Y’all know I love me a good homemade dish. And southern fried squash is right up my alley. Especially during the late summertime.
I thought it would be fun to share my way of making fried squash and give you all a couple of tips and pointers. That way, you can be fully prepared to try this out in case you haven’t before.
I know if may sound a little weird, but trust me, it is SO GOOD. I could literally just eat this by itself for a meal and be just fine. It’s even better if you can get some fresh yellow squash straight from a garden as well!
We had some sweet friends gift us some of their fresh squash from their garden a few weeks ago, and I knew I just had to make this dish with it!
Ingredients Needed for Homemade Fried Squash:
- Yellow Squash
- All Purpose Flour
- Eggs
- Salt
- Pepper
- Garlic Powder
- Vegetable Oil
Prepping the Squash
First, be sure to wash and dry your squash. Then, chop it up into about 1/2 inch rounds. Set it aside while you prep your frying station!
To make this more streamlined, I go ahead and have everything ready before I actually start the frying process. I put flour in a shallow baking dish (I usually use a pie dish) and then I also whisk eggs in another.
I place these dishes right next to my cut up squash to make it like a factory line. In the bowl of flour, I also add in salt, pepper, and garlic powder and whisk it together throughly.
While you are getting your frying station ready, go ahead and pre-heat a skillet on your cooktop to medium high heat. Once it is pre-heated, add in about a cup and a half of vegetable oil.
You want to let the vegetable get nice and hot before you add in your squash. So let it heat up while we prep our squash and get it ready to fry!
While the vegetable oil is getting hot, start to dip your squash into the bowl with whisked eggs. Be sure to flip them around and coat them well.
Then, dip them into the bowl with the flour. Again, be sure to flip and coat both sides well. Place the coated squash on a plate and top with more salt and pepper.
Frying up the Squash
Now that you have the squash all prepped and ready to go, let’s make southern fried squash the old fashioned way! Which in my humble opinion is the best way to make fried squash!
Again, make sure your oil is hot and sizzling before dropping the squash in. You will probably need to work in batches considering how much squash you have. I ended up doing mine in about 2 runs and I cut up 2 full yellow squash.
You want to fry the squash in the pan until it becomes a nice golden brown color on both sides. I just kinda watched this closely and didn’t really time it. But I would say anywhere from 8-10 minutes should do it.
Once done frying, place the squash on a paper towel (to help drain the oil off) and add more salt and pepper if desired.
Then, you can enjoy your delicious, homemade southern fried squash! It goes best with some canned green beans, homemade biscuits and raspberry jelly, fresh corn on the cob, and cucumbers and tomatoes!
Talk about a complete tried and true summer meal!
Have you ever made fried squash before? If so, I would love to know your method of frying squash below too!
Southern Fried Squash
Ingredients
- 2 yellow squash
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 2 cups vegetable oil
- 4 eggs
Instructions
- Preheat a skillet on your cooktop at medium high heat.
- Add in vegetable oil to skillet and let it get hot while prepping the squash to fry.
- Cut up your squash into 1/2 inch thick rounds.
- In a shallow bowl, whisk together all the eggs.
- In another shallow bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, pepper, and garlic powder.
- Dip the squash into the whisked eggs first, coating both sides.
- Then, dip the squash into the flour, coating both sides again well.
- Place coated squash on a plate and top with more salt and pepper.
- Then, carefully add squash into sizzling pan of oil.
- Fry squash until it reaches a nice golden brown color on both sides, about 8-10 minutes total.
- Place fried squash on paper towel and top with more salt and pepper, if desired, and enjoy!
Be sure to check out more ideas on what to cook here too!
This looks and sounds very tasty! In Canada we call that squash zucchini and it really grows crazy here. I’m always looking for different ways to prepare it so thanks for sharing this recipe.
Thank you. We have Zucchini here too but it’s green and tastes different than yellow squash. Although I do love zucchini too.
This looks delicious! I love southern fried flavour and although squash isn’t something that features regularly in my diet, I’d be very happy to make this as a side!
Thank you, you definitely should try it out sometime. Its delicious!
This sounds delicious! We love cooking with squash, but we never considered giving something like this a go. One to try soon!
Yes, you definitely should try it out sometime. It is so yummy!
Ooh these look delicious! I’ve never tried making fried squash before but I really want to give this recipe ago, it looks amazing! Thank you so much for sharing x
Thank you! you definitely should try it out sometime for sure!
This is a very interesting way to prepare squash. It reminds me of the fried pickles I ate when I was in SC. Sounds like a great idea for frying zucchini. Thanks for sharing your recipe.
Thank you, it is very similar to fried pickles too!
This looks so good! I don’t eat squash a lot but I would definitely try this 🙂
Thank you! You definitely should try it out sometime, it’s worth it!
Fantastic photos! Recipe sounds delicious! Pinned for later. Thanks for sharing. ✌️
Awe yay! I am so glad you think so too!
I’m from the south + I’m surprised I’ve never had this! Everything else fried but not squash! I definitely wanna try this 😃
Oh well you definitely need to try this out then! Let me know what you think!
This Southern fried squash looks so good! x
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Thank you, it sure is!
Looks very tempting and healthy.
Thank you. Although, I’m not really sure if it’s healthy seeing as how its fried lol
In the summertime, our garden produces so much squash! We have grilled it and sauted it and baked it, but we have never tried it fried. I cannot wait to give this a whirl now; it looks so good and I love your dinner pairing.
You should definitely try it fried! That’s my favorite way to eat it!