Name: Simple But Tasty Low Carb Fried Zucchini in the Air Fryer!
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 22 min
Yield: 11
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 medium zucchini sliced thinly lengthwise; 1 cup of crushed pork rinds; 1/2 cup of grated parmesan cheese; 1 clove of garlic, crushed; 1/4 cup of mayonnaise

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This low carb fried zucchini is crispy, delicious and so easy to make in the air fryer. With just 5 ingredients you can have a tasty keto snack or side dish in minutes. It’s the perfect recipe to use up summer garden zucchini! Each slice of this gluten free, breaded zucchini has only 0.6g net carbs.

You might also like this keto cheesy zucchini in the air fryer!

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My husband is pumped for his garden this summer and he always grows a lot of zucchini. I love zucchini but the problem is that I am the only one in my family that will eat it. However my husband will eat thinly sliced fried zucchini. That’s it.

So I break out the air fryer and make this low carb fried zucchini and it’s delicious. I only used a few ingredients and I was done in about 15 minutes. And one slice of this fried zucchini has only 0.6g net carbs and is gluten free!

How To Make Air Fryer
Low Carb Fried Zucchini

First slice the zucchini using a mandoline to make long, thin slices.
In a shallow bowl, mix the crushed pork rinds and parmesan cheese.
in a small baggie add the mayonnaise and crushed garlic.
Dip the slice of zucchini in the baggie and smother with mayo.
Take it out and coat in the pork rind mixture.
Air fry for 13 minutes at 350°F.
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two white plates with keto fried zucchini made in the air fryer and a red tea towel, bowls of bread crumb and parmesan cheese and raw zucchini slices — You can make this air fryer low carb fried zucchini in just about 15-20 minutes.

Low Carb Fried Zucchini Ingredients

With the success of my air fryer keto chicken nuggets and fish sticks, I’m now hooked on this pork rind breading. So for this fried zucchini recipe I only used zucchini, mayonnaise, garlic, parmesan cheese and pork rinds.

This is a simple recipe but I will tell you ways to amp up the flavor in the recipe tips section later in the post.

ingredients to make keto fried zucchini: zucchini, mayonnaise, garlic, and pork rinds — This is all you need to make gluten free fried zucchini. Add some cajun spices or use flavored pork rinds to add even more flavor.

Let’s Make Some Keto Fried Zucchini!

Firs thing you want to do is slice the zucchini thinly to make long strips. I use a mandoline I bought at Aldi and it works great to make uniform thin slices but you can do it by hand.

Next put them on a tea towel and dry them off so the coating will stick to it.

mandoline and raw sliced zucchini on a checked tea towel — Use a mandoline to get your zucchini very thin and uniformly cut. Then dry with a tea towel so the coating sticks.

Next add the mayonnaise and crushed garlic to a small baggie and squish to mix it up. Put the pork rinds in a mini food processor and grind them in bread crumb size. Mix the pork rinds and parmesan cheese in a shallow bowl and set aside.

Then take 1 slice of dried zucchini and put it in the baggie to coat it with the mayonnaise mixture. Take it out and put it in the pork rind mixture and coat both sides. Spray the trays of your air fryer and lay the breaded zucchini on them.

air fryer rack with breaded zucchini ready to be air fried — Make sure to spray the racks before placing the zucchini on these racks.

How Long To Bake Fried Zucchini In The Air Fryer

You want to bake the breaded zucchini for 10 – 15 minutes in the air fryer which is set to 350°F. The times may differ depending on how thin you cut your zucchini. Mine took 13 minutes to bake.

By the way you can find the air fryer that I use and more low carb air fryer recipes here.

white plates with low carb fried zucchini and a red tea towel in the background — Sprinkle some parmesan cheese on top or make an easy dipping sauce for this fried zucchini.

Recipe Tips & Notes

Make sure to use a mandoline to cut uniform thin slices of zucchini.
Using a baggie for the mayo mixture keeps your hands cleaner but you can put it in a bowl and do it that way too.
To add more spice to this dish, try different flavored pork rinds or add addition spices to the bread crumb mixture.
I added garlic to the mayo because I like that flavor combination with fried food but you don’t really need it. Horseradish might be good too.
Try making a dip by mixing a little mayo or sour cream with a bit of lemon juice and garlic. Here are some recipes for keto dipping sauces: avocado lime , buffalo aioli, tomato bacon jam, roasted garlic aioli, jalapeno aioli
Also a low carb marinara would be good too.

closeup of a white plate with a piece of fried zucchini with a bite taken out.

Well this is just a simple keto fried zucchini recipe but it’s a good one to build on. Make it your own with different spices in your breading or make a tasty dipping sauce. Either way it will be great with those garden zucchini this summer.

The nutritional information for 1 piece is 95 cals
7.5g fat / 0.8g carbs / 0.2g fiber / 6.5g protein = 0.6g net carbs

Where To Buy Pork Rind Breading

If you don’t want to make your own pork rind crumbs you can always buy these Pork Panko breading crumbs on Amazon!