I realize that I have zero authority to declare this, but once you try these I think you will agree.
In all seriousness though, I know this is kind of a crazy recipe. Especially for summer food. Summer food is supposed to be all about light and healthy. These definitely would work nicely in the fall, especially come football season (perfect game-day food!). Lucky for us though, zucchini is here now, which gives us the perfect excuse for a little summer indulgence. Not to mention a way to use up all that zucchini that by now your gardens are probably starting to overflow with. Perfect. See, I am trying to make room for all the other veggies in your gardens to have room to flourish this summer. My motto is no veggie goes to waste.
Originally when I thought of this recipe, I was thinking of making them into fried zucchini rolls, but then I tried slicing the zucchini into thin, long strips and well, I just did not have to patience for it. So, I went the easier route and sliced the zucchini into rounds. I was pretty scared that once I put the little mac and cheese zucchini sammies into the hot oil everything would just melt all over and be a huge mess, but I was very happy to see that everything stayed pretty much intact. Yes!
I made a fresh batch of mac and cheese the night before making these, but you could use any leftover mac and cheese too. You only need about 2 cups total, so you can either use leftover, or make a fresh batch and have leftover. Either route will work great.
All that matters is that you get some cheesy mac and cheese stuffed in between two zucchini slices, dip them in egg, and roll them all over in bread crumbs. Make sure to really get them coated in the egg and especially the bread crumbs. That’s what makes them all crispy and DELICIOUS. Sorry, but you gotta use oil. No oven frying. For these oil really just works best. I promise the taste of these bites will be well worth the pain of dealing with hot oil. Once they go in the oil it only takes a few minutes for you to realize just how good things are getting. Oh, and you have to eat these HOT. Like right out of the oil, it’s the best way. They are crispy on the outside, but all melty on the inside. It’s seriously the best. No really, THE BEST.
Everyone knows that in the summer, weekends really begin after the work day on Thursday. These are just the thing to kick off a head start into the weekend. So go ahead, give them a fry!
Then soak up all the delicious summer flavors!
