Fried Squash

I love to sautee yellow squash with green and orange bell peppers, fresh garlic, onions, and dried cranberries with a lemon juice drizzle. Absolutely beautiful and delicious. (cook til tender)

This is sort of "fake frying" but it might work for you. It's actually a great snack or appetizer but you could use it as a side dish too. Cut squash (yellow or green or a combination) in disks, then dip in olive or canola oil, then dip in a mix of panko bread crumbs and grated or thin-shredded Parmesan cheese on both sides. Place on a baking sheet. If you have extra crumb/cheese mixture, you can sprinkle it on top and press down a little to secure. Then put in the oven at 375 for about 10 minutes until crumbs and edges start to brown but not turn. This is a crunchy snack that beats potato chips hands down!

J. -

Not in keeping with the call of your question, but our favorite squash dish is a stacked casserole. cube bread and brown in oil in a frying pan together with sliced onions, salt, pepper, garlic and bacon crumbles (set aside). boil squash sliced in 1/4 inch rounds, in salted water, drain and set aside. in a casserole dish layer bread mix, squash, peeled plum tomato (can be canned), shredded cheddar, then follow with the same, third layer this time top with parmesan and more bacon. bake until bubbly and brown on top.

Salt the squash first, to get rid of excess moisture. Rinse and pat dry. Then, fry in olive oil with some basil, salt and pepper. Yum!

My mom will slice zucchini into discs. Then dip them in egg, coat them in crushed saltines, and cook them in a frying pan at a low temp until the crackers have browned and the squash is tender. You could use a little oil to help with browning, but I usually don't use the oil. It would work well with yellow squash too.

I just sautee in butter with salt and pepper. Thats my go to on yellow squash. I like zuchinni cubed and boiled til tender, drained and cream cheese melted in it.

It's good with zucchini and onions.
If you want to make a one pot meal of it in addition to the above add crushed tomatoes and Polish or Italian sausage slices.
It's yummy!

I smother it in onions and tomatoes.

I like mine sauteed with onions, garlic powder, salt and pepper.
YUM!

I haven't read all your responses (but I will). Forgive me if I repeat an answer. I do it old school and easy peasy. I just slice them into discs (I usually include the green squash as well) and fry them in butter with salt until they are somewhat soft (and I purposely let some brown/slightly burn and serve them like that. My daughter and I can easily eat two of each in one sitting. :) Yummmmmy

I like to use mostly flour and very little corn meal. It's so much easier to eat and not leave grit in my mouth.

I've done Diane B's recipe and it is good. You can also use an egg to dip them in first and the panko sticks a little bit better. When I do sticks (instead of round slices) I add the egg and they come out really nicely.

For "old fashioned like grandma used to make" I just slice them and lay them out on paper towels. Salt/pepper them. Flip, salt/pepper the other side. Then add them to a paper sack (like a lunch sack) with flour in it and shake until coated. Deep fry. Best there is. And we like them a little on the crunchy side as well.

I do not use cornmeal at all. Eww.. Nothing is worse (to me) than going into a restaurant and getting excited that they have fried squash or fried okra, and when it arrives it is coated/battered with cornmeal. Blech.