Zucchini chips in the air fryer: why are mine always soggy?

Tara Williams · 2026-02-28T14:20:51.64703+00:00

I adjust the temperature and time, but they still steam. What am I doing wrong?

Forget trying to make them perfectly crispy. Is this even a real problem or just something people overthink? @jenny_brown58 might be right that zucchini has too much water. It will always steam in there no matter what you do. Salting them first helps a little but it's a lot of effort for a snack. Maybe soggy zucchini chips are just how they turn out and that's fine.

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emery4556mo ago

Ugh, Jenny_brown58 is onto something with the water content. You have to cut them crazy thin, like almost see through, or they just steam themselves. I found tossing them with a tiny bit of oil and skipping the parchment paper helps a ton, lets the air move better. It's a pain but that's the only way mine get kinda crispy instead of sad and wet.

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jenny_brown586mo ago

Idk, maybe zucchini just has too much water to ever get crispy in there. Could be that soggy is how they're meant to be.

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