Mozzarella Sticks
Serves 1
Directions
- 1Dice up a half of a yellow onion, and smash and dice three to four cloves of garlic.
- 2Crush tomatoes in a glass bowl with your hands, or you can buy the can of already crushed tomatoes.
- 3Go in with two to three tablespoons of olive oil, a half of a diced onion, three to four cloves of diced garlic, and some crushed red pepper flakes for a little bit of heat. Let that cook for two to three minutes and just infuse this flavor into our olive oil.
- 4Add our crushed tomatoes and just mix to combine all those delicious ingredients and just let this simmer for a little while.
- 5Go in with some all-purpose seasoning and some Italian seasoning.
- 6Cover with a lid and let simmer for about 20 to 30 minutes. Remove the basil after 30 minutes and blend the marinara with an hand blender.
- 7Go in with one cup of Italian bread crumbs, one cup of all-purpose flour, and three eggs and a splash of heavy cream in a third mixing bowl.
- 8Season that flour and the bread crumbs with a little all-purpose seasoning.
- 9Cut the 16 oz of mozzarella cheese into sticks.
- 10Take the mozzarella cheese and go directly into that all-purpose flour. And then into the egg wash.
- 11From the egg wash, drain off any excess egg and go directly into those bread crumbs. Repeat this process twice.
- 12Place it on a baking sheet and let chill out while we get our oil up to temp.
- 13Shallow fry those. You wanna shallow fry these and place them on a wire rack to drain (not paper towels), to keep them crispy.
Ingredients
- 16 oz low moisture mozzarella cheese
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 2 liters oil for frying
- 1 cup italian bread crumbs
- 3 eggs
- 0.25 cup heavy cream
- salt
- pepper
- garlic powder
- onion powder
- chopped parsley
- 0.5 diced onion
- 3 cloves minced garlic
- 32 oz crushed tomatoes
- 2 tbsps olive oil
- basil
- salt
- pepper
- garlic powder
- onion powder
- italian seasoning
- red pepper flakes
- pinch sugar
Equipment
knifecutting boardbasinsfrying panthermometerwire rackaluminum foil
Tips
- Remember to do the coating process TWICE, that way the cheese gets locked in and doesn’t ooze out during the frying process.
- Wire rack is used instead of paper towels in order to keep the sticks crispy.
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