If you have been looking for a relatively healthy option to replace the chips you normally crave, look no further than this recipe for zucchini chips. They are light, crunchy, and tasty, which is really everything you want in a good snack. They are also very simple to prepare; just follow the recipe and you will be munching on delicious zucchini chips in a matter of minutes. You can also spice up these chips by covering them with pepper flakes or chilli flakes.
Health Benefits
Zucchini chips are in that strange area where they sound both healthy and unhealthy at the same time. Chips are just fried vegetables, so it’s hard to consider them to be particularly healthy. But zucchini just has too many health benefits to set this dish aside. Most noteworthy is its vitamin C content which can bolster the immune system and combat diseases that are caused by vitamin C deficiencies, such as scurvy and sclerosis.
Ingredients
1 large zucchini – thinly sliced into rounds
2 tbsps olive oil
1 tsp kosher salt, or to taste
How To Make Zucchini Chips
- Preheat oven to 225°
- Line 2 large baking sheets with silicone baking mats or parchment paper.
- Place zucchini slices on paper towels in a single layer.
- Cover slices with more paper towels.
- Gently press on the slices to squeeze out as much liquid as possible.
- Arrange the zucchini slices onto the prepared baking sheets,
- Make sure the slices do not overlap.
- Brush zucchini slices with olive oil and lightly sprinkle them with kosher salt.
- Bake zucchini slices in the preheated oven until they turn brown and crispy, about 2 hours.
- Let cool before serving.
- Store up to 3 days in an airtight container.
Trivia
The largest zucchini recorded, was 69.5 in long and weighed 65 lbs.