Fried Zucchini

Have you been to Maggianos?  If so, did you try the fried zucchini?  It is my favorite part of the meal.  I love their fried zucchini.  It comes with a delicious sauce and the bread crumbs are so crispy and delicious!  I found a copy cat recipe the other day and we made it the other night while my mom was here.  It was pretty good.  The only thing I would change is the amount of lemon in the dipping sauce which I will note below.  You'll have to try it and let me know what you think!

Fried Zucchini (like Maggianos)

from http://taracooks.com 

• 3 medium zucchini – washed, stems removed, sliced lengthwise into thin pieces.
• Panko Bread crumbs for breading – poured into a shallow 9×9 dish.
Batter:
• 1 ½ cups club soda
• ¾ cups plain flour
• ½ cups corn starch
• 1 teaspoon seasoned salt
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 1 teaspoon course ground pepper
Mix soda, flour, starch, salt, onion powder, and pepper together and pour into a shallow 9×9 dish. Dip zucchini strips into batter. Then dip the strips into the Panko bread crumbs, coating each side. Place battered strips onto paper towels.
In a large skillet, pour vegetable oil 1” deep. Heat oil over medium high flame. Add battered zucchini and fry for 2-3 minutes or until golden brown on bottom side, turn zucchini and repeat. Drain on layers of paper towels. Shake Parmesan Cheese over fired zucchini right before serving.  Serve hot with Lemon Aioli dipping sauce.

LEMON AIOLI DIPPING SAUCE:
• ½ Cup Hellman’s Mayo
• ½ Cup Sour Cream
• Zest of one lemon
• Juice of one lemon (I would use half the juice from the lemon...a whole lemon was TOO strong!)
• ½ teaspoon Dill Weed.
Whisk all together in small bowl. Serve with Fried Zucchini. Yum!

You will have to let me know if you try it!  I don't know if anyone can make comments.  I thought I adjusted it so people could, but I don't get comments.  That could be because a lot of people get it through subscription.  Most likely it is because I have something marked incorrectly. 

Sundays used to be organized and ran smoothly.  Adam would get up with the girls while I laid in bed a little while longer.  Then we would all eat breakfast and I would start getting ready for church while Adam loaded the dishwasher.  Then the girls would watch a movie or play with toys while we got ready.  But now it is totally different.  Emilie doesn't care what is on t.v.  And Aubrie only cares about playing with our combs, toothbrushes, or my make up.  For example, she applied eye shadow today while I wasn't looking...

Like she said, "OH, Aubrie is so PRETTY!!"  Then at one point Adam was playing on the bed with both girls and showing me how Aubrie can now catch the ball by herself.  He was telling Aubrie that she needs to be strong with the ball and trying to knock the ball out of her arms while Emilie started crawling towards the edge of the bed.  I said something to him and he freaked out and grabbed her before she fell backwards off the bed.  It was CRAZY this morning!  We have to come up with a new system on Sundays. 

Overall we had a wonderful weekend.  I hope you did as well!
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