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These zucchini fritters with feta are one of the best uses of that glut of zucchini in the summertime!
Serve them as a starter, side dish to your beef or chicken or on its own for a lovely vegetarian dinner.
If you find yourself in the food rut, make my zucchini fritters. While zucchini is usually associated with summer food, we all know it is available all year round.
I often just saute it with a little garlic and salt but that gets boring very quickly. It is then when I pull out this recipe for zucchini and feta fritters. Crispy on the outside and studded with salty, briny feta cheese, these little guys are real joy.
You will thank me as soon as have your first bite of these flavour packed zucchini fritters. And again once you have them dipped in a zingy garlic yogurt sauce.
Zucchini Recipes
I love zucchini and use it in my recipes often. They are cheap, abundant in the summer and super versatile. I love that I can use them in both savoury and sweet recipes.
For a tasty and quick dinner I often make creamy Mediterranean pasta with zucchini. These pulled pork sandwiches with carrot and zucchini slaw are absolutely to die for!
My Zucchini Chocolate Muffins are a proof that delicious treats could also pack a healthy punch! The ame could be said about Greek Orzo Salad with Grilled Zucchini or Warm Zucchini Salad. Both are family favourites.
Recipe Tips and Notes
- Grate and salt the zucchini and let it sit for 30 minutes. Salt will draw out the liquid.
- Squeeze out the water very, very well. This is an important step, which will help making your fritters crispy.
- Zucchini flavour is very mild on its own. Enhance the flavour by adding fresh herbs and cheese. I used dill and briny feta cheese. You can play with the flavours and add basil or mint if you don’t like dill.
- Follow the recipe exactly for the flour and egg quantities. These ingredients are what keep your fritters together.
- Heat your oil before adding the fritters for a golden, crisp exterior.
- If you want to make low fat fritters, use your This is an affiliate link.air fryer!! Simply spray your zucchini fritters with a This is an affiliate link.calorie reduced spray and air fry for 5-6 minutes on each side.
- Don’t skip the sauce!! You will need something creamy and punchy to dunk your crispy fritters in!
Serving Suggestions
These zucchini fritters are wonderful both as a side dish to your beef or chicken and as a vegetarian main course.
They are crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside, tasting incredibly fresh with that undeniable zucchini flavours enhanced by feta and dill.
More Zucchini Recipes to Try:
Feta and Zucchini Fritters with Garlic Yogurt Sauce
Ingredients
- 3 zucchini, medium
- 1 tsp salt.
- 1 onion, large
- 1 tbsp butter
- 4 tbsp fresh dill
- 200g/ 1 cup feta cheese, crumbled
- 70g/ 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 tsp black pepper, optional
- oil for frying
For Garlic Yogurt Sauce:
- 250ml/1 cup Greek yogurt
- 2 cloves garlic, pressed
- 1 tbsp fresh dill
Instructions
- Grate zucchini and toss it with 1 tsp. of salt in a large colander, let it sit for 30 min. The salt will draw water out of zucchini. Squeeze the zucchini to remove the excess water and wrap it in two sheets of paper towel, squeeze again. Don’t skip this step! Place zucchini in a large bowl.
- Chop the onion and saute in butter or oil over low heat for about 5 minutes. Add the onion to the bowl of zucchini along with feta cheese and dill, mix to combine.
- Whisk flour and eggs together, the mixture will be sticky and add to the zucchini mixture. Combine all the ingredients together. At this point you can add more salt and freshly ground pepper. I didn’t add any more salt because feta is already quite salty.
- Your zucchini mixture will look more like a zucchini salad rather than a pancake batter,
- Add enough oil to the large skillet to come up about 1/2 inch and allow it to get very hot. Drop the zucchini mixture the size of a golf ball into the hot oil and flatten it a bit to form a patty. Fry until golden on both sides.
- Mix yogurt, minced garlic and chopped dill to make the garlic yogurt sauce. Serve immediately and enjoy!
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I’ve used a few different recipes for zucchini feta fritters over the years and sorry to say this is our least favorite. Even though I cut down on the amount of feta, they were extremely salty (no salt added other than that used to salt the zucchini).
I am sorry to hear that too much feta in the recipe deserved a 1 star rating from you. Here is a quick tip, always taste your feta before adding to any recipe as the salt amount ranges dramatically depending on the brand and country of origin. I am located in the UK, so it’s possible that our products differ.
Would love to make these zucchini/feta fritters for a party. Can they be made ahead of time?
I haven’t tried but theoretically I don’t see why not. You would want to reheat them in the oven before serving, Janice. Of course they are best eaten fresh but I understand why you would want to prep ahead of time! Let me know how they turn out.
This looks delicious!!! Do you think I could use half sour cream and half yougurt for the sauce? Or just use sour cream? I absolutely despise the taste of yougurt!
Oh absolutely, Jessica! No point in making something you don’t like. It will be very delicious with just sour cream!
I tried these tonight and they were totally AMAZING. Thank you sooooooooooo much for posting. These will be regulars in our house from now on as we all thought they were gorgeous. I also used my own fantastic home made Bulgarian yogurt/garlic/dill dip for a true probiotic hit…..awesome combination. 😀
So happy you loved the recipe!! It’s one of my faves as well!! 🙂
Bonjour from France!
I just made these for dinner with a nice green salad. Same here: they were devoured within minutes! My daughter (15) was curious about how they were made which is a big sign of her interest. I only made one change: I used gluten free flour and it was perfect. And I was shocked at how much water came out of the grated zucchini!
Great recipe, it will for sure become a regular at home. Thank you for sharing!
Hello Chantal, your comment made my day. 🙂 Thank you for sharing. I am thrilled to know that you converted the recipe into a gluten-free one and it was a big success! My daughter (7) is starting to show interest in cooking as well and I hope it will grow.
Hi Vikalinka! I’ve made these for an entree for my family have devoured them within 5 minutes of serving! Heres a pic of how they turned out: http://instagram.com/p/e6-fp3pBU4/ Thanks for sharing your lovely recipe!
Thank you for sharing this Martin, your picture looks so delicious!
This is amazing! I love it:)
This is delicious looking. I wish I had a zucchini source too…other than the market, of course. I’ll have to go buy some! I’m going to make these. 🙂
Your photographs are stunning and these zucchini fritters sound absolutely delicious. Thanks for sharing the great recipe
Looks and sounds gorgeous, perfect for that glut of zucchini!
Thank you, I have gone through half of my zucchini so far, planning on making zucchini bread with the other half.