Herb fritters are a delectable and versatile dish that can be enjoyed as an appetizer, snack, or side dish. Made with a combination of fresh herbs, flour, and eggs, these fritters are crispy on the outside and soft and fluffy on the inside. They can be flavored with a variety of herbs, such as parsley, basil, thyme, or rosemary, and can be served with a dipping sauce of your choice. Whether you're looking for a quick and easy snack or a more elaborate appetizer, herb fritters are sure to please.
Here are our top 6 tried and tested recipes!
SWISS CHARD AND HERB FRITTERS
These golden brown fritters, which come from Shvil's Tunisian-Jewish family, are bursting with fresh flavor, thanks to a generous helping of Swiss chard, parsley, cilantro, and dill. They're especially delicious as part of the traditional Sephardic Rosh Hashanah seder meal.
Provided by Renana Shvil
Categories Appetizer Rosh Hashanah/Yom Kippur Chard Hors D'Oeuvre Fry Deep-Fry Fall
Yield 8-10 appetizer servings
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Season chard with 1/2 tsp. salt. Let sit in a colander 10 minutes. Squeeze out excess water with your hands. Transfer to a cutting board and chop.
- Finely grind coriander and caraway seeds in spice mill or with mortar and pestle. Finely chop cilantro, dill, and parsley.
- Toss chard, ground coriander and caraway seeds, herbs, onions, breadcrumbs, harissa, pepper, and 1/2 tsp. salt in a large bowl. Beat 3 eggs to blend in a small bowl, then stir into chard mixture.
- Working 3 Tbsp. at a time, portion chard mixture into round, flat patties (you should have about 25 total). Transfer to a rimmed baking sheet or plate.
- Shape 3 tablespoons of the mixture into round flat patties. Repeat with the remaining mixture.
- Pour oil into a large heavy skillet to a depth of 1/4" and heat over medium until shimmering. Beat remaining 3 eggs to blend in a medium wide shallow bowl.
- Dip each patty into egg, letting excess drip back into bowl. Working in batches, fry patties until set and a golden brown crust forms, 3-4 minutes per side. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate; season with salt.
- Serve immediately or at room temperature with yogurt alongside, if using.
ZUCCHINI-HERB FRITTERS WITH GARLIC YOGURT
Categories Side Kid-Friendly Quick & Easy Yogurt Zucchini Bon Appétit Sugar Conscious Kidney Friendly Vegetarian Pescatarian Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free Kosher Small Plates
Yield Makes about 12
Number Of Ingredients 23
Steps:
- Garlic Yogurt:
- Mix yogurt, mint, lemon juice, oil, honey, and garlic in a small bowl; season with salt and pepper. Cover; chill.
- Fritters and assembly:
- Grate zucchini, potato, and onion on the large holes of a box grater. Transfer to a mesh sieve set over a bowl and toss with 2 teaspoons salt. Let vegetables sit until they release their liquid, 30-40 minutes.
- Mix eggs, garlic, cumin, 3 tablespoons parsley, and 2 tablespoons mint in a medium bowl; season with salt and pepper.
- Gather up half of zucchini mixture in a kitchen towel; squeeze out excess liquid. Add to bowl with egg mixture and repeat with remaining zucchini mixture. Sprinkle flour and baking powder over; mix gently.
- Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high. Working in batches, spoon scoops of mixture into skillet, flattening gently with a spatula. Cook until golden brown and crisp, about 3 minutes per side. Transfer to a wire rack; season with salt. Drizzle yogurt sauce with olive oil and top with more herbs; serve alongside warm fritters.
CRAB FRITTERS WITH HERB SALAD AND MEYER LEMON AIOLI
Steps:
- For Aioli Place mayonnaise in small bowl. Whisk in lemon juice, lemon peel, mustard, and vinegar. Gradually whisk in oil. Season to taste with salt and pepper. (can be made 1 day ahead. Cover;chill. Bring to room temp before serving). Fritters Whisk egg yolks and creme fraiche in small bowl to blend. Combine crabmeat, chives, shallot, and chopped parsley in medium bowl. Gently mix in mushrooms and yolk mixture. (can be made 2 hours ahead. Cover crab mixture and chill). Beat egg whites in medium bowl until stiff but not dry. Fold into crab mixture. Melt butter in heavy large skillet over medium heat. For each fritter, drop 1/4 of crab mixture (about 1/2 cup) into skillet, spacing mounds apart. Sprinkle each with salt and pepper, and flatten slightly. Cook fritters until bottoms are brown, about 3 minutes. Turn fritters over. Cook until cooked through, about 3 minutes longer. Transfer fritters to plates. Top each fritter with dollop of aioli. For salad Whisk oil and lemon juice in medium bowl to blend. Season with salt and pepper. Mix in herbs. Place herb salad alongside fritters and serve.
IRANIAN HERB FRITTERS FROM SIMPLE
Recipe courtesy of SIMPLE by Yotam Ottolenghi, 2018. These can be snacked on as they are, at room temperature, or served with a green tahini sauce and some extra herbs. If you want to make the tahini sauce, just blitz 3 tbsp/50g tahini, 1 1/2 cups/30g parsley, 1/2 crushed garlic clove, 2 tbsp lemon juice, and 1/8 tsp salt for 30 seconds and pour in 1/2 cup/120ml water. Adding the water last allows the parsley to get really broken up and turns the sauce as green as can be. This sauce is lovely spooned over all sorts of things-grilled meat and fish and roasted vegetables, for example-so double or triple the batch and keep it in the fridge. It keeps well for about 5 days. You might want to thin it with a little water or lemon juice to get it back to the right consistency. These fritters are a bit of a fridge-raid, using up whatever herbs you have around. As long as you keep the total net weight the same and use a mixture of herbs, this will still work wonderfully. The batter will keep, uncooked, for 1 day in the fridge. Alternatively, pile the fritters into pita bread with condiments, such as a combination of yogurt, chile sauce, pickled vegetables, and tahini. You'd just need one fritter per person, rather than two. Makes eight fritters, to serve four to eight (depending on whether everyone is having one in a pita or two as they are).
Provided by Food.com
Categories Southwest Asia (middle East)
Time 30m
Yield 4-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Place all the ingredients, apart from the oil, in a large bowl with 1/2 tsp of salt. Mix well to combine and set aside.
- Put 2 tbsp of the oil into a large nonstick pan and place over medium-high heat. Once hot, add ladles of batter to the pan. Do 4 fritters at a time, if you can-you want each of them to be about 5 inches/12cm wide-otherwise just do 2 or 3 at a time. Fry for 1-2 minutes on each side, until crisp and golden brown. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate and set aside while you continue with the remaining batter and oil.
- Serve warm or at room temperature.
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Nutrition Facts : Calories 450.4, Fat 31.5, SaturatedFat 5.8, Cholesterol 372, Sodium 349.3, Carbohydrate 23.6, Fiber 3, Sugar 2.5, Protein 19.5
TURKEY HERB SOUP WITH CORN STUFFING FRITTERS
Provided by Ming Tsai
Time 10m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- In a small stock pot coated lightly with oil, saute the onions and ginger until soft, about 2 to 3 minutes. Season. Add thyme, sage, parsley, cilantro and stock. Bring to a simmer and reduce by only 10 percent. Add the meat and check for seasoning. Keep very hot in a soup tureen.
- For the fritters, mix the stuffing (If large pieces, chop up a bit.), corn, eggs and cheese. Heat a cast iron pan or other heavy bottomed pan with 1-inch of oil to about 350 degrees. Gently drop a heaping tablespoon of the mixture into the oil. When brown, about 2 to 3 minutes, flip over. Drain on paper towels and season with a little salt.
- PLATING Place fritters in individual warm soup plates. At the table, ladle the broth in the bowl. Enjoy.
- BEVERAGE Whatever leftover wines one has from Thanksgiving, like gamay or chardonnay.
HERB FRITTERS
Crispy herb fritters are an unusual way to savor the individual pleasures of a full range of fresh herbs. Dipped in beer batter, fried lightly in oil, and served with lemon wedges, they make a delightful accompaniment to a glass of wine.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Appetizers
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Whisk together yolks, oil, and beer in a bowl. Slowly add flour, stirring until just combined. Set aside 20 minutes. Wash and dry herbs. Whisk egg whites to soft peaks; fold into beer batter. Add salt and pepper.
- In a heavy-bottomed saucepan, heat oil, 1 inch deep, over medium heat until hot but not smoking, 375 degrees. Dip each herb into batter, shaking off excess, until lightly coated. Place herbs in oil, turning until golden, about 1 minute. Drain on paper towels; season with salt. Serve with lemon wedges.
Tips:
- Use fresh herbs: Fresh herbs have a more intense flavor than dried herbs, so they'll give your fritters a more pronounced flavor. If you don't have fresh herbs on hand, you can use dried herbs, but use about 1/3 of the amount called for in the recipe.
- Chop the herbs finely: Finely chopped herbs will distribute evenly throughout the fritters and give them a more uniform flavor. If you chop the herbs too coarsely, they may clump together and make the fritters unevenly flavored.
- Use a variety of herbs: Don't be afraid to mix and match different herbs to create your own unique flavor combinations. Some popular herb combinations include parsley and sage, thyme and rosemary, and basil and oregano.
- Be careful not to overmix the batter: Overmixing the batter will make the fritters tough. Mix the batter just until the ingredients are combined.
- Fry the fritters in hot oil: The oil should be hot enough to sizzle when you drop the fritters in. This will help the fritters cook evenly and prevent them from becoming greasy.
- Drain the fritters on paper towels: After the fritters are cooked, drain them on paper towels to remove any excess oil.
Conclusion:
Herb fritters are a delicious and easy-to-make appetizer or snack. They're perfect for parties or potlucks, and they can also be served as a side dish. With a variety of herb combinations to choose from, you can create fritters that are sure to please everyone. So next time you're looking for a quick and easy recipe, give herb fritters a try!
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