Carla's Zucchini Fritters

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I'm not saying I'm a zucchini hater, but this is the one and only zucchini recipe I've ever devoted myself to, and I did in the name of fritters. That said, trying to love zucchini is like forcing yourself to finish a very long, boring book that everyone is raving about . . .
so you keep plodding away, even though you aren’t into it. My feelings about zucchini are on public record:
They’re basically water in vegetable form. Ironically, I love love LOVE zucchini fritters, but in order for them
to get crunchy, you need to coax out as much liquid from them as possible. That happens in stages here: first by salting
and squeezing; then by cooking over moderately high heat to force evaporation; and finally by drying out
the fritters in the oven after they’re fried. If you want to love zucchini, you have to put in the time.
This recipe is from my book, That Sounds So Good!
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@kylieshaye6562 Жыл бұрын

I love when Carla says "I made this decision, and I will tell you why" and then tells us why.

@tpn1110 Жыл бұрын

I’ve been making Sohla’s zucchini lentil fritters (crispy town USA to the max) and now I’m so excited to try your version Carla!!

@heatherjefferies3159 Жыл бұрын

Carla, I am pregnant for the second time and hit TERRIBLE morning sickness to the point where even thinking about food made me nauseous. I am now out of the first trimester and I am celebrating with binging the last 3 months of your videos. Thank you for bringing joy into my life.

@devonflarity4041 Жыл бұрын

“you feel it go from sturdy to floppy, the cycle of life frankly.” love you carla lmao

@wendytube007 Жыл бұрын

Oh my God Carla representing Gen X in all its honesty. Everybody’s recipe mantra should be Hey you never know, f*** around and find out. 😂

@roryhamilton513 Жыл бұрын

“Sqozen” 😂😂😂 I made these (from the book) a couple of months ago. They were awesome. Even my mom liked them, and she hates everything.

@CarlaLalliMusic123 Жыл бұрын

Team slice, salt, squeeze, sauté RISE UP

@juliabishop1408 Жыл бұрын

*Pushes out of desk and stands up* Present! ✋

@myusernamewastaken_ Жыл бұрын

Collab with Claire Saffitz, when? A “dessert person x where cooking begins” crossover would be amazing

@galyarecords8055 Жыл бұрын

Made these today, and finally, after all these years I got gorgeous fritters, thanks Carla 🧡

@llamapie24 Жыл бұрын

This is just delightful content that’s not only great for mental health but also makes you a better cook. Love your work Carla.

@pugglelover135 Жыл бұрын

The crunch at the beginning 😭 Slay video once again, Carla 💖✨️

@mitchellleus2711 Жыл бұрын

This is very similar to a Filipino dish called okoy, which also includes shrimp and is served with a vinegar sauce :)

@secondconflict570 Жыл бұрын

those sound delicious! just looked up a recipe and will try them out. thanks!

@s.m4952 Жыл бұрын

These look so good! I’ve never tried making them so I’m going to use this recipe

@Corobik Жыл бұрын

These look amazing! Have to try them

@meredithcalcott6714 Жыл бұрын

Can't wait to make these! I love how you walk us through your thought processes and changes you make while recipe testing, so informative :) Also, would love to know what pepper mill that is!

@tylarrrr11 Жыл бұрын

I love this channel and Carla so much

@fooolishgamess Жыл бұрын

Just in time for lunch! Thank you Carla!

@dajavous Жыл бұрын

This looks so good!

@matthewtoohey4103 Жыл бұрын

I loved the way you emphasised the H in 'whisked' at 7:30, Carla. Another achievable recipe, with every choice you've made well explained. Can't wait to try this recipe! Thanks! 👍

@harvestmoon_autumnsky Жыл бұрын

I noticed that too, bizarre to find it in a comment. It was a Julia Child moment.

@OneOlive1 Жыл бұрын

Crunchy delicious!

@britney901 Жыл бұрын

That looks so good!

@nlus9912 Жыл бұрын

Hi! just wanted to say, amazing recipe and video. Also, I was captivated by your nails, they look so cool!

@Watchamocalit Жыл бұрын

The end was too relatable XO

@TheDuckofLaw Жыл бұрын

Always have too much zucchini - this is a great idea to use more of it! thanks, Carla!

@boricua_in_wa Жыл бұрын

Thank you! This was delicious!

@_FearNoEvil Жыл бұрын

Those looked great. I appreciate that they were predominantly shaped by the veggie and not by a ton of batter.

@Reinolds_Recipes Жыл бұрын

You are a great chef! Would love to try this :) keep sharing my friend… I’m subscribed! 😀

@StereoTyp0 Жыл бұрын

Keep up the great work, Carla!

@stephanieregaliza Жыл бұрын

I need to try this!

@mannagrynet Жыл бұрын

I love zucchini fritters! I often make pakoras with zucchini (and lots of onions), and cutting strips rather than grating really improves the texture. Going to have to try this recipe :D

@richardwallace6313 Жыл бұрын

add some diced chilies to those pakoras! but onions definitely are a great addition, kind of like getting onion rings for free with your pakoras.

@gbc6480 Жыл бұрын

The season description by Carla is precisely what I'm feeling now thanks a lot🤪😂

@sixbadseeds Жыл бұрын

Carla this recipe looks delightful, I'm definitely going to try it, but what I really appreciated about this video was the pep talk at the end about fritters and mortality.

@theouthousepoet Жыл бұрын

Oh man I can’t wait to try this! I love zucchini. I love it every every way too!: large, floppy, oozing, curvy, whatever! Just put it in my mouth! This crispiness looks divine. I’m making this tonight!

@secondconflict570 Жыл бұрын

😅

@lunaspook4370 Жыл бұрын

love u Carla i started slicing my garlic instead of roughly chopping it because of u

@kster809 Жыл бұрын

Zucchini: Exists Carla: I can fix him! 😍

@streterttrrttrr356 Жыл бұрын

Today you looked extra gorgeous, the lipstick suits you so much. Thanks for another great recipe !

@jml4774 Жыл бұрын

I love zucchini fritters, but I load my up with corn, fresh off the cob. Delicious.

@lishaalmeida Жыл бұрын

I just made your cooked-to-death zucchini pasta sauce this week! Excited to try another Carla-tries-to-like-zucchini recipe :D

@kravidz6373 Жыл бұрын

i would literally die for these right now

@katied.120 Жыл бұрын

omg the Time Crisis shoutout!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

@LifeWithBarbaraEstelle Жыл бұрын

I love Carla and all of her videos. I do wish someone on her team could post the names or links to the dishes she uses. She always has the most gorgeous bowls, plates, and spoons.

@kaytaylor3721 Жыл бұрын

I make a corn/zucchini fritter that is wonderful. I will probably try this. Maybe . . .

@adk1100 Жыл бұрын

I love all the innuendos 😂

@insulaarachnid Жыл бұрын

Yummy!

@sarahwatts7152 Жыл бұрын

I'm with Carla: SUMMER FOREVER!

@matt_mcneill Жыл бұрын

A perfect recipe for the 17 zucchini’s I have in my garden

@jazoncorazon Жыл бұрын

Love this! Do you have nutritional info for this recipe?

@kapmando Жыл бұрын

Carla has baudy aunt vibes, and I’m here for it.

@nicoleives1442 Жыл бұрын

Carla, you have such a wonderful sense of humor and outlook on life/cooking! I love your nuggets of funny/true wisdom. "From sturdy to floppy, that's the cycle of life" PS is there a way to make this recipe gluten-free?

@virginiaf.5764 Жыл бұрын

Hi Carla. I'm wondering if those pale green Mexican squash (calabacitas) have less water because they're much firmer than zucchini? I know they're great for stuffing.

@Kazeykc Жыл бұрын

Haha lol death and decay is precisely my thoughts thanks for this video

@flockofflamingos Жыл бұрын

We made stuffed zucchini boats the other day so I tried this recipe with the leftover zucchini guts (as it were) to not waste perfectly good food, also threw in leftover diced onion, but otherwise followed the recipe (with corn instead of potato starch) and they came out PERFECT. Crispy and full of flavor. Then I horribly overcooked my turkey burgers thanks to my thermometer being on Celsius instead of Fahrenheit. Ain't that just the way with cooking 😂

@FaeRae-333 Жыл бұрын

She HAD me at “death and decay is right around the corner.”

@lew1776 Жыл бұрын

Carla you have been a huge inspiration I think I lost a lot of weight enjoying cooking real food and how you go about your kitchen reminds me of my home relaxed but timed

@kb2023 Жыл бұрын

Instrad of cutting into matchsticks w a knife, you can also use mandolin w a julienning attachment or a spiralizer

@OnTheBlush Жыл бұрын

I’m never going to make these, but wil order them at a restaurant 💁🏻‍♀️

@lax2711 Жыл бұрын

Americans and American grocery stores also tend to harvest Zucchinis very late, which is why they're often water logged and ripe. If you grow them yourself (which is extremely easy), harvest them when the fruit is the same length as the flower, they're soft, starchy and delicious that way.

@davidcunningham6525 Жыл бұрын

I made these a while ago and they are fantastic, but an incredible amount of work, so I will probable never make them again. But what I did find out is that the same basic method makes really good hashbrowns, but they are easier because you don't have to squeeze out the water from the potatoes, and I have a mandolin that does matchsticks. I replace the basil and spices with pepper and sage; delicious and I don't have to use a vegetable I don't really like. Like Carla said "f**k around and find out".

@hazeldunaway3990 Жыл бұрын

I call this month, pre October

@dtpugliese318 Жыл бұрын

I always remove the seeds when I cook zucchini or summer squash, that does the trick for me removing most of the water in them. I’m not sure if this is a viable option generally.

@kbcreative23 Жыл бұрын

what is that brand of pepper grinder? I need one with a little catch compartment like that.

@kaemincha Жыл бұрын

not to be cliché but "that sounds so good"!!!!!!!!

@jean-francoisdaignault9612 Жыл бұрын

This recipe reminds me of Miz Cracker making latkes with Carla on the BA KZfaq channel. Carla! Please have Miz Cracker over to cook with you on your channel!!!

@adamaenosh6728 Жыл бұрын

Yellow zucchini are so superior to green zucchini that words cannot even express how superior they are

@abcdefghijklmnop4415 Жыл бұрын

What about a little spiralizer action instead of cutting into match sticks to avoid all the cutting?? Or would they release too much water and be sad sad wet blankets at the end?

@rileylawson9958 Жыл бұрын

What egg replacement do you recommend? :)

@peterwaltz8148 Жыл бұрын

Carla, just one thing...call MIZ CRACKER! Have her over for lunch, please!?

@noalarisch1815 Жыл бұрын

hi Carla you can grate the zucchini and press the water out with a Colander or a cheesecloth it's much easier than cut to matchsticks

@secondconflict570 Жыл бұрын

Oh and side note, they're all summer squash! Zucchini is yellow or green, (or green with light green stripes in the case of costata romanesco) and straight. Crookneck (often called/labeled "summer squash") are pale yellow, slightly bumpy, and have, you guessed it, a hooked neck. Crookneck have a slightly different texture, but flavor wise they're about the same.

@bryanmcwhirter9945 Жыл бұрын

Hello Carla, why not use a potato ricer lined with cheese cloth in batches.? Not just for potatoes. Thankyou Carla, love you're vids. Bryan from Canada.

@CarlaLalliMusic123 Жыл бұрын

Cool idea!

@fulfordpoint Жыл бұрын

Can you use a salad spinner to draw out the liquid? It seems like it would be an alternative to save the wrists.

@lil.squirt123 Жыл бұрын

Long live Crispy town!

@Jhetx Жыл бұрын

Hate Zucchini, well not hate (love the flavour) but every usually puts in a stew and then it becomes mush so definitely trying this.

@mryan1982 3 ай бұрын

Can you please let me know what brand that pepper mill is ?

@JeacoMeiyin Жыл бұрын

Alternatively; immediately think about actual fall. Just in your brain skip that whole messy bit of summer/fall transition. That being said, I might have to give these courgette fritters a try, cause they look so scrumptious!

@santamuri Жыл бұрын

could a mandolin simplify the matchstick step? or would that dewater the zucchini too?

@b3z3jm3nny Жыл бұрын

The video said you could do a mandolin first and then slice for matchsticks

@joanwibberley5302 Жыл бұрын

keep frittering ! Yes !

@n.sykes.pharmd Жыл бұрын

Carla you said my "moist"-equivalent trigger word .... F L E S H 😱😱😱😱 I actually have no problem with moist but EW FLESH 🤣🤣☠☠

@crazzee247 Жыл бұрын

ahhh, the good ole' potato starch. when in doubt, look to asia...they know what's up.

@chtobin Жыл бұрын

Please consider affiliate links for everything you use in these videos. I want to buy THAT fish spatula and I’ve tried to figure out which mauviel sauté pan that is… but don’t know for sure which to buy. Take my money!!!!

@MakoBeauty Жыл бұрын

What's her pepper grinder?

@OSheaDean Жыл бұрын

No on the grater... but could a spiralizer work here? 😊

@CarlaLalliMusic123 Жыл бұрын

Yes that’s worth a try!

@tabathaogost4982 10 ай бұрын

And last, yes, that's exactly it Carla, I could not have said it better myself. Back to school, the time that I am writing this comment, does indeed mean Deah and Decay, and Depression. Around.The.Corner. Fritters help me.

@rachs57 Жыл бұрын

I followed this fritter recipe To The Letter, so let me save you some time...they remain limp with little crunch, even after oven residency. What I'm learning is, even if you publish a colorful charming cookbook, it doesn't mean much. You can have a great smile, talk a great story, but sometimes a recipe just does not work, and this is one of those. Since I made a batch plus the lemon yogurt dip, I am eating my limp zucchini fritters. Choose your chefs carefully is all I'll say...and I generally admire Carla, but tread carefully, food is too expensive to just hope a recipe will work.

@user-js8ci2sn9r 2 ай бұрын

Recipe please

@harvestmoon_autumnsky Жыл бұрын

But what if I hate summer and adore autumn? Which I do. Don't knock Autumn, it's the best time of the year. Time for us to get cozy, get out the blankets, pumpkins and cider, colder weather, thank goodness. Overcast days, misty morning. Sigh. I freaking can't wait. It's so hot here in California. I want summer to be OVER.

@unit--ns8jh Жыл бұрын

Me listening to Carla slag off the best season of the year - 😐

@BiggCliph Жыл бұрын

Zucchini Fritters: the Innuendo Episode

@danielpomper9359 Жыл бұрын

4:42 😳

@rydrew Жыл бұрын

“Potato starch… is the starch from the potato” - Carla Lalli Music, 2022

@jamesjones-yn1sv 10 ай бұрын

you could have put the written recipe on the site.there are things missing the recipe would have made it more clear

@derekkee5588 Жыл бұрын

I HATE zucchini more than any other food in the world, but the thumbnail convinced me…and within the first minute, I remembered exactly why I love and trust this woman

@tf7831 Жыл бұрын

Girl, you are my hero but I hate zucchini. Just started watching, but I’m starting with little faith on this one. Damn watery ass veg….okay, let’s roll.

@tf7831 Жыл бұрын

Okay, f*^k around and find out and adding potatoes? Now we’re talking. Who was I kidding to doubt the QUEEN? I’d eat this for sure.

@Ben-ht4mn 9 ай бұрын

#1 Humboldt fog is actually that good, and better. #2 I want to be friends with you. You're awesome!. #3 What do you think of "spiralizing" vegetables?

@utopianfiat Жыл бұрын

CARLA yo cut that zucc in half before planking it- I do matchsticks for summer rolls a lot and it is, actually, hell to plank cylindrical veg without cutting it in half first