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Air Fryer Zucchini Vegetarian Meatballs. How to make zucchini meatballs for the air fryer. These zucchini meatballs are easy to make, and a healthy eaters dream come true. They are flourless, gluten free, low carb and vegetarian.
Air Fryer Zucchini Vegetarian Meatballs isa delicious Air Fryer vegetarianmeatball recipe. A favourite recipe at recipe this for using up leftoverzucchini and originally posting on RecipeThis.com in January of 2017. We hopeyou love our updated Air Fryer Zucchini Meatballs as much as we do!
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Easy ZucchiniMeatballs
In this air fryer zucchini meatballs recipe, you can enjoy the delicious flavour of mini zucchini fritters with an amazing crunchy texture but at the same time, be completely flourless.
I love these zucchini meatballs. I mean I REALLY LOVE these zucchini meatballs. They have a lovely crunchy flavour thanks to the fine gluten free oats, are loaded with lots of cheese and the zucchini gives them a lovely flavour.
I have always eatenzucchini fritterswith the plain flourbut it is really not that healthy and Ialways find that is gives me a big bloated feeling afterwards.
I have suffered with IBS a lotover the last few years as well as a gluten free intolerance and prefer to makezucchini meatballs instead.
Even better, if you cook zucchinimeatballs like this it is like eating popcorn chicken meatballs from KFC withthat lovely crunchy texture.
When you first try my easyzucchini meatballs in the air fryer, you will automatically think they are unhealthywhen they are not.
I recommend that you dig in andmake a batch of my Air Fryer Zucchini Meatballs.They are perfect for party food, a quick snack, to go with lunch or dinner, orfor picnic food for the beach.
And don’t forget (if you haven’talready got one) to get yourself anair fryer.
HealthyZucchini Meatballs
Our Air Fryer Zucchini Meatballs are healthy thanks to using oat flour in replacement for regular plain flour. As well as this my zucchini meatballs are loaded with lots of fresh zucchini, making them PERFECT for hidden veggies for your kids.
They are also good for the lowcarb diet and are perfect for vegetarians. I was a vegetarian for most of the90’s and love veggie loaded meatballs like this recipe.
Can YouFreeze Zucchini Meatballs?
Absolutely! Whenever I havezucchini that I need to use up, I make a load of zucchini meatballs and thenfreeze them for another time.
If you’re on a road trip and wantsomething easy to eat, then take these zucchini meatballs with you. Take themdirectly from the freezer and come late morning with the summer heat, they willbe defrosted and perfect for snacking on.
GratedZucchini In Meatballs
The easiest way to add zucchinito vegetarian meatballs is to grate it. What I will do is grate the zucchinifirst, squeeze the excess liquid from the zucchini and then place it into abowl ready for making zucchini meatballs.
Greek ZucchiniMeatballs Recipe
My zucchini meatballs recipe is moreGreek than any other cuisine. They feature lemon, feta cheese and zucchini,along with Greek seasoning.
I love my Greek food and have enjoyedmany happy holidays as a kid on the Greek Isles. Its somewhere I would love totake my own kids, but due to terrible connecting flights it has often been onthe backburner.
How To MakeZucchini Vegetarian Meatballs In The Air Fryer?
When making zucchini vegetarianmeatballs in the air fryer, everything is rather simple and not thatdifferent compared to making regular meaty meatballs.
You start by squeezing the excess liquid from your freshlygrated zucchini and then placing it in a bowl. All the other ingredients thatmake up your zucchini meatballs are added in and you form meatballs from youringredients.
After you have made your ingredients into zucchini meatballsyou cook them on a high heat in the air fryer.
The reason for the high heat is that it helps crisp up the meatballsas without the meat, they need an extra push in the right direction to get themnice and crispy for you.
You can then eat them straight away, fridge them for later,wait until they cool down and freeze them, or whatever you want.
MORE Air Fryer ZucchiniRecipes
I love cooking vegetables in the air fryer. Zucchini thoughthis one of my all-time favourites. Living in Portugal it is readily availableand known as courgette like it is in most of Europe.
Here are a few more AirFryer Zucchini Recipes:
- Air Fryer Zucchini Burgers
- Air Fryer Zucchini Fritters
- Air Fryer Zucchini Fries
- Air Fryer Veggie Fries
Air Fryer Zucchini Vegetarian Meatballs
Air Fryer Zucchini Vegetarian Meatballs. How to make zucchini meatballs for the air fryer. These zucchini meatballs are easy to make, and a healthy eaters dream come true. They are flourless, gluten free, low carb and vegetarian.
Prep Time5 minutes mins
Cook Time10 minutes mins
Total Time15 minutes mins
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Air Fryer
Servings: 4
Calories: 203kcal
Author: RecipeThis.com
Ingredients
Kitchen Gadgets:
Recipe Ingredients:
- 2 Cups Gluten Free Oats
- 150 g Zucchini
- 40 g Feta Cheese crumbled
- 1 Large Eggs beaten
- 1 Tsp Lemon Rind
- 6 Basil Leaves thinly sliced
- 1 Tsp Dill
- 1 Tsp Oregano
- Salt & Pepper
Metric – Imperial
Instructions
Preheat your air fryer to 200c/400f.
Start by grating your zucchini and removing any excess water from it by squeezing it out with your hands into a bowl.
Place your squeezed-out zucchini and your beaten egg into a mixing bowl. Add in the rest of your ingredients except for the oats.
In your blender place your oats on the high setting and blend until they resemble fine breadcrumbs.
Place the oats into the bowl a little at a time as it will go thick rather quickly.
Mix together and create bite sized zucchini meatballs.
Place in the air fryer for 10 minutes on 200c/400f.
Serve.
Notes
I prefer to cook my air fryer zucchini meatballs in the air fryer grill pan. It is perfect for foods that are a bit sticky and makes cleaning your air fryer so much easier. Plus, people will think that your zucchini meatballs came straight from the BBQ.
Nutrition
Calories: 203kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 50mg | Sodium: 133mg | Potassium: 260mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 210IU | Vitamin C: 7.3mg | Calcium: 87mg | Iron: 2.2mg
Nutrition InfoPlease Note: Nutrition values are our best estimate based on the software we use at Recipe This and are meant as a guide. If you rely on them for your diet, use your preferred nutrition calculator.
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