Easy Homemade Mozzarella sticks
Game day and we wanted a cheesy treat. We've got several large bags of cheese sticks in the freezer, and visions of crunchy mozzarella sticks danced in my head. I made up my assembly line, starting with a pie plate with flour in it. Then a 2nd one with 2 beaten eggs. I combined panko and regular bread crumbs, added some Penzey's Italian Herb Mix and put that in the 3rd pan. Once they were breaded, I put them onto a half sheet pan and put them into the freezer.
For a test bake, I preheated the oven to 400º. I sprayed a small pan with Pam, put 2 sticks on, sprayed the tops with Pam. Baked 5 mins, flipped, then another 6 mins on the other side. They were good, but I had left my sticks whole and they flattened out significantly. I was missing that supercrunchy golden outside and oozy melty inside. I had to fry.
I heated about an inch of vegetable oil in a skillet to 350º and fried them in small batches. When they reached the color I wanted, I moved …
For a test bake, I preheated the oven to 400º. I sprayed a small pan with Pam, put 2 sticks on, sprayed the tops with Pam. Baked 5 mins, flipped, then another 6 mins on the other side. They were good, but I had left my sticks whole and they flattened out significantly. I was missing that supercrunchy golden outside and oozy melty inside. I had to fry.
I heated about an inch of vegetable oil in a skillet to 350º and fried them in small batches. When they reached the color I wanted, I moved …