Zucchini Patties with sweet potato – Air Fryer Recipe

Zucchini patties are a crispy, light snack or side dish you can make in minutes that everyone will LOVE! Made with Zucchini, sweet potato and almond flour and air fried until crispy and delicious. Gluten free, low carb and Vegetarian.

These Zucchini Patties are packed with crazy good flavor and they get super crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside. This zucchini recipe is gluten free and low carb but still so good!

My family is obsessed with these air fryer zucchini fries, so I knew I had to come up with another recipe to use up all of our zucchini and these air fryer zucchini patties are the real deal. Nobody will ever notice that they are not fried in oil.

Ingredients in homemade zucchini patties

• Zucchini – you will need about 2 cup shredded zucchini
• Sweet Potato – about 1 cup shredded
• Egg
• Shredded parmesan cheese
• Almond flour – you could also use all purpose gluten free flour or regular flour.
• Garlic powder + Italian seasoning
• Salt
• Baking powder – I used gluten free

How To Make Zucchini Patties

1. Prepare the zucchini – you will need to shred the zucchini using a box grater or you can chop it into chunks and pulse it a few times in a food processor. You then want to place the shredded zucchini into a strainer over a bowl and add the salt. Let it sit for a few minutes. This will remove the excess water from the zucchini. Then place it into a clean towel and ring out the rest of the moisture from the zucchini.
2. Make the mixture and form the zucchini patties – Add the shredded zucchini, shredded sweet potato, egg, almond flour, parmesan cheese, Italian seasoning, garlic, baking powder and olive oil to a medium bowl and mix it all together. Then use a ⅓ cup measuring cup or ice cream scoop to portion out the mixture into about 5 even size patties.
3. Cook the patties – preheat the air fryer to 380 degrees F and spray the air fryer basket with olive oil spray. Place the patties into the basket in an even layer. Make sure not to over crowd the basket. I was able to fit 4 at a time in my air fryer. Spray the patties with olive oil spray and cook them at 380 degrees F for 10-11 minutes.
4. Serve – Once the zucchini patties are done cooking, remove them from the air fryer and serve hot topped with plain Greek yogurt and dill or chives.

Recipe Substitutions

• To make this recipe vegan, you can use flax egg in place of the egg in this recipe. Use vegan parmesan cheese in place of the cheese.
• You can use red or white potato in place of the sweet potato.
• If you don’t have enough zucchini then shredded yellow squash will also work.
• Add in some corn for even more flavor. You can add about ¼ cup to the mixture before you form and cook the zucchini patties.
• To keep this recipe nut free, you can use gluten free all purpose flour or regular all purpose flour in place of the almond flour.

Ways to serve air-fried zucchini patties

Here are a few ways to serve these zucchini fritters.

• As an appetizer or snack with hummus or tzatziki sauce.
• Deviled eggs would go great with these zucchini patties as a light healthy meal.
• Pair them with these amazing bbq crockpot meatballs.
• Enjoy them as a side dish with chicken sausage and veggies.

Recipe Tips

• Shred the zucchini and sweet potato well without any large chunks or the mixture will be tough to form.
• Make sure to squeeze all of the excess water out of the zucchini. If the mixture is still too wet then add more flour about 1 tablespoon at a time.
• Spray the zucchini patties with olive oil spray before cooking so they get super crispy.

FAQ

More zucchini recipes to try!

• Healthy Zucchini Muffins
• Gluten Free Zucchini Banana Bread
• Healthy Zucchini Pizza Boats
• Incredible Air Fryer Zucchini
• Turkey Zucchini Meatballs

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