The Best Air Fryer Zucchini Recipes - It Starts With Good Food (2024)

Air Fryer Zucchini is easy, tasty, and healthy! I have found the best ways to cook zucchini in the air fryer for quick meals! Stuffed zucchini, zucchini nachos, pizza, and more can all be made in the air fryer in a matter of minutes!

Summer comes with many perks but one of the best is gardening and fresh vegetables! A summer staple is fresh zucchini. These fresh vegetables are absolutely delicious and incredibly versatile. We’ve combined our favorite zucchini recipes to get you through the summer vegetable season!

Does anyone else have a wonderful neighbor, friend, or family member that shares vegetables from their garden? Maybe they plant a little too much? Or maybe you are the one that is always a little overzealous when it comes time each spring to plan the size of your garden. Well if you’re cupboards are overflowing with zucchini or use just love eating summer vegetables we have created a round-up of our favorite zucchini recipes to keep your stack of summer vegetables under control!

Is Zucchini Healthy?

Zucchini is a vegetable from the summer squash family that is a common garden vegetable in the United States. They are an incredibly healthy vegetable that is low in calories but high in nutrients. They also contain antioxidants and are associated with several digestive benefits.

Is Zucchini Low-carb?

Another health benefit of zucchini is that they are low in carbohydrates. Whether you are following a low-carb diet for weight management or have diabetes this is a great vegetable to include with your meals. Zucchini is very versatile and can be combined with an assortment of other ingredients to create a well-rounded yet low-carb meal.

The Best Ways to Cook Zucchini

There are numerous ways to cook zucchini. We most often air fry, grill, or bake zucchini, but some of our favorite individual recipes are skillet dishes.Zucchini Frittersare delicious appetizers or side dishes that are only 2 net carbs and are much more healthy than most traditional fritter recipes.Keto Chicken Zucchini Stir Fryis a one-pan skillet dish that is a well-rounded, healthy dinner option.

Grilled Zucchini

Grilling goes with summer just as well as zucchini recipes do! Another healthy, convenient way to prepare squash that requires very little cleanup. TheseGrilled Zucchini Mozzarella Wrapsare an amazing summer side dish that you won’t be able to stop eating! TheseZucchini Hummus Wrapsare a healthy, easy lunch option that will keep your diet on track!

Grilled kabobs are another great way to prepare a grilled, low-carb meal that includes adequate servings of protein and vegetables. We haveChicken,Salmon, andGreekkabobs that will be a hit at your next BBQ!

Baked Zucchini

There are numerous ways to prepare zucchini in the oven. The key to baking with zucchini is to ensure that your dish doesn’t become soggy. We have spent a great deal of time perfecting these baked zucchini recipes to ensure they are tasty, and crisp, and that you won’t even be able to tell they are cooked with zucchini!

Many traditional dishes can have their ingredients substituted with zucchini to create healthier, low-carb alternatives. TheseKeto Zucchini TortillasorKeto Zucchini Friesare great examples. Zucchini can also be used to create low-carb recipes likeKeto BreadsticksorZucchini Lasagna.

How about zucchini for dessert? No, that isn’t a typo. ThisKeto Zucchini Breadis sweet, moist, and has less than 4 net carbs per serving! Zucchini can also be baked to create some delicious appetizers.Crispy Zucchini ChipsandRoasted Zucchini with Parmesanare perfect low-carb appetizers for your next party or potluck.

Air Fryer Zucchini Recipes

Air fryer zucchini recipes check all the boxes for a great recipe option. This style of zucchini recipe offers numerous healthy, easy, and delicious options. Air frying significantly reduces calories compared to traditional deep frying.

It is also quicker than baking food in an oven and creates a more crisp or crunchy dish than baking. The crispness associated with air frying is an especially important component as zucchini recipe critics will highlight that zucchini recipes can be soggy. This is not true of air fryer recipes.

We’ve combined below a list of our air fryer zucchini recipes which are a weekly (if not daily) routine during the summer when we are looking for any way to use our overflowing stack of garden vegetables.

What kind of air fryer should I use?

These recipes will work in any air fryer, though some accomidate the size of zucchini a little better. For example, I use a Ninja 4 quart air fryer for the majority of my recipes and it fits two, possibly three zucchini boats at a time. Alternatively, you can use a shelf style air fryer that accomidates more food if you have a larger family. Both styles work equally well, one just may require batch cooking.

Air Fryer Accessories

There are a few optional tools that may cooking zucchini in the air fryer a little easier. Some of these are size specific so choose the shape and size of your air fryer accordingly.

• Silicone Liners: these are excellent because you can wash and reuse them easily, they come in round and square sizes. These work for basket-style air fryers.
• Reusable Mister: the key to excellent, crispy air fryer food is a smidge of oil! This refillable oil mister is great because you can choose the oil of your choice. I have two and keep one with avocado oil and one with olive oil.
• Metal Skewers: thread your favorite veggies and proteins on skewers for perfect kabobs in the air fryer. This short version works for basket friers, and these long skewers will fit most oven-style friers.

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Other Air Fryer Recipes

• The Best Air Fryer Fajitas: chicken fajitas are ready in just 10 minutes!
• Air Fryer Steak: a perfect, juicy steak with compound butter!
• Italian Sausage in the Air Fryer: excellent with veggies or pasta.
• Air Fryer Grilled Cheese: the ultimate comfort food ready in a flash!