Zucchini Tater Tots With Spicy Sriracha Mayonnaise

Craving a healthy afternoon snack or appetizer that is both delicious but healthy? These zucchini tater tots with spicy sriracha is just what you are looking for.

These zucchini tater tots are great for every day snacks or even as a game day appetizer.

Finger foods and Tater tots happen to be our specialty. You will not want to miss our famous Loaded Tater Tot Skewers, Tater Tot Pizza Skewers, Loaded Tater Tot Bites, and our Loaded Tater Tot Nachos.

We highlighted this easy appetizers along with some other finger foods in our Easy Fall Appetizer along with our Easy Super Bowl Appetizers .

Vegetable Appetizer Ideas

I'm always trying to figure out ways to sneak vegetables into my kids' food. Sometimes my efforts are rewarded with HAPPY kids and full bellies and sometimes they still won't eat it; but I keep on trying because that's my job as their Mom.

This week I whipped up some of these delicious zucchini tots in an effort to marry one of America's greatest comfort foods, tater tots, with the lovely zucchini.

It took a few tries to find the right texture, but after I figured that out they were a hit. Serve them with ketchup for the kids or with a side of spicy sriracha mayonnaise for the adults and you're sure to have a party pleasing side dish.

Make sure to save some extra spicy mayonnaise to serve on everything from sandwiches to grilled salmon.

Zucchini Tots

Ingredients:

2 cups finely shredded zucchini (approx. 4 zucchinis)
2 cups frozen shredded potatoes
1 teaspoon salt
2 Tablespoons olive oil
½ teaspoon garlic powder
¼ teaspoon ground pepper
1 egg

For the spicy sriracha mayonnaise

½ cup mayonnaise
1-2 Tablespoons sriracha* depending on taste
2 Tablespoons ketchup
1 Tablespoon honey

Directions:

Finely shred zucchini and mix in a bowl with frozen shredded potatoes and salt.

Wrap the zucchini mixture inside a tea towel or cheese cloth and squeeze out liquid.

Hang the mixture over the sink or a bowl (still wrapped in a tea towel) until the potatoes have thawed and the zucchini has released it's liquid (approx. 30 minutes).

Squeeze out remaining the liquid and then remove the mixture from the cloth and place it back in the mixing bowl.

Add the remaining ingredients to the zucchini mixture and stir until combined.

Shape the zucchini tots using approximately 1 Tablespoon of mixture at a time and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

Bake the tots at 375 degrees for about 20 minutes, turning once during cooking.

Remove from the oven when golden brown and sprinkle with salt. Serve hot.

While the zucchini tots are baking, mix the ingredients for the spicy sriracha mayonnaise in a separate bowl.

*Sriracha is a spicy chili sauce that can be found in the Asian foods section of most grocery stores.

HAPPY COOKING!!

Additional Zucchini Questions

Now that you are making our zucchini tots, here are a few questions you might have.

What to do with zucchini that got too big?

There are lots of options on cooking the large zucchini. They are great in grated like these zucchini tots, or made into zucchini rice. You just want to stay away from eating larger zucchini raw as it loses a lot of its flavor.

How do you cook frozen shredded zucchini?

Cooking frozen shredded zucchini is as easy as heating up in a skillet with some cooking spray or mixed into sauces, stir-frys or baked goods.

How do you squeeze water out of shredded zucchini?

The easiest way is how we showed you up above. Using a tea towel or cheese cloth, the easiest is to squeeze it out and hang it on a wooden spoon over a bowl or sink for about 30 minutes.

Other Tater Tot Recipes

If you love Tater Tots as much as I do, then you will adore these LOADED TOTS – LOADED TATER TOT BITES
These PIZZA TATER TOT SKEWERS combine two of my favorite dishes into one appetizer. Pizza and Tater Tots.
Game day or any day is a good day when you try our LOADED TATER TOT NACHOS RECIPE
Loaded Tater Tot Skewers are the best appetizer ever and so easy to make.
Carne asada fries are a food group to us in San Diego. These CARNE ASADA POTATO SKINS are our spin on this San Diego favorite.

Yield: 12 Tater Tots

Zucchini Tater Tots

Cheesy Zucchini Tater Tots

Prep Time 30 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 50 minutes

Ingredients

2 cups zucchini
2 cups potatoes - frozen shredded
1 tsp salt
2 tbsp olive oil
.5 tsp garlic powder
.25 tsp ground pepper
1 egg

Instructions

Finely shred zucchini and mix in a bowl with frozen shredded potatoes and salt.
Wrap the zucchini mixture inside a tea towel or cheese cloth and squeeze out liquid.
Hang the mixture over the sink or a bowl (still wrapped in a tea towel) until the potatoes have thawed and the zucchini has released it’s liquid (approx. 30 minutes).
Squeeze out remaining the liquid and then remove the mixture from the cloth and place it back in the mixing bowl.
Add the remaining ingredients to the zucchini mixture and stir until combined.
Shape the zucchini tots using approximately 1 Tablespoon of mixture at a time and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Bake the tots at 375 degrees for about 20 minutes, turning once during cooking.
Remove from the oven when golden brown and sprinkle with salt. Serve hot.
While the zucchini tots are baking, mix the ingredients for the spicy sriracha mayonnaise in a separate bowl.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

Serving Size:

4 people
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 57Total Fat: 3gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 16mgSodium: 204mgCarbohydrates: 7gFiber: 1gSugar: 1gProtein: 2g

Nutrition is automatically calculated by Nutritionix - please verify all nutrition information independently and consult with a doctor or nutritionist for any and all medical and diet advice.