Young zucchini in crispy cheese breading

A wonderful recipe for cooking zucchini in the oven without oil. Zucchini in crispy cheese breading is a great snack! It is cooked in the oven without oil and fat, it turns out crispy on the outside, but soft and tender inside.
Natalia VasilenkoAuthor avatar
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Composition / ingredients

servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 31 % 8 g
Fats 27 % 7 g
Carbohydrates 42 % 11 g
136 kcal
GI: 27 / 0 / 73

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 40 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    Prepare all the ingredients. Since the zucchini is prepared quickly, we will immediately turn on the oven to warm up at 180 degrees. To prepare this recipe, it is better to use young zucchini.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Wash the zucchini, dry it, cut off the tips from both sides and cut in half. Cut each half lengthwise into two parts and cut, depending on the size, into 3, 4 more parts. Send the squash sticks to a bowl, add salt, ground black pepper to your taste, you can use a seasoning for vegetables and leave for 15 minutes.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Let's do the breading for now. Grate the cheese on a fine grater, combine with breadcrumbs and mix well. Beat the eggs with a small amount of salt with a fork or whisk. Breading ready-made zucchini.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    To do this, first roll the zucchini in flour, then dip it in an egg, then in cheese breading and spread it on a baking sheet covered with baking paper. So breading all the zucchini. We send a baking sheet with zucchini in the oven for 30 minutes, until an appetizing cheese crust forms. This snack is delicious both hot and cold.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Serve a crispy appetizer of zucchini with sour cream, dill or garlic sauce. Zucchini in crispy cheese breading is ready! For a more detailed recipe for cooking zucchini, see the video. Enjoy your meal!

The benefits of zucchini can be judged by the vitamin composition. Zucchini contains vitamins of groups A, B, C, H, PP and the famous vitamin of youth – E (tocopherol) – a natural antioxidant that helps the body fight free radicals and slow down aging. Due to the high content of vitamin C and beta-carotene, which contribute to the overall strengthening of the body, zucchini are useful for patients on the mend, weakened people and are very well suited for baby food. The beneficial properties of zucchini are also visible when analyzing the mineral composition of this vegetable. There is potassium, sodium, magnesium, phosphorus and iron. Moreover, the ratio of potassium and sodium is such that the use of zucchini removes excess sodium salts from the body. Zucchini is useful for people suffering from hypertension and cardiovascular diseases. Due to the combination of iron and vitamin C, zucchini are necessary in the diet of people suffering from anemia, doctors say.

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Chicken egg - 157   kcal/100g
  • Egg white - 45   kcal/100g
  • Egg powder - 542   kcal/100g
  • Egg yolk - 352   kcal/100g
  • Ostrich egg - 118   kcal/100g
  • Dutch cheese - 352   kcal/100g
  • Swiss cheese - 335   kcal/100g
  • Russian cheese - 366   kcal/100g
  • Kostroma cheese - 345   kcal/100g
  • Yaroslavsky cheese - 361   kcal/100g
  • Altai cheese 50% fat content - 356   kcal/100g
  • Soviet cheese - 400   kcal/100g
  • Cheese "steppe" - 362   kcal/100g
  • Uglich cheese - 347   kcal/100g
  • Poshekhonsky cheese - 350   kcal/100g
  • Lambert cheese - 377   kcal/100g
  • Appnzeller cheese with 50% fat content - 400   kcal/100g
  • Chester cheese with 50% fat content - 363   kcal/100g
  • Edamer cheese with 40% fat content - 340   kcal/100g
  • Cheese with mushrooms of 50% fat content - 395   kcal/100g
  • Emmental cheese with 45% fat content - 420   kcal/100g
  • Gouda cheese with 45% fat content - 356   kcal/100g
  • Aiadeus cheese - 364   kcal/100g
  • Dom blanc cheese (semi-hard) - 360   kcal/100g
  • Lo spalmino cheese - 61   kcal/100g
  • Cheese "etorki" (sheep, hard) - 401   kcal/100g
  • White cheese - 100   kcal/100g
  • Fat yellow cheese - 260   kcal/100g
  • Altai cheese - 355   kcal/100g
  • Kaunas cheese - 355   kcal/100g
  • Latvian cheese - 316   kcal/100g
  • Limburger cheese - 327   kcal/100g
  • Lithuanian cheese - 250   kcal/100g
  • Lake cheese - 350   kcal/100g
  • Gruyere cheese - 396   kcal/100g
  • Ground black pepper - 255   kcal/100g
  • Whole durum wheat flour fortified - 333   kcal/100g
  • Whole durum wheat flour, universal - 364   kcal/100g
  • Flour krupchatka - 348   kcal/100g
  • Flour - 325   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Breadcrumbs - 347   kcal/100g
  • Young zucchini - 24   kcal/100g

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