Zucchini pancakes with bacon

4 servings

40 minutes

Pancakes with fried bacon are a typical American breakfast, and the bacon can be either on the inside in the form of crispy crumbs, or on the outside: pancakes are often laid out in a stack, alternating with thin slices of crispy bacon, and poured with sweet maple syrup or molasses on top. Moreover, the close proximity of salty and sweet does not bother anyone - the smoked taste even gets along with moderate sweetness. But if you add zucchini to the dough, then this will only benefit the pancakes: the fresh taste of zucchini will remove the taste of lard from the bacon and give the pancakes a feeling of deceptive lightness (but do not be fooled, it is still a million calories). Maple syrup is difficult to find here, and it costs so much that you do not want to look for it. Therefore, homemade blackcurrant jam is suitable as a sweet sauce or sweet chili sauce, it's always available, inexpensive, and adds a nice Asian twist to everything it touches.

Energy value per serving

• Calories: 412.1
• Proteins: 11.7g
• Fats: 26.4g
• Carbohydrates: 31.5g

Ingredients

• Zucchini: 1 kg
• Garlic: 2 clove
• Chicken egg: 1 pc
• Wheat flour: 100 g
• Bacon: 100 g
• Vegetable oil: 50 ml
• Salt: to taste
• Ground black pepper: to taste
• Green onions: to taste
• Sweet chili sauce: to taste

Cooking steps

1. Peel the zucchini and grate it coarsely.

   Required ingredients:

   • Zucchini: 1 kg

2. If there is time, you can salt them and leave for 10 minutes instead of squeezing; they will release excess moisture. If there is no time, immediately drain in a colander and squeeze well, gathering the pulp in handfuls.

   Required ingredients:

   • Zucchini: 1 kg

3. Peel the garlic, crush it with the flat side of a knife, and chop it.

   Required ingredients:

   • Garlic: 2 cloves

4. Chop the bacon finely.

   Required ingredients:

   • Bacon: 100 g

5. Add garlic, bacon, salt, and pepper to the grated zucchini.

   Required ingredients:

   • Garlic: 2 cloves
   • Bacon: 100 g
   • Salt:  to taste
   • Ground black pepper:  to taste

6. Beat the egg separately in a bowl with a fork and add it to the zucchini. Mix well.

   Required ingredients:

   • Chicken egg: 1 piece

7. Add the sifted flour there.

   Required ingredients:

   • Wheat flour: 100 g

8. Mix the dough thoroughly.

9. Heat vegetable oil in a pan and spoon the batter into pancakes, spaced apart.

   Required ingredients:

   • Vegetable oil: 50 ml

10. When one side of the pancakes is browned, carefully flip them to the other side and let them brown nicely.

11. Serve warm, sprinkled with green onions, with sweet chili sauce.

    Required ingredients:

    • Green onions:  to taste
    • Sweet chili sauce:  to taste