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    The Yummy Bowl » Recipes » Appetizers

    Chicken Zucchini Fritters Recipe (4 ingredients)

    Sep 16, 2020 · Modified: Sep 10, 2022 by Julia | The Yummy Bowl · This post contains affiliate links · 12 Comments

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    Chicken Zucchini Fritters

    These Chicken Zucchini Fritters are easy, super flavorful and a great meal prep idea for a weekday dinner night. They are loaded with zucchini, ground chicken, and dipped into flour to make them crunchy.

    All this yumminess is served with healthy creamy avocado yogurt dressing.

    Chicken Zucchini Fritters

    We love all kinds of fritters and patties for a quick weeknight dinner. From our Healthy Zucchini Fritters, Fried Salmon Patties to our Vegetarian Patties With Broccoli and Cauliflower.

    Where I’m from, in our family we use to make meat patties (kotlety in Russian) quite often. It would normally consist of ground beef/pork mix, chopped onions, cooked rice, and bread dipped into milk 🙂 or even breadcrumbs.

    That’s basically one of the classical kotleta recipes. Very tasty and juicy!

    For some reason, my mom never made them with chicken at all. Or if she did, then it would be rare. 

    Now, I can’t go without making some chicken fritters once every other week. I'm serious, they are so good, tender, and juicy!

    Chicken Zucchini Fritters

    Healthier recipes are important now more than ever, as my toddler is just starting to grow and explore the world. And he does love them so much! Mind you, he is a picky eater!

    These chicken fritters aka chicken patties are made with ground chicken, zucchini, salt, and flour. I usually make two different batches of these, half of them are just a few ingredients (for the kiddo) and for the other half

    I like to add more flavor like a chopped white onion (add ½ of whole medium size white onion), fresh minced garlic (add 1 garlic clove), and cooked rice (add 2 tablespoons of cooked rice). 

    You too can play around with different flavors, spices and even swap zucchini to another veggie like carrot, cauliflower, spinach. But the main method will remain the same.

    Very easy and quick to make and served with fresh salad on the side will fill your tummy for half of the day for sure!

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    Chicken Zucchini Fritters

    Ingredients for Chicken Zucchini Fritters recipe

    These chicken zucchini fritters are the world's most tender fritters I've ever tried! For this reason, they do require a little care when shaping them as the ground chicken is very tender on it's own.

    You can swap zucchini to any summer squashes, carrots or spinach.

    For this chicken fritters recipe you'll need just 4 ingredients:

    • 1 lb ground chicken
    • 1 ⅓ cup zucchini, grated
    • 1 teaspoon salt
    • 2 tablespoon flour (all purpose gluten free if desired)

    + vegetable oil for cooking

    Dip: For Avocado ''Crema'' yogurt sauce:

    • 3 tablespoon parsley, chopped
    • 2 avocado
    • 3 tablespoon greek yogurt (or substitute with sour cream)
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • 1 teaspoon lemon juice
    • ¼ teaspoon garlic powder

    How To Make Chicken Zucchini fritters

    STEP 1

    Wash and (peel - optional, depends how young is your zucchini) zucchini. Finely grate it into a bowl.

    Then transfer and wrap it into a thin kitchen towel placed over a strainer and a bowl in the bottom. Twist the towel to wring out the moisture. 

    STEP 2

    In a separate bowl mix ground chicken, zucchini, and season with salt. 

    STEP 3

    Shape the mixture into medium-sized balls using your hands (make your hands wet before shaping the balls).

    Chicken Zucchini Fritters

    Prepare a smaller plate/bowl for your flour and dip each chicken fritter into it right before transferring them to the pan (use a spoon as the fritters are very soft and tender).

    STEP 4

    In a medium skillet heat up olive oil and cook chicken fritters for 3-4 minutes both sides.

    For the dipping sauce, simply mix all the ingredients in a bowl and you are ready to serve. Enjoy!

    Chicken Zucchini Fritters

    Can you freeze Chicken Zucchini Fritters?

    Once the fritters are cooked, let them cool completely, transfer to a glass container with a lid (add layers of parchment paper in between the fritters) and pop them into the freezer. They'll be good for up to 2 months.

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    I hope you enjoy this recipe!

    xx Julia

    Chicken Zucchini Fritters

    Chicken Zucchini Fritters Recipe (4 ingredients)

    These Chicken Zucchini Fritters are easy, super flavorful and a great meal prep idea for a weekday dinner night. They are loaded with zucchini, ground chicken, and dipped into a little bit of flour to achieve light crunchiness. All this yumminess is served with healthy creamy avocado yogurt dressing.
    4.58 from 7 votes
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    Author: Julia | The Yummy Bowl
    Course: Appetizer
    Prep Time: 15 minutes
    Cook Time: 15 minutes
    Total Time: 30 minutes
    Servings: 7 fritters
    Calories: 121kcal

    INGREDIENTS

    • 1 lb ground chicken
    • 1 ⅓ cup zucchini (medium size) grated
    • 1 teaspoon salt
    • vegetable oil for cooking
    • 3-4 tablespoon flour all-purpose gluten-free if desired

    For dipping sauce

    • 3 tablespoon parsley or cilantro chopped
    • 2 avocado (medium) mashed
    • 3-4 tablespoon greek yogurt
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • 1 teaspoon lime juice or lemon
    • ¼ teaspoon garlic powder

    INSTRUCTIONS

    • Wash and peel zucchini. Finely grate it into a bowl. Then transfer and wrap it into a thin kitchen towel placed over a strainer and a bowl in the bottom. Twist the towel to wring out the moisture.
    • In a separate bowl mix ground chicken, zucchini, and season with salt.
    • Shape the mixture into medium-sized balls using your hands (make your hands wet before shaping the balls). Prepare a smaller plate/bowl for your flour and dip each chicken fritter into it right before transferring them to the pan (use a spoon as the fritters are very soft and tender). In a medium skillet heat up olive oil and cook chicken fritters for 3-4 minutes both sides.
    • For the dipping sauce, simply mix all the ingredients in a bowl and you are ready to serve. Enjoy!
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    NOTES

    • Nutrition calculated without the dipping sauce.
    • For more flavor add chopped onion, garlic, spinach to your ground chicken mix.
    • Sauce - add more yogurt (or sour cream, creme fraiche) if want a thicker consistency, add little by little until you reach the desired result. Please add seasoning to the taste as well.
    • Squeeze a little bit of lemon or lime juice on top of hot chicken zucchini fritters before serving. 

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    Nutrition Facts
    Chicken Zucchini Fritters Recipe (4 ingredients)
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 121 Calories from Fat 54
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 6g9%
    Saturated Fat 2g13%
    Trans Fat 0.05g
    Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
    Monounsaturated Fat 2g
    Cholesterol 56mg19%
    Sodium 97mg4%
    Potassium 411mg12%
    Carbohydrates 5g2%
    Fiber 0.5g2%
    Sugar 1g1%
    Protein 12g24%
    Vitamin A 47IU1%
    Vitamin C 4mg5%
    Calcium 17mg2%
    Iron 1mg6%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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    1. YtheWait

      September 21, 2020 at 10:21 am

      This is the perfect recipe with chicken for my kids as they love it.

      Reply
      • Julia

        September 23, 2020 at 6:04 pm

        thank you Simona! totally agree, it's healthy and something that kids will love!

        Reply
      • Susan

        August 10, 2022 at 8:08 pm

        5 stars
        What is the Nutrition Facts for these fritters? I just made them, and they are delicious.

        Reply
        • Julia | The Yummy Bowl

          January 25, 2023 at 4:05 am

          thanks! I just added the Nutrition in the recipe card

          Reply
    2. Julia

      August 10, 2021 at 10:23 pm

      5 stars
      Tender mouth-melting chicken and zucchini fritters to satisfy even the pickiest eaters!

      Reply
    3. Linda

      May 17, 2022 at 2:45 am

      Made this tonight and it works great for single people. I found a dressing of cilantro and avocado by Bolthouse that goes great with it. Very good.

      Reply
      • Julia | The Yummy Bowl

        May 23, 2022 at 3:48 pm

        Linda, Thank you so muchh!

        Reply
    4. Seattle-sunshine

      July 08, 2022 at 11:15 pm

      3 stars
      Easy with a very tasty sauce but the patties are pretty bland so hoping someone has come up with a great seasoning combo. I tried onion, chives, oregano with marginal results. Also i will try baking next batch and using dark meat to boost flavor.

      Reply
      • Sesttle-sunshine

        July 08, 2022 at 11:18 pm

        4 stars
        I gave it 4 stars before but app changed it to 3 repeatedly

        Reply
        • Julia | The Yummy Bowl

          July 12, 2022 at 1:44 am

          Thank you so much!

          Reply
      • Julia | The Yummy Bowl

        July 12, 2022 at 12:06 am

        Hi! Do you have Vegeta seasoning? It's honestly the best if you like a lot of seasoning and strong flavor 🙂 Thank you!

        Reply
    5. Julia | The Yummy Bowl

      October 28, 2022 at 9:16 am

      5 stars
      so soft and incredibly easy chicken zucchini patties that kids love!

      Reply

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