Healthy Baked Zucchini Sticks easily made right in the oven or the air fryer! Serve with your favorite marinara sauce and enjoy!
Ok so I have a serious obsession with anything breaded. Breaded cheese. Breaded chicken. Breaded onion rings. Mmm it just makes everything taste that much better. So why not zucchini??
One of my favorite things to order when watching football games out at the bar is fried zucchini sticks…aaaaand they’re literally like 6194639101795730 calories. Don’t worry, I counted. So I wanted to make a healthier version without all the butter and oil that is required when deep fat frying these babies. Baked is the way to go people! I added a hint of parmesan to the Italian breadcrumbs and these tasted absolutely amazing. Oh and of course, the perfect appetizer for game day!
And at only 2 points for 4 zucchini sticks PLUS some marinara sauce for dipping, you definitely get to indulge! I don’t know about you, but I’ll take these over the fattening fried stuff any day.
Plus it leaves more room for cocktails.
Priorities.
Baked Zucchini Sticks
Healthy Baked Zucchini Sticks easily made right in the oven or the air fryer! Serve with your favorite marinara sauce and enjoy!
Ingredients
- 3 Tbsp Italian bread crumbs
- 2 Tbsp grated parmesan cheese
- 1 egg white
- 1 tsp. fat-free milk
- 2 large zucchini, cut lengthwise and in half (about 16 sticks)
- 1/3 cup pasta sauce, warmed
- Nonstick cooking spray
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Spray baking sheet with cooking spray and set aside. Combine bread crumbs and parmesan cheese in a shallow dish. Combine egg white and milk in another dish and beat with a fork until well blended.
- Dip each zucchini stick first into the crumb mixture, then into the egg white mixture, allowing excess to drip back into the dish. Roll again in the crumb mixture to coat. Place zucchini sticks on prepared baking sheet; spray with cooking spray.
- Bake 15 to 18 minutes or until golden brown. Serve with pasta sauce and enjoy!
Nutrition
Serving: 4sticks + 4 tsp marinara | Calories: 69kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 2g | Fiber: 1g
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Love the idea.
Do you always use egg white to batter? For some reason I can never get it to work when I’m baking mets or veggies, so I normally trade it out for lowfat buttermilk. Wonder if these would be good that way!
Help! I tried these tonight, and they did not look as pretty. The breading didn’t stick. 🙁
Did you line them with the skin side part down? This was my first time making them, and I’m kinda bummed.
Love it! The greasy version makes my tummy hurt so I’ll take these over them any day as well.
Too funny. Sizzled. How many calories? LoL
Great idea! I rarely bread things but these look so light and delicious they’re going on my list 😉
Yum! This look delish! Will definitely have to try these bad boys out! 🙂
Emma
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Looks like a yummy snack, will have to try.
I am a new reader of your blog, and just wanted to say LOVE your healthy, low-calorie cooking. I’ve been eating similar food ever since I was 20, in my first apartment (where I could cook what I wished!) Anyhow, I’m 60 now, and pleased to say I’ve weighed the same ALL of my life (with variation of couple pounds).
Looking forward to finding delish recipes here!
Well done Kelly! Those look super amazing! I wish I could find a good vegan cheese to try this with! Xo
I love healthy snacks and these look fantastic. Congrats for Top 9 today:)