Zucchini Pancakes

Zucchini Pancakes

  • Prep Time: 15 mins
  • Total Time: 35 mins
  • Serves: 4,Yield: 16pancakes
  • About This Recipe

    “This is a great vegetarian pancake, easy to make and is delicious. This recipe was passed to my Mother over 100 years ago and has been a favorite of the families.”

    Ingredients

  • 2cupsfinely shredded fresh zucchini( , 2 – 8-inch zucchini required)
  • 4largeeggs, beaten
  • 3/4 cupall-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoongranulated sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoonsalt
  • 3tablespoons extra virgin olive oil or 3tablespoonsvegetable oil
  • 4teaspoonsbaking powder
  • 1/4 cupmelted butter (, for rub) or 1/4 cupmelted margarine( , for rub)
  • Directions

  • Wash and shred zucchini on a fine shredder (DO NOT PEEL).
  • In a large mixing bowl, beat eggs; add shredded zucchini and mix well using a fork.
  • Add flour, sugar, salt and olive oil and stir well to blend.
  • Finally, add baking powder and mix using a spoon (Batter consistency should be like heavy whipping cream).
  • Preheat griddle to 425- 450°F.
  • If using a heavy duty frying pan, heat to medium-high heat; adjust heat if necessary.
  • Rub grill or frying pan with oil before cooking each batch of pancakes.
  • Spoon batter onto hot griddle (about 2 tablespoons for each pancake).
  • Cook until bubbles on the top of the pancake almost stop, about 1 1/2 minutes; turn pancake over and continue to cook for another 1 to 1 1/2 minutes or until pancakes are done.
  • When done, rub pancakes with melted butter and place in a preheated 250 F oven to keep warm until the remainder are cooked, or serve immediately.
  • Serve with your choice of jams or syrups.
  • Also very good with sour cream or yogurt along with your choice of jams or syrups, or you can eat them just plain.
  • These pancakes are delicious for breakfast, brunch or just as a snack anytime.
  • Reviews

  • “This recipe is really good. You can have them plain, with sour cream or ranch dressing on top. I tried a couple with a bit of grated carrott in the batter too with wonderful results.These make a great side dish, meal or breakfast.”

  • “Needed more flavor even though I added chopped onion, garlic, salt and pepper.I also left the oil out and the texture was fine.I do plan on trying this again.”

  • “so i got lazy with this recipe because i was trying to hurry and make dinner for the hubby before he got home….I shredded the zucchini and then ended up looking up the recipe for Corn Bread Pancakes…10 min later i had zucchini cornbread pancakes and they were so awesome…more fat in them i’m sure but delicious…”

  • “We love this recipe!My picky-eater 3-yr-old actually requests this for breakfast.I make it all summer long, both for breakfast and dinner, at least once a week.As is, it is fantastic, but for those who prefer a more traditional pancake, try adding an extra 1/4 – 1/2 cup flour.”

  • “My DH was not too crazy about these.I thought they were okay.Not quite what I expected.I really wanted more of a breakfast pancake and these were more like flat quiches.The egg flavor was very apparent. They were good, but not sure if I will be trying this recipe again.”

  • “I made these tonight and they were SO GOOD. I added about a 1/2c of shredded mozzarella, season salt, lots of cracked black pepper, minced garlic and grated onion. I can’t stop eating them. Thank you for the staple recipe.”

  • “So easy!So delicious!This is certainly more like a pancake that pairs well with a light syrup fine.Can be eaten plain with great satisfaction.I was almost expecting a “potato pancake” consistency, but it is more like the breakfast pancake.Toasts up well as a leftover too.Light, fluffy pancake perfection.Thanks Uncle Bil.”

  • “My family loved these.I spread them with the butter right off the griddle and thats all we topped them with.I asked my family if they wanted some topping and they all said they are good like this.That makes me LOVE this recipe.Its such a cheap, easy recipe to prepare and we will most definately make again and again.Thank you so much for sharing this with us.”

  • “I chose this version of zucchini pancakes because it’s simple, and without dairy. It’s easy and delicious. I put ketchup for a topping, and might try mayonnaise or a blend next time. These were very light and good taste and texture when I fried them till medium brown.”

  • “I can’t believe I’ve never heard of zucchini pancakes before.The recipe was easy to make and very good. With all the eggs and zucchini, we got a serving of veggies and protein, better than the average pancake.Plus it used up 2 whole cups of zucchini from our overproducing garden.My daughter, who doesn’t like zucchini anymore, ate quite a few of these.We’ll have this again during the summer, and possibly freeze some pancakes for the toaster.”

  • “Good pancakes. I used whole wheat flour, some applesauce for part of the oil, and upped the sugar a bit (for some reason it tasted too salty at first, but the sugar helped), and skipped the rub. I couldn’t taste the zucchini enough for my tastes–but then, it’s a pancake, not a latkes.”

  • “Darn Tasty! Thank you for posting! I only planted one zucchini this year but I can’t keep up with all it is producing. These were delicious. I halved the recipe and used wheat flour. They’re more of a savory pancake so I put Greek yogurt on them and it was pretty good next time I think I’ll try putting Balsamic Vinegar on them and maybe adding a minced fresh jalapeno to it. We were just talking about possible sauces and we think maybe lemon Hollandaise might be good.”

  • “Another recipe that I’ve been making for a long time and didn’t review it. I love these pancakes,my parents had many zuchinni in their garden last summer so we enjoyed them often.”

  • “Wow!I am really blown away.I had all this shredded zuke and was looking for what to do with it.My daughter does not like zucchini but she loves pancakes, so I gave this recipe a go.Love them, love them, love them…and so does my daughter!They are eggy…my first bite reminded me of popovers..they have a very similar eggy flavor.We ate them with butter and syrup, but they are delicious plain, too! By the way, my zuke was grated with the large hole grater with my food processor…I was afraid it wouldn’t be fine enough, but they worked perfectly.LaterI experimented and replaced 1/4th of the zuke with the chopped/seeded/drained meat of my garden tomatoes.Also added 1/4 cup grated feta and some chopped crispy bacon.They tasted like denver omelettes and were very tasty, too.Anyway, they inspired me to experiment, so that was fun.I saw another recipe, almost identical that calls for grated parm. cheese, so I may try that too.”

  • “I am going to give them only four stars because I am the only one who liked them.They were delicious plain.I will be making them just for me again!Thanks for sharing!”

  • “This is a great recipe.I had mine with syrup, and DH ate them plain. We both loved them. We made up a few recipes, cooked, and froze on cookie sheets.Then put in zip lock bags.I plan to pop them in the toaster for breakfast.Thanks so much for this recipe.”

  • “What a great way to use up some of our zucchini from the garden.We loved these pancakes and have had them several times now!”

  • “Even I was skeptical of this, but I have so many zucchini this year that I’ve been trying every recipe I find. My boyfriend declared that HE wouldn’t be eating any while I was grating, but once he saw my perfect stack of pancakes it seems he got hungry after all. 🙂 Aside from being slightly green, you’d have no idea there’s even zukes in these, and the texture of them comes out better than any other conventional pancake recipe I’ve ever used. This will be my go-to pancake recipe all summer! Next, I’m going to try this batter as waffles. Thanks!!”

  • “I serve mine with homemade basil aioli. Delicous.”

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