Air Fryer Gratinated Zucchini is a simple, delicious, and super easy side dish to prepare.

It’s a light and tasty side with few calories, perfect for the nice weather.

I have many zucchini recipes, but when summer heat makes us not want to spend much time in the kitchen, what we need is an easy, quick recipe with few ingredients.

In short, a last-minute recipe that is still flavorful and tasty.

For the vegan version, do not add the grated cheese.

For preparing the gratinated zucchini, use medium-sized zucchinis, from which you can get equally sized slices for even cooking.

The ingredients we need are few and often already available in our kitchens: obviously, we need zucchinis, grated cheese, cornmeal, or you can substitute with breadcrumbs, parsley, olive oil, and salt.

The first thing to do is slice the zucchinis into rounds in a bowl (to make them thin and uniform, my advice is to use a mandoline).

Then add the other ingredients and finally give a good stir to distribute them well.

Besides adding flavor, the grated cheese will serve as a binder: indeed, the moisture of the zucchinis (which will have released some water after salting) will help the cheese stick and melt slightly, binding everything together.

A clever zucchini recipe, because it can be prepared in advance and then served when needed, as it is good both hot and cold.

If there are leftovers, they keep well for a day in the refrigerator.

Before enjoying, leave them for half an hour at room temperature.

They can also be enjoyed outside the home, for a work lunch, for example, as a side dish to a main course.

Being a vegetarian recipe, it’s very easy to make when you have guests with this dietary requirement or when you want to indulge in a light yet absolutely tasty side dish.

A super easy zucchini recipe that pairs well with all types of main courses, both meat and fish.

Try them; they are truly amazing!