Mediterranean Diet Air Fried Zucchini Chips

Mediterranean Diet Air Fried Zucchini Chips that are so easy to make.

These tasty chips are crunchy on the outside and sweet and rich in the center.

Mediterranean Diet Air Fried Zucchini Chips

This is a simple recipe for making zucchini chips without frying them in oil.

The ingredients in this recipe have been modified to make them friendly to the Mediterranean diet as well.

Did you try my recipe for Mediterranean Diet Olive Oil Crackers?

That cracker recipe is another easy and tasty snack idea. Both this zucchini chip recipe and that cracker recipe are nice snack ideas for followers of the Mediterranean diet!

Air fryers are a convenient and easy way to cook or bake food. You can find a selection of air fryers at a good price here.

Frequently asked questions about Mediterranean diet snacks.

Tips for air frying zucchini.

For best results, slice your zucchini as thin as possible (about ¼"). You can use a mandoline to help you do this.

Here are some more great tips for you.

1. After slicing your zucchini, place them on a small stack of paper towels or clean kitchen towel with a bit of salt sprinkled on top. Doing this for 15-20 minutes can help take out some of the extra moisture that is in the zucchini.
2. While this recipe uses almond flour, you can make this recipe even more Mediterranean diet friendly by using whole wheat flour instead.
3. To make this recipe vegan simply swap out the eggs with flax eggs. You can also use nutritional yeast instead of the parmesan cheese.

How to store zucchini chips.

These zucchini chips should be stored in an airtight container or zip top and refrigerated. You can simply warm them up in the air fryer to enjoy within a few days.

By the way, while you are here you may also be interested in these ideas.

• Mediterranean Diet Olive Oil Crackers
• Chipotle and Roasted Pepper Hummus
• Mediterranean Diet Eggplant Caponata
• White Bean Cranberry Hummus
• Mediterranean Diet Zucchini Coffee Cake
• Easy Beet and Cashew Dip
• Mediterranean Diet Chocolate Zucchini Bread
• Oven Baked Zucchini Crisps

 

About Mediterranean Diet Air Fried Zucchini Chips

This is a simple recipe for making zucchini chips in an air fryer.
Air frying these zucchini chips takes out the oil that is needed to fry them.

Making this recipe involves setting up a dredging station using shallow bowl.

A dredging station is where we set up shallow bowls filled with the ingredients that are needed to make the coating for the chips. The first bowl will hold the eggs that are needed to bind the dry ingredients to the zucchini chips and the second bowl holds the dry ingredients.

Ingredients needed to make Air fryer zucchini chips.

• Zucchini. You zucchinis should be cleaned and ends trimmed off as needed. The skin should stay on.
• Eggs. The eggs are whipped and then used to bind the dry ingredients to the chips. You most likely will not use all of the whipped egg.
• Almond Flour. Fine not meal. Also, whole wheat flour can alternatively be used.
• Parmesan Cheese. The cheese should be grated. Nutritional yeast can be used instead.
• Seasonings as desired. This can include Italian Seasonings, Mediterranean Diet Seasoning Blend, Greek Seasoning Blend, Salt, and/or Pepper.
• Nonstick spray and/or spray of oil such as olive oil.

How to make Mediterranean Diet Air Fried Zucchini Chips

Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 8 minutes
Total time: 18 minutes
Servings: 2-4

• Carefully slice the zucchini if you have not done so. If your slices seem very watery then you can place them on a stack of paper towels or a clean kitchen towel for about fifteen minutes to dry out a bit.
• In a shallow bowl, beat or whip your eggs.
• Next, in a second shallow bowl, use a whisk or a fork to mix together the almond flour, the seasonings and the cheese.
• Preheat your air fryer to 400 and lightly spray the basket.
• Use a fork to dip the first sliced zucchini piece into the egg bowl and then dip the chip into the flour mixture.
• Place the chip into the basket of your air fryer. Repeat this process until you can fill the basket without overcrowding the chips.
• Lightly spray the chips with a bit of oil.
• Air fry for eight minutes, stopping to flip the chips at four minutes or until crisp.
• Repeat the process until you are done making all of the chips.

Expert Tip👉 You can make your zucchini chips even more crisp by giving them a quick spray with nonstick or olive (or other) oil before placing them into the fryer basket and then when taking them out of the basket.

👇👇👇 Related recipes you may also be interested in.👇👇👇

• Easy Zucchini Salad
• Oven Baked Zucchini Crisps
• Easy Vegan Zucchini Muffins
• Mediterranean Diet Zucchini Coffee Cake
• Spicy Air Fried Carrots

Mediterranean Diet Air Fried Zucchini Chips, a healthier and tasty vegetable snack recipe idea that is also gluten free and keto low carb.