Healthy Baked Zucchini Sticks easily made right in the oven or the air fryer! Serve with your favorite marinara sauce and enjoy!
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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??
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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!
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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.
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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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I’m in trouble. I made these tonight w/a few differences–absolutely delicious. I used ranch and spaghetti sauce as dips, but the ranch just sets them off. Im making them every chance i get.
Made these tonight for my family and they LOVED them!
Made these tonight for my family and they LOVED them, thanks for sharing the recipe:)
I made these tonight and the batter did not stick BUT they tasted wonderful! What’s the secret to getting the bread crumb mixture to sticking? I followed the recipe to a T!
Can’t wait any more, this would be on cards for this week end! Thanks How Many Calories Counter
Great, great recipe! I added this to my zucchini article – thank you for this healthy spin on a favorite snack!
http://www.examiner.com/article/market-report-what-s-season-zucchinis
Been meaning to make these for awhile but didn’t have time. Finally made them tonight and I must say they were definately worth the wait!!! So delicious! Would make them again in a heartbeat.
This is great! I am on a low carb diet and this is baked .Will try it soon. Thank you Kelly.
Delish! These are amazing! I love zucchini. 🙂 Thanks for sharing on Fit and Fabulous!! Hope to see you this weekend!
Totally agree with you on the breaded thing! Also on the bakes zucchini, it’s addicting. I started making fried zucchini coins and even though they taste amazing we have to keep it healthy. Love your marinara dipping sauce.