter is better to lay on a plate covered with paper napkins. They absorb all unnecessary oil.
• If desired, zucchini can be cooked with minced meat. So the dish is much more satisfying.
• Serve the finished zucchini in batter better immediately, while the crust is still crispy.
• As a sauce for zucchini, a mixture of garlic and mayonnaise or sour cream is well suited.
