Mozzarella bites
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Recipe for deep fried mozzarella bites, a great starter or just a tasty snack.
Ingredients
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- 113g (¼ pound) mozzarella cheese, drained
- 118 ml (½ cup) seasoned bread crumbs
- 1 large egg
Mise en place
- Preheat deep fat fryer to 175°C (350°F)
Method
- Preheat deep fryer to 350°F (175°C).
- Slice mozzarella into cubes 2-3 cm on a side.
- In a small bowl, whisk egg.
- Fill another small bowl with bread crumbs.
- Dip 5-6 bites at a time into the egg.
- Shake excess egg off the bites and place them in the bread crumbs.
- Shake bowl of bread crumbs, evenly coating all bites. Add more bread crumbs as needed.
- Place coated bites to the side and repeat for remaining bites.
- After all bites have been coated, repeat the egg-dip and crumb-coat for each once more.
- Place all bites in fryer basket and submerge in 175°C oil.
- Let sit for 30 seconds, gently rocking basket occasionally.
- Lift basket and let cool for a few seconds. If cheese is not beginning to ooze out from half the sticks, re-submerge in oil for another 10-15 seconds, gently shaking the basket. Repeat until the cheese is just starting to ooze out.
- Dump onto paper towel and pat off excess oil gently.
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Variations
Try Mozzarella sticks, identical recipe but the result is breaded cheese sticks rather than bites.
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