Mozzarella sticks | |
---|---|
Servings: | Serves 2 |
Calories per serving: | 353 |
Ready in: | 20 minutes |
Prep. time: | 15 minutes |
Cook time: | 5 minutes |
Difficulty: | |
Recipe author: | JuliaBalbilla |
First published: | 8th March 2014 |
Recipe for deep fried mozzarella sticks, a great starter or just a tasty snack.
Ingredients
Printable 🖨 shopping 🛒 list & 👩🍳 method for this recipe
- 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 sticks 1-3 cm in diameter.
- In a small bowl, whisk egg.
- Fill another small bowl with bread crumbs.
- Dip 3-4 sticks at a time into the egg.
- Shake excess egg off sticks and place them in the bread crumbs.
- Shake bowl of bread crumbs, evenly coating all sticks. Add more bread crumbs as needed.
- Place coated sticks to the side and repeat for remaining sticks.
- After all sticks have been coated, repeat the egg-dip and crumb-coat for each once more.
- Place all sticks 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.
Recipe source
Variations
Try Mozzarella bites, identical recipe but the result is bite-sized nibbles, rather than sticks.
Browse Cookipedia's recipes with Pinterest
Almost all of Cookipedia's recipe pictures have now been uploaded to Pinterest which is a very convenient way to browse through them, all in one huge board, or by individual categories. If you're a Pinterest user you'll find this feature useful.
#egg #breadcrumbs #mozzarellasticks #cheese #mozzarella #deepfried #dip #snack #crumb #mozzarellacheese #starter